The Queensland Government recognises that Anzac Day is owned by all Australians and the tradition of respecting the sacrifice of our forefathers must be passed down through the coming generations. The Premier’s Anzac Prize 2024 encourages young Queenslanders to better understand the Anzac legacy and share their knowledge with others.
Premier’s Anzac Prize 2024 winners announced
Congratulations to the eight winners of the 2024 Premier’s Anzac Prize who will undertake a 14 to 16 day tour of Europe visiting key sites important to Australian war history.
The winners are:
Eloise Brown: Mansfield State High School (Brisbane)
Elann Malot: Pimlico State High School (Townsville)
Bryna van Stom: Pimlico State High School (Townsville)
Sophie Robertson: Ayr State High School (Ayr)
Jacqueline Loh: Brisbane Girls Grammar School (Brisbane)
Bronte Fleming: All Hallows School (Brisbane)
Katie Somerville: St Monica’s College (Cairns)
Grace Roberts: St Joseph’s School (Stanthorpe)
Premier’s Anzac Prize 2023 winners announced
Congratulations to the eight winners of the 2023 Premier’s Anzac Prize who will tour important memorial sites in London, France and Belgium.
The winners are:
Anastasia Maher: Emerald State High School
Claire Gattera: St Monica’s College Cairns
Dashiell Solomon: Ambrose Treacy College Indooroopilly
Hilman Pranowo: Pimlico State High School
Nooria Ahmadi: Forest Lake High School
Sarah Ellis: St Joseph’s Coillege Toowoomba
Thomas Eccleston: Ambrose Treacy College Indooroopilly
Tom Filipich: Pimlico State High School
Premier’s Anzac Prize 2020 winners announced
Congratulations to the eight winners of the 2020 Premier’s Anzac Prize who will tour important memorial sites in London and the Western Front battlefields in France and Belgium.
The winners 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: All Saints Anglican School (Merrimac)
Xeniya Girs’ka: Kirwin State High School
Premier’s Anzac Prize 2019 winners announced
Congratulations to the eight winners of the 2019 Premier’s Anzac Prize who will tour important memorial sites in London and the Western Front battlefields in France and Belgium.
The winners are:
Annabel Jellett: Queensland Academy for Health Sciences
Atticus Solomon: Ambrose Treacy College (Indooroopilly)
Chontelle Harris: Pimlico State High School
Claudia Maher: Brigidine College (Indooroopilly)
Claudia McPherson: Matthew Flinders Anglican College
Douglas Gemmell: Good Shepherd Lutheran College
Ella Magner: Pimlico State High School
Madeline Francis: Tamborine Mountain State High School
Premier’s Anzac Prize 2018 winners announced
Congratulations to the eight winners of the 2018 Premier’s Anzac Prize who will tour Gallipoli and the Western front in 2018.
The winners are:
Shana Coyle: St Monica’s College, Cairns
Tyla Craven-Griffith: Kirwin State High School
Jack Frey: St Theresa’s Catholic College
Isabelle Jardine: Clayfield College
Isaac Mabo-Edwards: Pimlico State High School
Fenlan Miller: All Saints Anglican College
Harry Packwood: Shalom College, Bundaberg
Lillian Ward: Tannuam Sands State High School
Premier’s Anzac Prize 2017 winners announced
Congratulations to the eight winners of the 2017 Premier’s Anzac Prize who will tour Gallipoli and the Western front in 2017.
The winners are:
Isabella Clarke: Matthew Flinders Anglican College
Marissa Ellis: Trinity Bay State High School
Brooklyn Lade: Proserpine State High School
Nicholas Margetts: Christian Outreach College (Toowoomba)
Chase Pontifex: Pimlico State High School
Matisse Reed: St Monica’s College (Cairns)
Charlotte Solomon: Somerville House (South Brisbane)
Hannah Taylor: Christian Outreach College (Toowoomba)
Premier’s Anzac Prize 2016 winners announced
Congratulations to the eight winners of the 2016 Premier’s Anzac Prize who will tour Gallipoli and the Western front in 2016.
The winners are:
Sophie Austin: Brigidine College (Indooroopilly)
Liam Doonican: Merrimac State High School
Cooper Hauff: Blackall State School
Sally Higgins: Assumption College Warwick
Denya Hopkins: Urangan State High School
Tasman Pearl: St Edmund’s College Ipswich
Tia Shadford: Brigidine College (Indooroopilly)
Ella Woodgate: Matthew Flinders Anglican College
The Premier’s Anzac Prize 2015 provided 70 Queensland high school students and ten teacher chaperones the opportunity to experience the Anzac tradition firsthand at the centenary commemoration at Gallipoli and travel to the Western Front battlefields in France and Belgium, over two weeks in April and May 2015. Student entries closed on 19 September 2014. The winners were announced by the Queensland premier on 5 December 2014. Media Statement available at //statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2014/12/5/queensland-students-keep-anzac-spirit-alive
Premier’s Anzac Prize 2014 winners announced
Congratulations to the five winners of the 2014 Premier’s Anzac Prize. The students from Clayfield College, St Andrew’s Catholic College Redlynch Valley, Pimlico State High School, Tannum Sands State High School and Northpine Christian College entered inspiring multimedia submissions on the Anzac tradition to win a tour to Gallipoli and the Western front in 2014.
The winners are:
Elizabeth Gardner: Year 9, Clayfield College
Jamal Hammett-Ryan: Year 11, St Andrew’s Catholic College, Redlynch Valley
Pyu San Min: Year 10, Pimlico State High School
Mackenzie Plath: Year 10, Tannum Sands State High School
Tiffanie Turnbull: Year 10, Northpine Christian College
Premier’s Anzac Prize 2013 winners announced
Congratulations to the first five Queensland student recipients in The Premier’s Anzac Prize 2013. These students won a trip to Gallipoli and the Western Front in April 2013 for their inspiring multimedia submissions. They were challenged with the task of portraying how the Anzac tradition shaped our nation, why the tradition is still important and how future generations will continue to keep it alive.
Premier Campbell Newman, with Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek, announced the competiton winners in December 2012. They are:
Elijah Douglas, Year 10 – Doomadgee State School
Jack Graham, Year 9 – Noosa District State High School
Emma Kearney, Year 11 – St Andrew’s Catholic College, Cairns
Kristina Madden, Year 9 – Christian Outreach College, Toowmoomba
Kyle Walsh, Year 9 – Kirwin State High School, Townsville