- Ten students chosen to travel to Japan for the 2025 Premier's Anzac Student Tour
- The tour, to be held in April next year, will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II
- The Premier's Anzac Student Tour is an annual competition open to all Western Australian students in Years 8 to 11
Ten West Australian students will travel to Japan next year after successfully applying to participate in the 2025 Premier's Anzac Student Tour.
Premier Roger Cook and Education Minister Dr Tony Buti today announced the names of the 10 successful students.
The students were selected from schools across the State, including from Broome, Kalbarri, Geraldton, Perth, and Norseman. Two teachers were also selected to attend.
Students will travel to Japan from 17 to 27 April 2025 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
While in Japan, they will also have the opportunity to reflect on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and recognise the significant acts of reconciliation that have occurred between our nations since this time.
As part of a rigorous application process, students were selected for the tour based on their response to the question: using a Western Australian example, examine the significance of monuments and/or other modes of commemoration established to honour those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in war.
The Premier's Anzac Student Tour is an annual competition open to all WA students in Years 8 to 11. Since 2004, a total of 266 students have been selected to participate in the program.
The 2025 Premier's Anzac Student Tour participants are:
- Year 9 Dylan McKenzie, Kalbarri District High School
- Year 9 Ella Tennant, Kalbarri District High School
- Year 9 Elliot Beurteaux, Broome Senior High School
- Year 9 Elvira White, Nagle Catholic College
- Year 10 India Baker, Woodvale Secondary College
- Year 10 Lilly Moses, Champion Bay Senior High School
- Year 10 Olivia Forster, Broome Senior High School
- Year 11 Bella Le, Shenton College
- Year 11 Leila Glass, Shenton College
- Year 11 Shannan Johns, Norseman District High School
More information about the Premier's Anzac Student Tour is available at: www.education.wa.edu.au/premiers-anzac-student-tour
Comments attributed to Premier Roger Cook:
"The Premier's Anzac Student Tour is an incredible opportunity for young Western Australians to learn more about Australian history and develop an understanding of the Anzac legacy.
"Since 2004, students have toured Belgium, England, France, Greece, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey, Vietnam and Australia to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Anzac service men and women.
"Congratulations to the 10 students selected to take part in the 2025 Premier's Anzac Student Tour to Japan."
Comments attributed to Education Minister Dr Tony Buti:
"I am thrilled to announce the 2025 participants of the Premier's Anzac Student Tour. It is fantastic to see students from both regional and metropolitan WA selected to take part.
"This once-in-a-lifetime tour provides students the chance to broaden their education and take part in memorable history lessons to deepen their understanding of the brave men and women who served in the armed forces."
