Celebrate Australia 2024

Celebrate Australia 2024

A colourful and engaging display of paintings, drawings and collages celebrating 'who and what make Australia great', created by Primary School Children across the Gladstone Region. 

This exhibition is proudly local. 

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum together with Gladstone Regional Council are committed to the professional development of regional artists.

EXHIBITION DATES AND LOCATIONS

Gladstone City Library - 29 January to 11 March
Calliope Library - 11 March to 12 April
Boyne Island Library - 10 June to 22 July
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum - 27 April to 8 June

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

SECTION ONE (PREP – YEAR 2)

First Prize: Órla Thetford, Beauty and the Banksia, Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Gladstone

Second Prize: Jonathan Lorraway, Deadly Box Jellyfish, Trinity College Gladstone

Third Prize: Aspen Thetford, Holding On for Life, Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Gladstone

Highly Commended:

Ashton Cook, Watching Soccer, St Francis Catholic Primary School

Noah Robinson, A Cassowary and Snake, St Francis Catholic Primary School

Piper McCauley, Baby Turtles, St Francis Catholic Primary School

Axel Kelly, Aussie Snake, Benaraby State School

SECTION TWO (YEAR 3 – YEAR 6)

First Prize:  Khloe Falls, Don’t swim at the beach, Nagoorin State School

Second Prize: Sophie Lorraway, Orca Family under the Southern Cross, Trinity College Gladstone

Third Prize: Caroline Brooks, Dingo, St Francis Catholic Primary School

Highly Commended:

Adele Codrington, Night in the Australian Outback, St Francis Catholic Primary School

Douglas Titchmarsh, Emu Vegemite, Nagoorin State School

Khoda Mehio, The Echidna Run, St Francis Catholic Primary School

Alexis Yeoman, The mighty bin chicken, Clinton State School