War I. For the film Gallipoli directed by Peter Weir, Gammage was employed as the military advisor and he worked on the text that David Williamson turned into the screen play of the film. Local history of Narrandera Gammage produced a historical study of the Shire of Narrandera. Gammage was made a freeman of Narrandera Shire Council in 1987. Adelaide ANZAC Day commentary Gammage was part of the Australian Broadcasting Commission Adelaide ANZAC Day Commemorative March commentary team until 2015. Awards and nominations 1988 – ABC/ABA Manning Clark Bicentennial History Award, for his book Narrandera Shire 1999 – Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, History Book Award for The Sky Travellers: Journeys in New Guinea 1938–39 1999 – shortlisted in the New South Wales Premier's History Awards for The Sky Travellers: Journeys in New Guinea 1938–39 2005 – Member of the Order of Australia (AM) 2010 – presented the inaugural Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture 2011 – Manning Clark House National Cultural Award winner for The Biggest Estate on Earth 2012 – Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Prize for Australian History for The Biggest Estate on Earth 2012 – shortlisted for the Kay Daniels Award 2012 – Queensland Literary Awards, History Book Award 2012 – Victorian Premier's Literary Awards overall Victorian Prize for Literature on top of the non-fiction category prize 2012 – ACT Book of the Year Influence Bruce Pascoe has acknowledged the work done by Gammage (and also Rupert Gerritsen), which especially influenced his 2014 award-winning book describing early Aboriginal settlements and agriculture, Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?. Publications Books Journal articles (1991) ANZAC's influence on Turkey and Australia. Journal of the Australian War Memorial 18; Presented as a keynote address at the 1990 Australian War Memorial history conference Book chapters – "Oral and Written Sources." In Oral Tradition in Melanesia. Ed. by Donald Denoon, Roderic Lacey. Port Moresby, New Guinea: University of Papua, New Guinea and Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. pp. 115–24. Other work "Sir John Monash : a military review" (Melbourne University, 1974) "The story of Gallipoli" / text by Bill Gammage ; screenplay by David Williamson ; preface by Peter Weir. Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin Australia 1981) Released August 1981 as "Gallipoli.", dir. by Peter Weir Notes External links Australia in World War One, by Dr Peter Stanley The Sports Factor interview with Bill Gammage on ABC Radio 1942 births Australian historians Australian National University