2025 Prize recipients
In July 2025, 12 students were awarded the Prize and will embark on a trip to Türkiye to visit significant war memorials and sites.
- Ajay Sonti – Portland Secondary College
- Alexandra O'Brien – Nagle College
- Cairo Cullinane – The Hamilton and Alexandra College
- Cecilia Xu – Melbourne Girls Grammar
- Hayden Zani – Emmaus College
- Jack Nguzo – The Grange P-12 College
- Logan Hudson – Bairnsdale Secondary College
- Lucy Pilgrim – Kerang Christian College
- Mohammad Husseini – Northern Bay College
- Phillip Kim – Yarra Valley Grammar
- Rana Bozkurt – Ilim College
- Samantha Straw – Sale College
2024 Prize recipients
In August 2024, 12 students were awarded the prize and selected to tour significant commemorative sites in Türkiye.
- Sophie Birrell – Goulburn Valley Grammar School
- Benjamin Bolton – Kings' College Warrnambool
- Chloe Lawson – Bass Coast College
- Owen McCoughtry – Saint Ignatius College Geelong
- Carys Murray – Gippsland Grammar
- William Muhlhauser – Haileybury College
- Ruby Pearce – Marian College
- Bai Yang Sascha Peter Pogos-Hill – John Monash Science School (Clayton Campus)
- Mahdia Qasimi – Hampton Park Secondary College
- Freshta Watanyar – Marian College
- George Whitford – Myrtleford P12 College
- Kylinda Zhang – Nossal High School
2023 Prize recipients
In November 2023, 12 students were awarded the prize and will embark on a trip to Türkiye to retrace the steps of the Anzacs.
- Baylasan Almosa – Mount Ridley P-12 College
- Devansh Attrey – Caroline Chisholm Catholic College
- Disha Awasthi – East Doncaster Secondary College
- Lauren Baker – Mullauna College
- Vedat Can Bozkurt – Ilim College of Australia
- Olivia Campbell - Presbyterian Ladies' College
- Alexander Large – Mentone Grammar School
- Cassie Lenné – Catholic College Sale
- Bayden Matthews – Swan Hill College
- Zachary Melvaine – Mill Park Secondary College
- Kirwan Schoenborn – Wesley College Melbourne
- Roman Young – Oxley Christian College
2022 and 2021 Prize recipients
In December 2021, 40 secondary school students across Victoria were awarded with scholarships of $2,500 to support their education goals.
- Claire Paterson - Brentwood Secondary College
- Emily Turner - Carey Baptist Grammar School
- Abby Ogden - FCJ College Benalla
- Molly Close - FCJ College Benalla
- Zanthe Newham - FCJ College Benalla
- Grace Green - Haileybury
- Krish Gupta - Haileybury
- Ishi Jajpura - Haileybury
- Syazwani Saifudin - Hoppers Crossing Secondary College
- Matilda Seckold - Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
- Zarin Zoha - John Monash Science School
- Jasmine Hamit- Killester College
- Aimee Norris - Lilydale Heights College
- Savannah Shamon - Marymede Catholic College
- Alexandra Conroy-Ryan - Melbourne Girls Grammar
- Jake Newman - Mentone Grammar School
- Sofia Ghidinelli-Matheson - Mildura Senior College
- Denisse Lopez Garza - Mount Lilydale Mercy College
- Mia Brice - Norwood Secondary College
- Layla Kiefte - Norwood Secondary College
- Joshua Palmer - Oberon High School
- Aiyanna Fernandopulle - Padua College
- Alice Roberts - Parkdale Secondary College
- Brian Lim - Parkdale Secondary College
- Jack Ojaimi - Parkdale Secondary College
- Leila Tebb - Parkdale Secondary College
- Xinran Zhang - Peninsula Grammar
- Meg Paton - Peninsula Grammar
- Yehansa Malagala - Presbyterian Ladies' College
- Ankita Patel - Ringwood Secondary College
- Marco Baker-Athanassiou - Rowville Secondary College
- Cindy Jin - Ruyton Girls' School
- Keelee Smith - St Augustine's College Kyabram
- Ethan Malcolm - St Helena Secondary College
- Alexa Grant - Sunbury College
- Likitha Kujala - Suzanne Cory High School
- Henry McCasland-Strachan - Templestowe College
- Macklin Spicer - The Kilmore International School
- Sophie Edis - Vermont Secondary College
- Jeremy Firman - Vermont Secondary College
2020 Prize scholarships
In November 2020, 24 students were awarded scholarships to support their education goals.
View the video of the Spirit of Anzac Prize 2020 Awards Ceremony
Regional Scholarship recipients
- Ashlee Eacott - Parkdale Secondary College
- Brianna Murgana - Fountain Gate Secondary College
- Casey Grimsted - Nagle College
- Chelsea Filmer - Nagle College
- Ella Thomson - Baimbridge College
- Fletcher Chandler - Auburn High School
- Jax Scaife - Keilor Downs College
- Oliver Ferguson - Huntingtower School
- Oliver Warwick - Ballarat Grammar
- Olivia Kiefte - Norwood College
- Sotir Stojanovic - Warrandyte High School
- Stella Mackay - Sacred Heart College Geelong
Major Scholarship recipients
- Cameron Ross - The Knox School
- Cliona Ingram - Goulburn Valley Grammar
- Ebony Brice - Norwood Secondary College
- Ella Battista - Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar
- Kaitlyn Bulmer - Echuca College
- Lleyton Row - St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School Traralgon
- Macklin Spicer - The Kilmore International School
- Maeve Winter - Westbourne Grammar School
- Paramita Sharma - Coburg High School
- Samuel Ball - Norwood College
- Stephanie McKie - Parkdale Secondary College
- Tristan Clonan - Damascus College
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