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The Premier's Anzac Prize

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RSL Qld logoThe 2020 Premier’s Anzac Prize is proudly presented in partnership with RSL Queensland.

We are pleased to announce RSL Queensland as proud program partners and major sponsor of the Premier’s Anzac Prize for the next 3 years, 2020 to 2022.

The annual Premier's Anzac Prize provides a life-changing opportunity for 8 high school students to experience the Anzac tradition first-hand and how the Anzac legacy relates to modern Australian life.

The 2020 recipients have now been announced and we congratulate the successful students of the 2020 Premier’s Anzac Prize. List of 2020 recipients below.

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The 2020 Premier's Anzac Prize recipients are:

  • Benjamin Ivers: Proserpine State High School
  • Claire Wingfield: Bribie Island State High School
  • Jackson Hay: Fraser Coast Anglican College (Wondunna)
  • Molly Jeffery: Pimlico State High School
  • Natalia Loukas: St Monica's College (Cairns)
  • Khyja Miller: All Saints Anglican School (Merrimac)
  • Louis Prager: Matthew Flinders Anglican College (Buderim)
  • Xeniya Girs'ka: Kirwan State High School.

Chaperones        

  • Peter Townsend, Mundubbera State School
  • Sharon Mann: St Monica's College (Cairns).

Applications were open to eligible Queensland high school students in Years 8–11. Each state school or accredited non-state school could nominate up to 2 students.

Successful students and 2 teacher chaperones will take part in a 4–5 months research program prior to going on a 16-day tour of important memorial sites in London and the Western Front battlefields in France and Belgium, in April/May 2020.

The successful students and their chaperones will attend a tour briefing and 2-day research workshop in January 2020. It is a requirement of the program to attend this workshop, which is held during school holidays.

The Premier's Anzac Prize is a highly enriching program for young history enthusiasts. Explore this year’s tour to see the tour in action.

Program and tour details

  • 16-day tour to London, France and Belgium.
  • the prize is awarded to 8 Queensland students.
  • students must have prior parent/guardian consent.
  • successful students are required to attend a briefing session, a 2-day workshop and complete a research task in the 4-5 months prior to travel. Research is recorded in Historypin.
  • two teacher chaperones will accompany the group for the whole tour and will be required to assist with the tour planning and pre-departure sessions.

Tour inclusions

  • Return airfares
  • land travel
  • travel insurance
  • accommodation
  • most meals
  • entry fees to all site visits.

Other international opportunities

The Department of Education International offers other International opportunities for students and schools.

Contact us

Global Opportunities
Global Engagement Unit
DE International
Phone: (07) 3513 5756
Email: global.opportunities@qed.qld.gov.au
Last updated 13 February 2020