Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship Appeal
The Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship was created to support financially or educationally disadvantaged Indigenous Australians enrolled in a UniSA undergraduate degree who have a strong will to succeed and are active in their community. In fact, it is specifically designed to support and encourage students who are already on the path to becoming role models or leaders in the community. To date we have raised over $275,000 through the generosity of our donors, however we need your help to continue to raise funds so the scholarship can be offered indefinitely.
“Please help support this scholarship and give someone with real potential that little extra support they need to achieve their academic goals” Gavin Wanganeen.
Help us achieve success off the field - make a donation now! Gavin Wanganeen Donation Form (PDF 67kb – download Adobe Acrobat)
- Meet the Scholarship Recipients
- Help Gavin kick goals for education....donate now!
- Scholarship details
- A little background on Gavin Wanganeen
- Queenscliff Uniting Church support the Scholarship
- $5,000 gift for Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship
Help Gavin kick goals for education......donate now!
You can make a gift to the Gavin Wanganeen Scholarship by printing the Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship brochure or the Gavin Wanganeen Donation Form (PDF 63kb – download Adobe Acrobat)
You can also make your gift by phoning +61 (8) 8302 0974 with your credit card details.
Gifts of $2 or more made in Australia are tax deductible as the University of South Australia qualifies as a tax exempt organisation under section 78 of the Income Tax Assessment Act. The University accepts the following:
- cash
- cheques/money orders - please make cheques out to University of South Australia (Foundation)
- telegraphic transfers
- credit card -Visa and MasterCard.
For further details please contact:
Helen Black
Development Coordinator (Fundraising)
University
of South Australia
Tel. : +61 8 8302 0974
Email :
helen.black@unisa.edu.au
Scholarship details
The Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship is open to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders who are enrolled in any undergraduate program at UniSA. Recipients are chosen from candidates who are financially or educationally disadvantaged, who can show that they have the will to succeed and who actively participate in community activity.
Since its inception in 2005, eleven scholarships have been awarded to deserving students. The 2011 recipients are Nicholas Arundel, Edoardo Crismani, and Mark Osborne, with the awards presented at the Scholarships and Grants Ceremony in early June 2011.
A little background on Gavin Wanganeen
Gavin Wanganeen is the first Aboriginal to receive an AFL life membership for playing 300 official matches. He is also a premiership star, Brownlow medallist, five-time All Australian and Best-and-Fairest winner with Port Adelaide Football Club. Gavin is a role model and representative for Indigenous youth in Australia and UniSA is the first university in Australia to identify a commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education in its charter.
Queenscliff Uniting Church
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kicking goals for Indigenous education
On 4 June 2011, over 150 people attended a dinner and auction hosted by the Queenscliff Uniting Church entitled 'Kicking Goals for Indigenous Education'. The night raised $8,300 for the Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship.
Queenscliff is a small seaside community in Victoria, situated 30km from Geelong. The Queenscliff Uniting Church is committed to being active in the community by providing compassion and concern for justice and the wellbeing of others, especially the vulnerable and misunderstood. The fundraising dinner had strong support from local businesses, organisations and individuals who generously donated items for the auction.
Guests donned their footy team's colours for the night and a personal message of thanks from Gavin Wanganeen was read out.
UniSA would like to thank the organizers of the dinner and everyone in Queenscliff who participated in this event. We appreciate their wonderful support of this important scholarship.
$5,000 gift for Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship
We are delighted to report that UniSA have received $5,000 from an anonymous donor to fund a Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship for an Indigenous student in their final year of full-time study. We thank the trustees of the fund, managed by Perpetual, and we look forward to awarding this valuable scholarship in 2012.