Creative entries from Western Australia and Queensland have taken out the top honours in this year’s Anzac Day Schools’ Awards, the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Alan Griffin, announced today.

Mr Griffin said he was impressed by the quality of entries and was pleased to support a competition that was encouraging another generation of Australians to learn about our wartime history.

"West Australia’s Ballajura Community College won the National and West Australian State award in the Secondary School category and Queensland’s Mater Dei Primary School won the National and Queensland State award in the Primary School category.  Each school received $3000 in prize money for their efforts,” Mr Griffin said.

“Ballajura Community College’s entry strongly reflected the school’s ongoing commitment to commemorating the Anzac tradition.  The most striking aspect of this entry was the creation of ‘Anzac Ribbons’, soaring glass panels representing campaign ribbons of servicemen and women from the local community.  Each ribbon was etched with biographies, poems, reflections, photographs and war records.

More information about Ballajura's win can be found on the Department of Veteran Affairs web site