Justin McManus won the 2018 Features Photograph Quill for 'The Last Swaggie', published in The Sunday Age.
Judges' citation
Justin McManus captured a beautiful image of the last swaggie on a bush track that evokes the era of the great bush poets Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson. Soft morning light illuminates a perfectly composed scene.
The winning entry
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'The Last Swaggie', The Sunday Age, 13 April 2018
Highly Commended
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Jason Edwards of the Herald Sun for 'Thundering Hooves'
Other finalists
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David Caird of the Herald Sun for 'Ho, Ho, Hi'