Simpson Prize 2011

The History Teachers' Association of Australia (HTAA), together with HTAA State affiliates, conduct this competition for year 9 and 10 students on behalf of the Australian Government.

The focus of the competition is the Australian ANZAC tradition and students are asked to write an essay of 900 to 1200 words, or prepare an audio-visual presentation of not more than 15 minutes, on a given statement every year.

This year's statement is: 

"Has the ANZAC legend changed over 95 years?"
You should support your view with reference to at least 2 different periods of Australian history.

ENTRIES CLOSE DECEMBER 2010 (date TBC)
Please submit 3 copies of each entry accompanied by an official coversheet to your HTAA State affiliate's competition coordinator.
Note: A maximum of 3 entries per school may be submitted

WHERE TO SEND YOUR ENTRIES - details available soon

FORMS AND BROCHURES
The following forms will soon be available for download:

General Information Sheet

Brochure

Student Information Sheet

Coversheet (to be attached to your entry)

Teacher Application Form

ENQUIRIES - In the first instance, direct your enquiries to your state coordinator. For contact details click here. For further enquiries please contact the Simpson Prize Competition Secretariat -
Email: Simpson@htav.asn.au
Phone: 03 9417 3422

2010 Gallipoli Trip Blogs & Journals

To follow the 2010 prize-winners on their trip click here

Each prize winner and accompanying teacher kept a journal of their trip:

The winners and runners-up for the 2010 Simpson Prize competition are listed below.

The Minister for Education, the Hon Julia Gillard, and the Minister for Veterans Affairs, the Hon Alan Griffin, presented presented the winners and runners-up with their prizes at Parliament House Canberra on 15 March 2010.

Read media release

Winning Entries 2010

Each State/Territory winner won the three day educational trip to Canberra and the trip to Gallipoli for the Anzac Day Service in 2010.

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

Runners-Up Entries

State/Territory Runners Up won the three day educational tour of Canberra.

TEACHER WINNERS
Teachers applied to accompany students to Gallipoli in April 2010. They were selected for their passion for the subject and their ability to chaperone the students on such a trip.
The successful teachers were:
Ms Sharee Verdon, Moreton Bay College, Queensland
Ms Jacqueline Bolt, Girrawheen Senior High School, Western Australia.