John Mulvaney Book Award
The John Mulvaney Book Award was established in 2004 in honour of John Mulvaney and his contribution and commitment to Australian archaeology over a lifetime of professional service. It was created to acknowledge the significant contribution of individual or coauthored publications to Australian archaeology, either as general knowledge or as specialist publications. Nominations are considered annually for books that cover both academic pursuits and public interest reflecting the philosophy of John Mulvaney’s life work.
| Year | Awardee | Book Title |
| 2019 | Dr Space Junk vs the Universe: Archaeology and the Future | |
| 2018 | Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia | |
| 2016 | Caroline Bird and Edward McDonald | Kakatungutanta to Warrie Outcamp: 40,000 years in Nyiyaparli Country |
| 2015 | Simon Holdaway and Patricia Fanning | Geoarchaeology of Aboriginal Landscapes in Semi-Arid Australia |
| 2013 | Mike Smith | The Archaeology of Australia’s Deserts |
| 2012 | Nina Kononenko | Experimental and Archaeological Studies of Use-Wear and Residues on Obsidian Artefacts from Papua New Guinea |
| 2011 | Annie Ross, with colleagues Kathleen Pickering Sherman, Jeffrey Snodgrass, Henry D. Delcore and Richard Sherman | Indigenous Peoples and the Collaborative Stewardship of Nature: Knowledge Binds and Institutional Conflicts |
| 2010 | Jane Lydon | Fantastic Dreaming: The Archaeology of an Aboriginal Mission |
| 2009 | Denis Byrne | Surface Collection – Archaeological Travels in Southeast Asia |
| 2008 | Peter Hiscock | The Archaeology of Ancient Australia |
| 2007 | Mike Morwood and Penny van Oosterzee | The Discovery of the Hobbit: The Scientific Breakthrough that Changed the Face of Human History |
| 2006 | Rodney Harrison | Shared Landscapes: Archaeologies of Attachment and the Pastoral Industry in New South Wales |
| 2004 | Val Attenbrow | Sydney’s Aboriginal Past |