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Media Release March 12, 2010

Seven new Charles Hawker Scholars from metropolitan and regional Australia were presented with their scholarship certificates today at a function held at St Mark’s College in Adelaide.

The 2010 Charles Hawker Scholarship recipients are Mr. Jaan Butler (Bendigo Senior Secondary College Vic), Miss Genevieve Cardwell (Tallangatta Secondary College Vic), Miss Sarah Dickins (Mt Gambier High School SA), Mr. Jonathan Hamer (St Peter’s College SA), Miss Alicia Hurkmans (Trinity College SA), Miss Melanie Johnson (Unley High School SA) and Miss Madeleine McCloy (Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College NSW).

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Member for Wannon and Hawker family member, Hon. David Hawker MP presented the 2010 Hawker scholarships to recipients enrolled at universities and colleges in the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia. 

The Charles Hawker Scholarships, valued at up to $60,000.00 over four years, are the most generous privately funded scholarships available to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Australia.

“I congratulate the Trustees of the Charles Hawker Scholarship for carrying out the wishes of Charles Hawker’s sister the late Lilias Needham, who established the Scholarship trust in memory of her brother. These scholarships have provided opportunities for an increasing number of young Australian students to undertake further studies to achieve their full potential,” Hon. David Hawker MP said.

Since 1991, the Trustees have awarded almost four million dollars to ninety young Australians, including a significant number from regional areas. The seven successful candidates for 2010 were awarded a Charles Hawker Scholarship from a strong field of 280 applicants.

Describing the Charles Hawker Scholarship as ‘Australia’s Rhodes’, Hon. David Hawker MP encouraged Australian students to visit the Hawker Scholarship website to find out more about the remarkable Charles Hawker story and the scholarship named in his memory.

“The Charles Hawker Scholarship is one of the most important in Australia. I commend the Trustees for the contribution the scholarship has already made and will continue to make to the education of a number of outstanding young Australians,” Hon. David Hawker MP said.

There are a number of fully and partly funded scholarships awarded each year. The Trustees offer them to capable students of principle and character, who are committed to Australia’s future.

“Each of these recipients has already displayed a strong commitment to the ideals upon which the Charles Hawker Scholarship Memorial Trust Fund is founded. They are gifted scholars with inquiring minds and have already contributed to the wider community. Charles Hawker had a lasting impact on Australian politics and all members of the federal house had an enormous respect for him during his time as Australia’s first Minister for Commerce in the Lyons government in the 1930s.

“He was a great Australian who offered his best through his commitment to his country, countrymen and women and democracy; these are values that I hope the scholars today take with them into their studies. Through his example and these scholarships it’s my hope that public service will be included in the career options of recipients.

“I am pleased to be associated with the Charles Hawker Scholarship. Charles Hawker was a cousin of my father, a connection I am proud of and to be associated with these awards again for the sixth year, is a great pleasure,” Hon. David Hawker MP said.

The Charles Hawker Scholarship perpetuates the memory and commemorates the achievements of one of Australia’s most respected pastoral pioneers. Born on May 16th 1894 at Bungaree homestead near Clare in South Australia, Charles Hawker was educated at Geelong Church of England Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Student, soldier, pastoralist and statesman Charles Allan Seymour Hawker died in the Kyeema air disaster on October 25th, 1938.

Undergraduate and postgraduate Hawker Scholars are able to attend a range of educational institutions. These include the Australian National, Adelaide, Flinders, South Australian and New England Universities and Marcus Oldham College. Post-graduate Charles Hawker Scholars are able to follow in Charles Hawker’s footsteps by enrolling at Trinity College and studying at Cambridge UK.

“C.A.S. Hawker was a truly remarkable man and a great Australian. This scholarship is a fitting tribute to his memory and each of these seven scholars is a very worthy recipient,” Mr. Andrew Hawker, Scholarship Trustee and Hawker family member said.

Selection is based on personal qualities as well as academic ability. Applications for the 2010 Charles Hawker Scholarships open on December 6th 2010 and close on January 7th 2011.  An application form and further information is available from www.hawkerscholarship.org or by contacting the secretary to the Trustees on 08 8127 1654.

 

Cesare Silvestri       
Secretary to the Trustees
(08) 8127 1654

cesare.silvestri@aetlimited.com.au

Ian Doyle
Media Coordinator
0417 819 189
dms@iinet.net.au

Media Release April 29, 2009

Seven new Charles Hawker Scholars from metropolitan and regional Australia were presented with their scholarship certificates today at a function held in the Member’s Dining Room at Old Parliament House in Canberra.

The 2009 Charles Hawker Scholarship recipients are Mr. Stuart Bryson (Penrith Selective High School NSW), Mr. Matthew Coulton (The Armidale School NSW), Mr. Callum Deakin (Glenunga International High School SA), Miss Laura Gartry (Mt St Michael’s College Qld), Mr. William Jenkins (Glenunga International High School SA), Miss Sarah May (Tamworth Anglican College NSW) and Miss Georgina Spanos (Renmark High and Pembroke College SA).

