2019 Australia-Japan Relations Essay Contest for NSW and NT Secondary School Students - Results

2019/10/31

2019 Results

The Consulate-General of Japan in Sydney would like to thank all students from across New South Wales and the Northern Territory who entered the 2019 Australia-Japan Relations Essay Contest. We received many strong entries this year, which made it difficult for our judges to reach their decision. However, after much careful deliberation, we are proud to announce the winners of the 2019 Australia-Japan Relations Essay Contest for New South Wales and Northern Territory Secondary School Students!

This year's topics were as follows:

Junior Division: There are a number of environmental issues currently affecting the world, from waste management to sustainability and climate change. Consider the different approaches Japan and Australia are taking to address such environmental issues and discuss what each country can learn from the other.

Senior Division: With the advent of the new Japanese Imperial era of "Reiwa" (令和), how do you expect Japan-Australia relations to continue to develop, given the significant developments and milestones that occurred during the preceding "Heisei" (平成) era?

An awards ceremony is scheduled to be held in early December 2019.

Thank you once again to all those who entered this year. We plan to hold the contest again in 2020 and we look forward to another strong contingent of entries.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 contest!

Junior Division (Years 7 & 8)

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
First	Ms Bella Li	North Sydney Girls High School	8
Outstanding	Ms Anna Stanic	North Sydney Girls High School	7
Outstanding	Ms Chloe Ung	North Sydney Girls High School	8
Highly Commended	Ms Helena Chen	North Sydney Girls High School	7
Highly Commended	Ms Jasmine Hui	North Sydney Girls High School	8
Highly Commended	Ms Jini Kim	North Sydney Girls High School	8
Highly Commended	Mr William Klein	Blue Mountains Grammar School	8
Highly Commended	Ms Hayley Kwan	North Sydney Girls High School	8
Highly Commended	Ms Indigo Lee-Wilson	Ascham School	8
Highly Commended	Ms Rebecca Liang	North Sydney Girls High School	7
Highly Commended	Ms Amber Lin	North Sydney Girls High School	8
Highly Commended	Mr Ethan Zhu	The King's School	7

Listed in alphabetical order within each prize category

Senior Division (Years 9 - 12)

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
First	Ms Chloe Hoang	Pymble Ladies' College	9
Outstanding	Ms Isabella Luchko	Regents Park Christian School	10
Outstanding	Mr Flynn Weston	St Columba's Catholic College	9
Highly Commended	Ms Faye Chang	Pymble Ladies' College	9
Highly Commended	Mr Daniel Gibbons	St Joseph's College	12
Highly Commended	Ms Maddison Goodwin	St Columba's Catholic College	10
Highly Commended	Ms Lara Grosser	Sydney Girls High School	9
Highly Commended	Ms Shruti Mohite	Girraween High School	11
Highly Commended	Ms Edwina Reilly	Kinross Wolaroi School	11
Highly Commended	Ms Simran Sharma	St Columba's Catholic College	9
Highly Commended	Mr Shravan Suriyanarayanan	James Ruse Agricultural High School	10
Highly Commended	Mr Stefan Vujanic	Bonnyrigg High School	12
Highly Commended	Mr Fletcher Youens	St Joseph's College	10

Listed in alphabetical order within each prize category

School of the Year 2019

North Sydney Girls High School

Prizes

The first place winner in the Senior Division will receive a return economy class air ticket* to Japan, courtesy of Japan Airlines. In addition, the first place winner will be provided with a 7-day Japan Rail Pass (Ordinary Class) and 3 nights accommodation at Shiba Park Hotel in Tokyo (conditions apply, subject to availability), courtesy of JTB Australia Pty Ltd.

The first place winner in the Junior Division will receive $300 worth of books of the winner's own choice, from the Consulate-General of Japan**.

Outstanding Essays in both divisions will receive $50 worth of goods, courtesy of Tokyo Mart.

No Northern Territory Prize in either the Junior or Senior Division was awarded this year. (The NT Prize is for books to the value of $100 kindly sponsored by Kinokuniya Bookstores.)

Each prize winner will also be awarded a certificate, plaque and other Japanese goods.

The School of the Year award will be given to the school with the highest percentage of top quality essays, as deemed by the judges. The school will receive $400 worth of books from the Consulate-General of Japan**.

Please note that no correspondence will be entered into in relation to the prize conditions. Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable.

*The definition of ‘return economy class air ticket’ is an international flight between Sydney and Tokyo (Narita) only, including fuel surcharges. Ticket must be issued by 31st March 2020 and travel must be completed before 30th June 2020 or within 3 months from date of issue. Booking conditions apply, subject to availability. The cost of airport taxes and domestic airfares is the responsibility of the prize winner. Prizes and prize conditions are not negotiable, transferable, exchangeable or redeemable for other prizes. Previous first prize winners are ineligible to win the first prize in the same division, in the following year.

**Arranged with the cooperation of Books Kinokuniya.