Celebrate Australia 2025

Celebrate Australia 2025

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. 

EXHIBITION DATES AND LOCATIONS

Gladstone City Library 17 February to 17 March

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum 5 April to 10 May

Gladstone Airport 20 May to 6 August

Boyne Island Library 7 August to 7 October

Calliope Library 8 October to 24 November

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

SECTION ONE (PREP – YEAR 2)

First Prize

Ivy Koroi, Max the Tasmanian Devil, Gladstone West State School

Second Prize:

Ava Hewatt, The Cassowary and its Baby, St Francis Catholic Primary School

Third Prize:

Jasmine Waterson, Australian Animals, Calliope State School

Highly Commended:

Cooper Langley, A Day on the Harbour, Gladstone West State School

Vince Dizon, Deep Ocean, Gladstone West State School

Emily Bunny, Midnight in the Forest, Gladstone West State School

Jonathan Lorraway, Australian Birds, Trinity College Gladstone

SECTION TWO (YEAR 3 – YEAR 6)

First Prize

Molly Osborne, Great Barrier Reef, St Francis Catholic Primary School

Second Prize:

Savannah Reid, Lizard, Gladstone West State School

Third Prize:

Amelia Day, Turtles, Gladstone West State School

Highly Commended:

Alina Davidson, The Blossoms of Australia, St Francis Catholic Primary School

Ellis Waugh, Paradise, St Francis Catholic Primary School

Pippa Lindley, Kangaroo Chilling, Gladstone West State School

Blade Phillips, Uluru, Gladstone West State School