Simpson Prize 2008 Winners

The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, the Hon Alan Griffin, on behalf of the Hon Julia Gillard, the Minister for Education, presented the winners and runners-up with their prizes at Parliament House on 18 March 2008. Read press release

Links are provided to winning essays from each student's name. Essays require Acobat Reader.

State	Student	School
Australian Capital Territory	James Butterworth	Canberra Grammar School
New South Wales	Emma Campbell	Frensham School
Northern Territory	Terry Lim	Taminmin High School
Queensland	Oliver Kersnovski	Kingaroy State High School
South Australia	Elizabeth Carroll-Shaw	Walford Anglican School for Girls
Tasmania	Emma Norton	The Friends School
Victoria	Jacinta Scadden – QuickTime video Jacinta Scadden – Transcript of video	Nathalia Secondary School
Western Australia	Kayla Mizzi	St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School

Runners-Up Entries

State	Student	School
Australian Capital Territory	Fiona Spitzkowsky	Radford College
New South Wales	Monte Sheppard	Cranbrook School
Northern Territory	Zoe Whittington	Palmerston High School
Queensland	Stephanie Ferguson	Saint Stephen’s College
South Australia	Truc Tran	Wilderness School
Tasmania	Ellie Cope	Kings Meadows High School
Victoria	Rebecca Free	MacKillop College Swan Hill
Western Australia	Brady Inman	Scotch College

Two teachers Ms Geraldine Greenland from Our Lady of Sion College in Victoria
and Ms Hayley Wood from Alfred Deakin High School in the ACT have been selected to accompany the student winners.

Simpson Prize 2008

A competition administered by the History Teachers’ Association of Australia

Winning Entries

Runners-Up Entries