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Lady Manifold Competition
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

This award was sponsored by Lady Manifold of Camperdown in Victoria. At the time, it was the biggest award ever made in Australia for a play. Part of the royalties from the winning play was given to the Victorian National Gallery and Cultural Centre Appeal. The award was worth £1000 and the play had to have an Australian theme. 

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1961

winner y separately published work icon The Last of the Rainbow John Hepworth , 1962 (Manuscript version)x401038 Z68894 1962 single work drama
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