Premier's Spirit of Anzac Prize 2024
12 students have been awarded the 2024 Prize. They will tour significant war memorials and commemorative sites in Türkiye.
- Sophie Birrell – Goulburn Valley Grammar School
- Benjamin Bolton – Kings' College Warrnambool
- Chloe Lawson – Bass Coast College
- Owen McCoughtry – Saint Ignatius College Geelong
- Carys Murray – Gippsland Grammar
- William Muhlhauser – Haileybury College
- Ruby Pearce – Marian College
- Bai Yang Sascha Peter Pogos-Hill – John Monash Science School (Clayton Campus)
- Mahdia Qasimi – Hampton Park Secondary College
- Freshta Watanyar – Marian College
- George Whitford – Myrtleford P12 College
- Kylinda Zhang – Nossal High School.
About the Premier's Spirit of Anzac Prize
The Premier's Spirit of Anzac Prize is an annual competition open to students enrolled in Years 9 to 12. The Prize offers young Victorians the opportunity to:
- explore Australia's wartime and peacekeeping history
- join a fully funded study tour to significant war heritage sites
- connect with veterans and the ex-service community
- understand and remember the contribution of Victorian service people.
The Prize connects young Victorians with the legend of Anzac, which was born on the beaches of Gallipoli, Türkiye on 25 April 1915 and grew to symbolise the courage and sacrifice of Australian service people.
The Prize encourages students to explore the Anzac legacy post-World War I and its relevance in our diverse, multicultural twenty-first-century society.
The Prize promotes a continued understanding of the Spirit of Anzac as representing the resilience of our united nation in times of crisis and loss, through demonstrations of support, courage, endurance and resourcefulness, mateship, and humour.
The Prize began in 2005. Since then, over 4,000 applications have been received and more than 500 students have been awarded the Prize. Prize recipients and teachers have joined study tours exploring sites of military and historical significance throughout Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia.
Learn more about the Prize
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Contact us
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