April Bottom Scholarship

Applications are now being invited for the April Bottom Scholarship for 2013, worth $9000.

April Bottom was a unique person – full of fun, life and vision and with a strong Christian commitment. Her family home in Broken Hill, Allison House, became a Hostel for children who would come from surrounding areas for education. She served on the Allison House Managing Committee until the time of her death.

April and her husband, David, ran Wirryilka Station for many years and experienced first-hand the difficulties of having their children education. Before her death from cancer in 2003, April expressed a desire to set up a fund to assist families from the West Darling Parish region (now the Parish of the Far West and Broken Hill) with the education of their children, particularly where they needed to leave the region in order to achieve their education potential.

In previous years, winners of the Scholarship have moved from their homes or properties surrounding Broken Hill and Menindee to study in Adelaide, Bathurst, Sydney and Darwin.

To be eligible, you must:

  • Be a resident of the Parish of Broken Hill and the Far West.
  • Undertake study outside the Parish in 2013.
  • Submit your completed application by the closing date and have it verified by parents/carers.
  • Provide your last year’s academic records and any other information (e.g. sporting, academic achievements, club memberships, etc.) to support your application.

The winner for the 2013 Scholarship will be notified in mid-October this year and the amount of $9,000 will go towards their tuition fees/boarding fees/text books, etc. as they commence their studies in 2013. Applications close on 3rd September, 2012.

The 2012 recipient, Hayley Lawrence, from Kara Station in far north western NSW, has commenced her Bachelor of Nursing at Flinders University in Adelaide. The Scholarship has eased the financial burden of university costs on her parents, who were greatly affected by the drought, and is covering the cost of some of Hayley’s courses, including one on Anatomy and Physiology and another entitled ‘Health Across the Lifespan’.

Applications for the 2013 April Bottom Scholarship close on 3rd September, 2012. To download the application form, click here.

For more information, please contact Robyn Williams at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or (02) 9262 5017.