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Member for Wannon and Hawker family member, Hon. David Hawker MP presented the 2009 Hawker scholarships to recipients enrolled at universities and colleges in the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. 

The Charles Hawker Scholarships, valued at up to $60,000.00 over four years, are the most generous privately funded scholarships available to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Australia.

“I congratulate the Trustees of the Charles Hawker Scholarship for carrying out the wishes of Charles Hawker’s sister the late Lilias Needham, who established the Scholarship trust in memory of her brother. These scholarships have provided opportunities for an increasing number of young Australian students to undertake further studies to achieve their full potential,” Hon. David Hawker MP said.

Since 1991, the Trustees have awarded more than three and a half million dollars to eighty-three young Australians, including a significant number from regional areas. The seven successful candidates for 2009 were awarded a Charles Hawker Scholarship from a strong field of 260 applicants.

Describing the Charles Hawker Scholarship as ‘Australia’s Rhodes’, Hon. David Hawker MP encouraged Australian students to visit the Hawker Scholarship website to find out more about the remarkable Charles Hawker story and the scholarship named in his memory.

“The Charles Hawker Scholarship is one of the most important in Australia. I commend the Trustees for the contribution the scholarship has already made and will continue to make to the education of a number of outstanding young Australians,” Hon. David Hawker MP said.

There are a number of fully and partly funded scholarships awarded each year. The Trustees offer them to capable students of principle and character, who are committed to Australia’s future.

“Each of these recipients has already displayed a strong commitment to the ideals upon which the Charles Hawker Scholarship Memorial Trust Fund is founded. They are gifted scholars with inquiring minds and have already contributed to the wider community. Charles Hawker had a lasting impact on Australian politics and all members of the federal house had an enormous respect for him during his time as Australia’s first Minister for Commerce in the Lyons government in the 1930s.

“He was a great Australian who offered his best through his commitment to his country, countrymen and women and democracy; these are values that I hope the scholars today take with them into their studies. Through his example and these scholarships it’s my hope that public service will be included in the career options of recipients.

“I am pleased to be associated with the Charles Hawker Scholarship. Charles Hawker was a cousin of my father, a connection I am proud of and to be associated with these awards again for the fifth year, is a great pleasure,” Hon. David Hawker MP said.

The Charles Hawker Scholarship perpetuates the memory and commemorates the achievements of one of Australia’s most respected pastoral pioneers. Born on May 16th 1894 at Bungaree homestead near Clare in South Australia, Charles Hawker was educated at Geelong Church of England Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Student, soldier, pastoralist and statesman Charles Allan Seymour Hawker died in the Kyeema air disaster on October 25th, 1938.

Undergraduate and postgraduate Hawker Scholars are able to attend a range of educational institutions. These include the Australian National, Adelaide, Flinders, South Australian and New England Universities and Marcus Oldham College. Post-graduate Charles Hawker Scholars are able to follow in Charles Hawker’s footsteps by enrolling at Trinity College and studying at Cambridge UK.

“C.A.S. Hawker was a truly remarkable man and a great Australian. This scholarship is a fitting tribute to his memory and each of these seven scholars is a very worthy recipient,” Mr. Andrew Hawker, Scholarship Trustee and Hawker family member said.

Selection is based on personal qualities as well as academic ability. Applications for the 2010 Charles Hawker Scholarships open on December 7th 2009 and close on January 8th 2010.  An application form and further information is available from www.hawkerscholarship.org or by contacting the secretary to the Trustees on 08 8127 1654.

Andrew Hawker                       
Trustee                                   
C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship           
0418 896 275                                   

Ian Doyle
Media Coordinator                    
C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship      
0417 819 189

Media Release August 21, 2008

Ten new Charles Hawker Scholars from five states will be presented with their scholarship certificates at a series of commemorative functions, 70 years after the death of C.A.S. Hawker. The events are planned for Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th of August at Bungaree Station in South Australia.

Student, soldier, pastoralist and statesman Charles Allan Seymour Hawker died in the Kyeema air disaster on October 25th, 1938. Others to perish when the Kyeema crashed into Mt Dandenong were South Australian wine identities Mr. Sidney Hill Smith, Mr. Hugo Gramp and Mr. Tom Hardy.

The 70th anniversary scholarship presentation, woolshed dinner and St Michael’s church service will include representatives of the Hawker, Hill Smith, Gramp and Hardy families at Bungaree Station, the birthplace and final resting place of C.A.S. Hawker. Former Premier of South Australia and Master at St Mark’s College Dr the Hon. John Bannon AO will deliver the after dinner speech.

Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Member for Wannon and Hawker family member, Hon. David Hawker MP will present the 2008 Hawker scholarships to recipients enrolled at universities and colleges in the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Victoria. 

The 2008 Charles Hawker Scholarship recipients are Mr. Wallace Dunsdon (Anglican Church Grammar School Qld), Mr. Trent Grgich (Hale School WA), Miss Ashley Jenkins (Penrith Selective High School NSW), Miss Katherine Radoslovich (Glenunga International High School SA), Mr. Vithiyasagar Sritharan (Dubbo College NSW), Mr. Samuel Stapleton (Dubbo College NSW), Miss Vrinda Tiwari (Presbyterian Ladies College NSW), Mr. Chris Warrick (Horsham College Vic), Miss Eleni Watts (Walford Anglican School SA) and Miss Sue-Lin Wong (Sydney Girls High School NSW).

