– Jenny Summerville, Shields of Trell 1982 – Brian Castro, Birds of Passage and Nigel Krauth, Matilda, My Darling 1981 – Chris Matthews, Al Jazzar and Tim Winton, An Open Swimmer 1980 – Archie Weller, The Day of the Dog (Weller was initially runner-up to Paul Radley, who was disqualified after admitting that his manuscript was actually written by his uncle, who was also older than 35.) Notes References Goodwin, Ken (1986) A History of Australian Literature, Basingstoke, Macmillan The History of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award (Allen & Unwin) Australian literary awards Awards established in 1979