Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Scholarship

The Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund was established by the late Kathleen Lilias Needham to perpetuate the memory of her late brother Charles Allan Seymour Hawker - scholar, soldier, pastoralist and statesman, by means of a scholarship.

The main object today, as it was then, is to encourage others to follow her brother's example of help and service to his country and his fellow men and women.

The C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship commemorates the achievements of one of Australia's most respected pastoral pioneers who served with distinction in the First World War and went on to become a distinguished scholar and leading figure in the Federal Parliament prior to his tragic and untimely death in an aircraft accident in 1938.

Since 1991 the Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund has awarded more than two million dollars to 50 young Australians.

Scholarship holders have come from every sector of Australian society and graduated from government, catholic and private schools.

Applications open 7th December 2009 and close Friday 8th January 2010. For further information and application details, please visit the website.