Australian Association for Maritime History: Maritime History Prize

AAMH Maritime History Prize:

the Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History Book Prize

The joint AAMH / ANMM maritime history book prize was awarded at a reception at the Fremantle Port Authority in Cliff Street as part of the Maritime History Beyond 2000 conference on Wednesday 12 December 2001. A cheque for $1,000 was presented to Ulli Broeze-Hoernemann for the late Professor Frank Broeze's book Mr Brooks and the Australian Trade. With the agreement and support of the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM), the AAMH Executive has decided to name the book prize in honour of Frank Broeze who died in April of 2001. Professor Frank Broeze was one of the founders of AAMH. He served as President of the Association in the 1980s and was the first editor of the Association's journal The Great Circle. He was widely respected as a maritime historian and university teacher. In future the Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History Book Prize will be awarded every two years starting in 2003 and will be sponsored by AAMH and ANMM.

Picture: Frank Broeze