Overview
The Alan Blakney Memorial Scholarship was established by Mrs Lorna Waller to commemorate her brother Alan Blakney (1919-83), who attended the Dookie campus and graduated in 1940. During WWII, he served in the airforce and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. He took up a soldier settlement farm in northern Tasmania and later near Hobart, eventually settling and farming in Western Australia.
The scholarship is offered to students who are enrolled in the Bachelor of Agriculture at Dookie Campus.
Eligibility
To be considered for this scholarship, you must:
- Be living or have lived in a regional or remote area of Australia
- Be enrolled in the Bachelor of Agriculture (or its successor)
- Have completed a minimum of 100 credit points of study
- Be enrolled or be planning to enrol in at least 37.5 points of study (second year students) or at least 25 points of study (third year students) in the Dookie Semester option
