2019 Australian of the Year Dr Richard Harris SC OAM presented four new Charles Hawker Scholars with their scholarship certificates at a ceremony held at St Marks College in Adelaide on Friday, 14 June 2019. Two of the four 2019 C.A.S Hawker Scholars are enrolled at ANU and are in residence at Burgmann College.
The two 2019 Charles Hawker Scholarship ANU/Burgmann recipients are:
• Miss Yasmin Poole, who completed her first year of Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of International Relations Degrees in 2018
• Mr Finnegan Rowbottam, who is enrolled in Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of International Security Studies degrees
The other 2019 Charles Hawker Scholarship recipients, Miss Sophie Ludbrook from Adelaide and Miss Kaidy Morgan from Port Lincoln (SA), are in residence at St Mark’s College and are studying Medicine and Agriculture (respectively) at the University of Adelaide.
Since 1990, the Trustees have awarded more than 6 million dollars to 126 young Australians, including a significant number from regional areas. The four successful 2019 candidates were awarded Hawker Scholarships from an Australia-wide field of 140 applicants. Today, each of these residential scholarships is valued at up to $60,000 over three years and is one of the most generous privately funded scholarships available to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Australia.
Congratulations, Yasmin and Finnegan!