The Charles Hawker Scholarships, valued at up to $60,000.00 over four years, are the most generous privately funded scholarships available to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Australia.

“I congratulate the Trustees of the Charles Hawker Scholarship for carrying out the wishes of Charles Hawker’s sister the late Lillias Needham, who established the Scholarship scheme in memory of her brother.  These scholarships have provided opportunities for an increasing number of young Australian students to undertake further studies to achieve their full potential,” Hon. David Hawker MP said.

Since 1991, the Trustees have awarded more than three and a half million dollars to seventy-six young Australians, including a significant number from regional areas. The ten successful candidates for 2008 were awarded a Charles Hawker Scholarship from a strong field of 240 applicants.

Describing the Charles Hawker Scholarship as ‘Australia’s Rhodes’, Hon. David Hawker MP encouraged Australian students to visit the Hawker Scholarship website to find out more about the remarkable Charles Hawker story and the scholarship named in his memory.

“The Charles Hawker Scholarship is one of the most important in Australia. I commend the Trustees for the contribution the scholarship has already made and will continue to make to the education of a number of outstanding young Australians,” Hon. David Hawker MP said.

There are a number of fully and partly funded scholarships awarded each year. The Trustees offer them to capable students of principle and character, who are committed to Australia’s future.

“Each of these recipients has already displayed a strong commitment to the ideals upon which the Charles Hawker Scholarship is founded. They are gifted scholars with inquiring minds and have already contributed to the wider community. Charles Hawker had a lasting impact on Australian politics and all members of the federal house had an enormous respect for him during his time as Australia’s first Minister for Commerce in the Lyons government in the 1930s.

“He was a great Australian who offered his best through his commitment to his country, countrymen and women and democracy; these are values that I hope the scholars today take with them into their studies.  Through his example and these scholarships it’s my hope that public service will be included in the career options of recipients.

“I am pleased to be associated with the Charles Hawker Scholarship. Charles Hawker was a cousin of my father, a connection that I am proud of and to be associated with these awards again for the fourth year, is a great pleasure,” Hon. David Hawker MP said.

The Charles Hawker Scholarship perpetuates the memory and commemorates the achievements of one of Australia’s most respected pastoral pioneers. Born on May 16th 1894 at Bungaree homestead near Clare in South Australia, Charles Hawker was educated at Geelong Church of England Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Undergraduate and postgraduate Hawker Scholars are able to attend a range of educational institutions. These include the Australian National, Adelaide, Flinders, South Australian and New England Universities and Marcus Oldham College. Post-graduate Charles Hawker Scholars are able to follow in Charles Hawker’s footsteps by enrolling at Trinity College and studying at Cambridge UK.

“C.A.S. Hawker was a truly remarkable man and a great Australian. This scholarship is a fitting tribute to his memory and each of these ten scholars is a very worthy recipient,” Mr. Andrew Hawker, Scholarship Trustee and Hawker family member said.

Selection is based on personal qualities as well as academic ability. Applications for the 2009 Charles Hawker Scholarships open on December 1st 2008 and close on January 9th 2009.  An application form and further information is available from www.hawkerscholarship.org or by contacting the secretary to the Trustees on 08 8127 1654.

Congratulations Rhodes Scholar Phillip Killicoat

“The Trustees of the CAS Hawker Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund warmly congratulate country based Hawker Scholar Phillip Killicoat on him being awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship,” Chair of the Trustees Charles Hawker said.

Phillip will be studying for a Masters degree in Economics at Oxford for the next two years.
Phillip was awarded his CAS Hawker Scholarship in 1999. He resided at St Mark’s College and studied at Adelaide University. This year Phillip graduated with degrees in both arts and economics. He gained four High Distinctions and one Distinction, won the Citigroup Australia Scholarship for the top graduate in economics and the Economic Society Prize for Economic Data Analysis.

Phillip grew up in country South Australia and was educated at Bordertown State High School. Phillip spent twelve months in Finland as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student in 1997.
On returning from his exchange, Phillip continued to study Swedish independently, including it as one of his Year 12 subjects in 1998. He is now proficient in both French and Swedish.

As a St Mark’s Senior Tutor, Phillip was a diligent and conscientious tutor and student as well as an accomplished athlete and public speaker.
While at Bordertown High School, Phillip was elected both House Captain
and President of the Student Representative Council. He acted as SRC representative on both the School Council and the Chaplain Committee and spent a week in Canberra as a delegate to the National Youth Leadership Forum.

“Phillip is an outstanding young Australian. We are delighted that his efforts and commitment over the past five years to his studies and his broad participation in student activities have been rewarded with a Rhodes Scholarship.

“We wish him well and are delighted he intends to return to South Australia and work in the agribusiness sector,” Charles Hawker said.



Hawker and Rhodes Scholar Phillip Killicoat (top row – left) at St Mark’s College with fellow Hawker Scholars.





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