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2012 C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship Opens Soon School Release, 21st October 2011 The 2012 C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship opens on Monday 5th December and closes on Friday 6th January 2012. Ian Doyle B Ec. Dip Ed
Fourth C.A.S. Hawker Scholar awarded Rhodes Scholarship Media Release December, 2010 Hawker Scholar, Michael Jones has won one of three Rhodes Scholarships for Australia-At-Large to complete postgraduate study at the University of Oxford in 2011. Each year, the Rhodes Trust awards three Australia-At-Large scholarships in addition to those offered in each of the six Australian States. Michael will travel to the UK in September 2011 to study politics and political theory at Masters level. Michael was awarded a Hawker Scholarship in 2006. He studied Bachelor of Arts/Law at ANU and resided at Burgmann College. He completed his honours in law in 2010. Michael completed his secondary education at Knox Grammar School in 2004 with a UAI of 98.9 and commenced his tertiary studies in 2005 at ANU. Michael was Knox School Captain in 2004 and was an outstanding student in both the classroom and on the sporting field. He was capable of balancing his academic work with his other school commitments, including his duties as School Captain, Second-In-Command of the school’s cadet unit and his participation in debating, public speaking and mock trials to highlight just a few of his many achievements. Long time Dean of Studies at Knox Grammar School Mr. Philip Cummins says of Michael that 'he is probably the finest of the young men with whom I have worked in my career. No reference can do justice to this superb person of outstanding character, quality, values and ability. He is a young man of prodigious and precocious substance who is universally respected and popular. Mentoring Michael has been a rare privilege.’ Michael is honoured to have been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. “For me, the Rhodes Scholarship means the opportunity to study at Oxford, and becoming a member of an international community of public spirited scholars,” he said. “Beyond the exciting opportunity of studying at Oxford, I hope that the Rhodes Scholarship might assist me in furthering the community work I have done with Indigenous communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria “At Oxford I aim to get an international perspective on issues I have studied within the context of Indigenous affairs in Australia. “My hope is to return and usefully apply this international perspective in Australia,” he said. Michael is the fourth C.A.S. Hawker Scholar to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in recent years. Previous recipients are Rachel Buxton, Anthony Roediger, and Phillip Killicoat. The Trustees and C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship fraternity warmly congratulate Michael for his ongoing and deserved recognition and wish him every future success. Ian Doyle
Michael Jones is the fourth C.A.S. Hawker Scholar to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. Michael (middle back) is congratulated by other Hawker Scholars following the presentation of the 2011 Scholarships in Canberra.
Governor-General presents 2011 C.A.S. Hawker Scholarships
Media Release May 6, 2011 Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC presented four new Charles Hawker Scholars with their scholarship certificates today at a ceremony held at Government House in Canberra. The scholars are from metropolitan and regional WA, SA, NSW and the ACT. Fifty friends and family of the new scholars and the Trustees of the C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship attended the function. The 2011 Charles Hawker Scholarship recipients are Miss Sarah Elliott (Corpus Christi College WA, University of Western Australia and Australian National University), Miss Emma Greenland (Calrossy Anglican School NSW), Miss Yen Pham (St Ignatius’ College SA) and Miss Jacqueline Williams (Radford College ACT), The 2011 recipients are enrolled at universities and colleges in the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and the UK and are residing at St Mark’s College in Adelaide, Burgmann College in Canberra and Trinity College in Cambridge UK. Hawker Scholarships, valued at up to $60,000.00 over four years, are one of the most generous privately funded scholarships available to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Australia. Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Hawker family member, Hon. David Hawker spoke about the life of C.A.S. Hawker at a function at Burgmann College following the presentation by the Governor-General. “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 said. Since 1990, the Trustees have awarded four million dollars to ninety-four young Australians, including a significant number from regional areas. The four successful candidates for 2011 were awarded Hawker Scholarships from a strong field of 180 applicants. “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 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,” Hon. David Hawker 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 four 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 2012 Charles Hawker Scholarships open on December 9th 2011 and close on January 6th 2012. 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 Ian Doyle
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Rhodes Scholar Phillip Killicoat
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