Program Overview & Objectives
Latrobe City Trust invites applications from female students who completed their VCE at a secondary school within Latrobe City in 2025 for the Eva West Memorial Scholarship. The award has been established to commemorate the life and work of Eva West who was born in Traralgon in 1888.
Eva West realised a number of notable achievements in her lifetime. She was one of the first women to qualify as an accountant in Victoria and was one of the earliest women working in local government administration in Victoria. Throughout her life, Eva West was an active member of the community, epitomising good citizenship. She received the award of MBE in 1958 in recognition of her service to the community.
Following her death in 1969, a public appeal was held to enable the former Traralgon Council to establish a perpetual scholarship in her honour to encourage the advancement of young women. Historically the Eva West Memorial Scholarship has been managed by Council and awarded to a female student attending Traralgon Secondary College.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an Eva West Memorial Scholarship, applicants must:
- Be a year 12 female student attending a secondary school within the Latrobe City Council municipality;
- Available for students pursuing accounting or business-related tertiary studies; and
- Intend to undertake full time study in a relevant discipline at any university or TAFE institution within Australia.
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