Hilary Brettell Scholarship
The Hilary Brettell Scholarship, in honour of our late esteemed colleague and past President of the ACT HTA, financially supports early career educators who wish to attend the annual National History Conference.
2024 Hilary Brettell Scholarship
This year’s conference was held in Sydney from the 3-4 October, 2024. This year’s recipients were Caitlin Cullen (Melba Copland Secondary School) and Patrick O’Dea (Melrose High School)
In 2023, as the HTAA National Conference was held locally we had 8 Hilary Brettell Scholarships recipients.
- Oscar Jolly, Melrose High School
- Pearl Harbour, Campbell High School
- Beth van der Kolk, Melba Copland Secondary School
- Mary Clare Woodforde, Wanniassa School
- Marina Leko, Kingsford Smith School
- Andrew Grimmett, Amaroo School
- Natasha Davies, Radford College
- Alyssa Markmann, Merici College
The recipient of the 2022 Hilary Bretell Scholarship was Libby Whitbread-Bourne (Amaroo School).
City News: https://citynews.com.au/2022/young-history-teacher-makes-her-own-history/
EDU Article: https://www.education.act.gov.au/about-us/all-news-and-news-alerts/news-items/june-2022/historic-recognition