Catherine Bonnes AM Scholarship

The Catherine Bonnes AM Scholarship has been established by the Broken Hill & District Hearing Resource Centre Inc., with the view of assisting deaf and people who are hard of hearing to further their education by undertaking post-secondary studies.

The Scholarship consists of financial assistance towards a degree at an accredited Australian university, college of advanced studies or other such intuitions deemed appropriate by the Scholarship panel. Recipients of the Scholarship will be known as “Catherine Bonnes AM Scholar”.

The purpose:

• To provide financial assistance to deaf/hard of hearing people to assist and improve their participation and access to higher education
• To increase education opportunities for Deaf and hard of hearing students from rural and remote communities, the indigenous community and non-English speaking backgrounds is of a particular importance.