Moore Family Scholarship
This scholarship is open to commencing students enrolling in a Bachelor of Nursing at the Warrnambool Campus, and currently living in the Western District of Victoria.
Value
Payment of student contributions of $3,500 per year or payment in cash.
Duration
Three years, subject to satisfactory academic performance.
Number per year
One
Eligibility
To be eligible for this scholarship you must be:
- an Australian citizen, or holder of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa
- a commencing student enrolled full time in the Bachelor of Nursing at the Warrnambool Campus as a Commonwealth supported student
- able to demonstrate you are in receipt of a means-tested Centrelink benefit or have a personal or family taxable income below the HECS repayment threshold, depending on independence status
Selection criteria
Your application will be assessed and ranked based on the information you provide in your application and supporting documentation.
How to apply
Applicants can apply directly to Deakin University via the Deakin Applicant Portal.
Closing date
Applications for 2013 are now closed.
John Moore arrived in the Warrnambool district from Ireland in the 1840s, followed in the 1850s by his brother James. The brothers acquired land on the Merri River close to Russell’s Creek. Seven of their sister Mary’s children followed them to Warrnambool in the 1860s.
Most members of the Moore family did well in their new home and have contributed considerably to the development of the community of Warrnambool and the Western District in the subsequent 150 years.
This scholarship has been funded from the estates of three of James’ grandchildren – Mary Isabella (Isabelle) Moore, Eileen Marjorie O’Brien (nee Moore) and John (Jack) Moore. The former two family members both undertook some or all of their nursing training at Warrnambool Base Hospital pre and post Second World War.
Despite the fact that all three eventually left Victoria for other states, this scholarship has been established because Isabelle, Marjorie and Jack were supported by and prospered in the Warrnambool community. It is the wish of their descendants that this scholarship might provide the opportunity for a current member of the Warrnambool or Western District community to take up the vocation of nursing and, in a similar way, contribute to the wellbeing of the community in which they reside.
