Winners announced as schools honour Anzacs

The Hon Matt Keogh MP
Minister for Veterans' Affairs
Minister for Defence Personnel

110 years after the first Anzacs landed on the shores of Gallipoli, Australian students continue to share their stories and those of Australian personnel in the century since.

Fourteen schools from across the country will share in $39,000 in prize money for their winning submissions in the 2025 Anzac Day Schools’ Awards.

Each year, schools are encouraged to engage with veterans and current serving personnel, as they study a theme within Australia’s wartime history and then present their learnings in creative and meaningful ways.

This year’s theme was ‘Remembering Gallipoli: 110 years’ and students did a wonderful job honouring the original Anzacs through a variety of mediums, from dioramas, to websites, to portraits.

Nagle College Students who took out the national award were inspired after meeting a local Second World War Veteran, creating a series of detailed diaries, letters, journals, biographies and notebooks to retell the stories of local Gallipoli veterans.

I would like to thank all the schools that entered the Awards this year and acknowledge the hard work, dedication and high standard of entries by students and their teachers.

The 2026 Anzac Day Schools’ Awards are now open and will close on 28 May 2026. The theme is ‘Women in Service’ and schools are encouraged to reflect on the extraordinary ways Australian women have served our country.

For more information on the 2026 Awards and how to enter, visit the Anzac Portal.

Media contact:

Stephanie Mathews (Minister Keogh’s Office): 0407 034 485
DVA Media: media.team@dva.gov.au

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National winner

Award School name State/ Territory Primary/ 
Secondary
National winner Nagle College VIC Secondary

State/territory winners

Award School name State/ Territory Primary/ 
Secondary
ACT winner Blue Gum Community School ACT Primary
NSW winner St James’ Primary School NSW Primary
NT winner Rosebery Primary School NT Primary
QLD winner North Shore State School QLD Primary
SA winner Truro Primary School SA Primary
TAS winner Riana Primary School TAS Primary
VIC winner Nunawading Christian College VIC ELC to Year 12
(Secondary students)
WA winner Rosalie Primary School WA Primary

Special category winners

Award School name State/ Territory Primary/ 
Secondary
Brigadier Bill Rolfe AO Award for Veteran Involvement Comet Bay College WA Secondary
Innovative Idea Award Greta Valley Primary School VIC Primary
Creative Use of Technology Knox Park Primary School VIC Primary
Remote Schools Award Bourke Public School NSW Primary
Specialist Educational Settings Award Redcliffe Special School QLD Secondary

Certificate of excellence winners

School name State/ 
Territory		 Primary/ 
Secondary
Donvale Christian College VIC Secondary
John Edmondson High School NSW Secondary
Middle Kinglake Primary School VIC Primary
Frank Partridge VC Public School NSW Primary
Anzac Terrace Primary School WA Primary
Palmerston District Primary School ACT Primary
Cooma School for Early Learning NSW ELC
Renmark West Primary School SA Primary
Mount Beauty Secondary College VIC Secondary
Our Lady of Fatima Primary School WA Primary
St Joseph’s Catholic College NT ELC – Year 12
St Patrick’s College QLD Secondary
Loreto College QLD Secondary
Townsville Community Learning Centre QLD P-12
Camberwell Girls Grammar VIC Secondary

Authorised by The Hon Matt Keogh MP.