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Sir William Robinson Award for the Best Poem on an Australian Subject
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History

Presented Sir William Robinson, Governor of Western Australia. The special prize of three guineas was offered "for the best poem on an Australian subject". 

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1890

winner Advance Australia i "Advance, advance, Australia advance,", William Nathaniel Pratt , 1990 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Story of William Nathaniel Pratt (1847-1933) and the Poems That Weren't Published in 1917 1990; (p. 27)
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