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TOPIC "Has the ANZAC legend changed over 95 years?". You should support your view with reference to at least 2 different periods of history.
(Responses can be either a 900 - 1200 word essay or a 15-minute audio/visual presentation for students in Years 9 and 10)
Winners and two teachers will travel to Gallipoli for the April 2011 ANZAC Day services.
ENTRIES CLOSE: 3 DECEMBER 2010
Please submit 3 copies of each entry accompanied by an official coversheet to: Queensland History Teachers' Association, Box 1029, New Farm Q 4005 (Attn: Ros Korkatzis) |
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2010 National History Challenge
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The National History Challenge is a research-based competition for students. It gives students a chance to be an historian, investigating their community and exploring their own past. It emphasizes and rewards quality research, the use of community resources and effective presentation.
The theme for 2010 is 'Celebrations, Memories and History'. Students may produce entries in one of four formats: an individual research paper, a three-dimensional museum display, a multi-media format (audio/video/website), or a performance. Except for the individual (one person) research paper, students may work alone or in groups of up to four people.
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| 2009 National History Challenge winners (Qld) |
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| 2009: Year 5/6 - Declan Caruso & Dakota Scholefield - Dalby South State School - Declan and Dakota prepared a PowerPoint presentation on Immigrant Experiences. The slides included text and visuals with a timeline and analytical information. |
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2009: Year 7/8 Prize - Hannah Dillman - St Aidan's Anglican School Hannah's essay was on Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop. Whilst Edward Weary Dunlop (1907-1993) is best remembered for his heroic work in World War II prisoner of war camps, his work in establishing ties between Australia and Asia and his medical research should not be underestimated. Dunlop led many World War II Prisoners of War to mental and physical survival by giving them hope and inspiration. He created friendships between Australia and Asia which resulted in cultural differences being out aside. Dunlop was also the founder of the Sir Edward Dunlop medical Research Foundation. |
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2009: Year 9/10 Prize - Hamish Murray - Albany Creek State High School Hamish wrote about The Battle of Long Tan. Faced with an enemy outnumbering them twenty-six to one and monsoonal weather, the Australian soldiers' position looked hopeless. But the Australian 'never give up' attitude drove them on. The Battle of Long Tan became one of the greatest triumphs over advertsity Australians have been involved in the Vietnam War. |
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2009: Year 11/12 Prize - Natasha Gromof - Albany Creek State High School Natasha Gromof wrote about The Trye Triumph of Ned Kelly. As she writes: In my entry, I have attempted to explore the legend of Ned Kelly - focsuuing on the adversities he faced in his life, and how the legend represents a triumph. I chose to do this in the form of a feature article, so as to present the information in an accessible, interesting way, using primary source images to enhance both the readers' interest and understanding of the topic. |
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'Women Beating the Odds' Prize - Clare Emery - Urangan State High School Clare's essay was on The White Mouse, "I hate war and violence, but if they come I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas". Those are the words of the truly inspirational Australian war Hero, Nancy Wake. This assignment will detail her accomplishments and how she overcame a strict, troubled and love-deprived childhood to achieve great success with the Allies during World War II and how she survived during such a damgerous period in France. She was 'an ordinary woman doing extraordinary things'. |
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'Indigenous Australia' Prize - Stephanie Stokes - Albany Creek State High School Stephanie focused on the Torres Strait Islander culture and its successful adaption to Christianity, representing a triumph over the pressures from a dominant European culture. |
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'The Life and Times of John Curtin' Prize - Brayden McConnell - Dalby South State School Brayden's essay was on John Curtin's Triumph. This essay will tell you about how John Curtin rose up from a poor country boy to being Prime Minister. |
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'History of Sport' Prize - Jesse Binns - Dalby South State School Jessie wrote about Kurt Fearnely. Kurt Fearnely is an award winning paralympian. He has won four New York City marathons, and in 2007, won ten of the eleven marathons he contested. Jessie's essay describes how this amazing athlete has forever fought to keep up with his able-bodied peers, and against the odds, has succeeded. |
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'Australia's Heritage' Prize - Natasha Gromof - Albany Creek State High School As previously mentioned, Natasha's article dealt with Ned Kelly. |
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| Australian Prime Minister's Prize - no winner |
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'In War and Peace' Prize - Skye Seaford - Shalom College Skye investigated the question How has Private Ronald High Sankowsky's life been a triumph over adversity? On the 15th of February 1942 British commander-in-chief General Percival, surrendered Singapore. Though he was not then aware of it, in doing so he destined the lives of all but six of the Australian and British soldiers. One of the soldiers was private Ronald Hugh Sankowsky a man who was born and raised in Bundaberg. |
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2009 Premier's Young Historian Award - Natasha Gromof - Albany Creek SHS Queensland Premier's Young Historian Medal, $500 student and $100 school, and student travel to Canberra to receive the Commonwealth Medal at the National Presentation Ceremony, in Mural Hall, Parliament House. The National History Challenge covers travel, meals, accomodation and incidental costs to and from, and whilst in Canberra |
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2010 QHTA Historical Writing Competition
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Entries for this competition are due Friday, 17 September 2010. Please ensure that you download the conditions and read them carefully. All entries should have the application form attached.
