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The Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize

The Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize is open to all students currently in year 9 in government and non-government schools in Tasmania, as well as home-schooled students at the same year levels.

The prize was a joint initiative of the Tasmanian State Government and the RSL Tasmania.

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The 2008 Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize recipients and the teachers who will accompany the students to Gallipoli, Belgium and France in April / May 2009 are:

Students

  • Bridget Dickenson – Clarence High School
  • Catherine Kennedy – Wynyard High
  • Chris Bigwood – Kingston High
  • Emily Baker – Riverside High
  • Jessica Tanner – Friends School
  • Phoebe Kirkwood – Sacred Heart School

Teachers

  • Jill Richardson - Wynyard High
  • Rob Soward - Kings Meadows High

RSL Members

  • Wayne Cargill - RSL Tasmania State Branch
  • David Richards - Latrobe Sub Branch
  • Robert Fitz OAM - Launceston Sub Branch.
Details of the prize
2007 Frank McDonald Memorial Prize Group at the Menin Gate in Belgium in April 2008
Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize winners 2007

Front Row (L to R):

Rosalie Mulcahy, Teacher New Town Primary;  Bianca Downes, Devonport High;

Kate Murfet, Ulverstone High;  RSL CEO Noeleen Lincoln OAM

Row 2: Stephen King, Teacher Claremont High; Julian Cook, Clarence High;

           Declan Siedler, McKillop College; Paul Burley (RSL)

Row 3: Luke Bell, New Town High; John James (RSL); Tom Adams, Scotch Oakburn School

 

Don’t forget to use the Frank McDonald Memorial Prize as a learning sequence for your Year 9 students in 2009.