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Students in years 8 to 12 are invited to submit an essay or written response of some other appropriate genre (a report, diary entries, newspaper article, play, script etc). This topic may relate to an historical piece from ancient or modern times. The topic or question which the piece of writing is intended to answer must be clearly stated and must be historical in the sense that it addresses an issue concerned with causes or consequences or change of continuity in human affairs in an identified time period.
The entry may relate to a topic studied during the student's history studies at school and must be the original work of the student, in that the student has not received more assistance than is usually given during the researching and writing of essays or other genres submitted for assessment within the school curriculum.
In 2010 an extra prize has been added to the QHTA Historical Writing Competition for any winning entry which is on an indigenous topic.
While teachers should feel free to comment on early drafts, the submitted entry must not contain any teacher’s comments, corrections or marks.
Each school may submit no more than three entries in each of Years 8-10. In Years 11 and 12 a maximum of three Ancient History essays and three Modern History essays may be submitted at each year level. In instances where more than the permissible number of three entries in a given year level/category are submitted, only the first three removed from the envelope will be eligible.
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Due Date: Friday, 17 September 2010
Sponsored by the Queensland Independent Education Union
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2009 QHTA Historical Writing Competition winners |
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QHTA takes great pleasure in announcing the 2009 winners of the Historical Writing Competition. The standard of entries this year was very high and the judges commend both the students and their teachers for the way in which students showed their ability to research, interpret evidence and make historical judgements. |
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Kelsey Carr - Brisbane Girls Grammar School Alex Dekkers - The Gap State High Schooll
Highly Commended Laura Green - St Stephen's College Eloise Phelps - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School Johann Shand - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School Liesda Marsden - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School Eunice Ng - Brisbane Girls Grammar School Lucy Fry - Brisbane Girls Grammar School
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Laura Green - St Stephen's College Rhianna Ferguson - St Hilda's School Alisha Worden - Albany Creek State High School
Highly Commended Natasha Gonef - Albany Creek State High School Stephanie Parker - Albany Creek State High School Amanda Wu - Brisbane Girls Grammar School
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Laura Krause - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School Eloise Jolly - St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School Noam Lev Tor - The Gap State High School
Highly Commended Rachel King - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School Natalie Cameron - The Gap State High School Hannah Braiding-Watson - St Stephen's College
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No prize awarded Stephen Lynch - Helensvale State High School Damian Staveley - Albany Creek State High School
Highly Commended Kathleen Smith - Brisbane Girls Grammar School Peter Park - The Gap State High School |
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Caitlin Clifford - Brisbane Girls Grammar School Rose Leonforte - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School Georgina Perkins - St Hilda's School
Highly Commended Hannah Voroteliak - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School Claire Yap - Brisbane Girls Grammar School Christine Chang - Brisbane State High School
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Sarah Krause - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School Meredith Elliott - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
Highly Commended Hamish Murray - Albany Creek State High School Grace Burgess-Limerick - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
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Hannah Roberts - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
Highly Recommended Hannah Dillman - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
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| Signficance of Unions Prize |
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| Alidia Lee - Somerville House |
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| Rose Leonforte - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School |
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| Emily Witheyman-Crump - Year 4, West Moreton Anglican College |
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| Alidia Lee - Somerville House |
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