Recipients of our co-investment opportunities
Lady Mollie Askin Ballet Scholarship
2024
Joseph Dufty
2022
Milei Lee
Previous recipients
2018 Lania Atkins
2014 Josie Frick, Isobelle Dashwood, Cameron McCormack
2012 James Lyttle, Courtney Macmillian, Vanessa Morelli, Christiano Martino
2010 No Award
2008 Jessica Fyfe
2020
Lincoln Sharp
2004 Connor Dowling
1998 Daryl Brandwood
1996 Paul Knobloh
Sir Robert William Askin Opera Scholarship
2024
Angus Ledgerwood
2022
Daniel Carison
Previous recipients
2018 Paull-Anthony Keightley
2012 Luke Stoker, Morgan Pearse, Richard Symons
2010 Alexander Lewis, Morgan Pearse, Russell Harcourt
2008 Derek Wilton
2006 David Hansen
2020
Stephen Marsh
2004 Andrew Goodwin
2002 Shannon Foley
2000 Angus Woods
1998 John Cummins
Dal Stivens Award
2023
Jumaana Abdu
2021
Patrick Kankanange Gunasekera, WA
2018
Jonathan Dunk
Kathleen Mitchell Award
2023
Dylin Hardcastle A Language of Limbs
2021
Sophie Overett, The Rabbits
Previous recipients
2016-18 no award
2014 Majok Tulba, Beneath the Darkening Sky
2012 Melanie Joosten, Berlin Syndrome
2010 Nam Le, The Boat
2008 Randa Abdel-Fattah, Ten things i hate about me
2006 Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
2019
Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys
2004 Lucy Lehmann, The Showgirl and the Brumby
2002 no award
2000 Julia Leigh, The Hunter
1998 James Bradley, Wrack
1996 Sonya Hartnett, Sleeping Dogs (inaugural award)
Marten Bequest Scholarships
The Marten Bequest Scholarships have been granting young Australian creatives the additional funding they need since 1975, to undergo relevant training/educational programs in their chosen careers.
Perpetual, trustee of the Marten Bequest Scholarships, congratulates all winners past and present who all showed ability and promise in their relevant fields.
2024
Emma McManus: Acting
Aera Bradley: Acting
Maria Moles: Instrumental Music
Lorna Quinn: Painting
Leon Zhan: Painting
Chloe Ray: Poetry
Sara Mansour: Poetry
2023
Eliza Scott – Acting
Dylan Phillips – Ballet
Victor Arul – Instrumental Music
Jessie Nash – Painting
Emily Stewart – Poetry
Rafeif Ismail – Prose
Jeremy Boulton – Singing
2022
Patrick Livesey – Acting
Jed Long – Architecture
Laura Griffiths – Ballet
Ida Lawrence – Painting
Dzenana Vucic – Prose
Kai Wasikowski – Sculpture
Natalie Dietz – Singing
2021
Aki Nakagawa, Acting
Georgia Saxelby, Sculpture
Fotini Stefanou, Singing
James Rushford, Instrumental Music
Lauren Aimee Curtis, Prose
Jordan Micallef, Ballet
Abdul Abdullah, Painting
2020
Marshall Stay, Acting
Noah Benzie-Drayton, Ballet
Isobel Roberts-Orr, Poetry
Oliver Mol, Prose
Laura Woollett, Prose
Amy Evans, Architecture
Eleanor Peres, Architecture
Jemila MacEwan, Sculpture
Madison Bycroft, Sculpture
Chloe Smith, Instrumental Music
Joseph Franklin, Instrumental Music
Sarah Prestwidge, Singing
2019
Renae Shadler, Acting
Anna Maskiell, Architecture
Sydney Merrilees, Ballet
Gemma Lee, Instrumental Music
Ellena Savage, Prose
Danae Valenza, Sculpture
Brenton Spiteri, Singing
2018
Jacinta Yelland, Acting
Brayden Gallucci, Ballet
Bridget O’Donnell, Instrumental Music
Jahnne Pasco-White, Painting
Tamryn Bennett, Poetry
Jessica Friedmann, Prose
Lauren Burrow, Sculpture
2017
Mish Grigor, Acting
Nikhila Madabhushi, Architecture
Harrison Lee, Ballet
Ross McHenry, Kathryn McKay, Instrumental
Sam Holt, Painting
Caitlin Maling, Poetry
Rebecca Slater, Scott McCulloch, Prose
Marian Tubbs, Sculpture
Elizabeth Lewis, Alasdair Kent, Singing
2015
Eryn Jean Norvill, Acting
Duncan Ragg, Acting
Nikki Shiels, Acting
Josh Price, Acting
Nicole Shostak, Acting
Ildiko Susany, Acting
Samuel Quinteros, Painting
Tara Marynowsky, Painting
Emily Hunt, Painting
Marc Freeman , Painting
Hayley Megan French , Painting
Sean Crossley, Painting
Alice Couttoupes, Sculpture
Marley Dawson, Sculpture
Adelle Mills, Sculpture
Paul Yore , Sculpture
Damien Butler, Sculpture
Tully Arnot, Sculpture
Alexandra Flood, Singing
Corinne Cowling, Singing
Elly Holt, Singing
Maximilian Riebl, Singing
Hannah Dahlenburg, Singing
2014
William Harvey-Jones, Architecture
Charlotte Algie, Architecture
James Thomas Barclay, Architecture
Candy Royalle, Poetry
Jessica Wilkinson, Poetry
Elizabeth Campbell, Poetry
Laura Jean Mckay, Prose
Tom Lee, Prose
Ender Baskan, Prose
Man Chung (Nicholas) Young, Instrumental Music
Emily Sun, Instrumental Music
Rosie Gallagher, Instrumental Music
Samuel Pereira, Ballet
Olivia Paine, Ballet
Belle Beasley, Ballet
2013
Johnny Carr, Acting
Kate Sherman, Acting
Matilda Ridgway, Acting
Gabriella Hirst, Painting
Nathan Hawkes, Painting
Tully Moore, Painting
Christopher Hanrahan, Sculpture
Kate Scardifield, Sculpture
Patrick Foster, Sculpture
Bryony Dwyer, Singing
Lauren Easton, Singing
2012
Michael Barraclough, Architecture
Aeden Pittendreigh, Ballet
Aura Go, Instrumental Music
Michelle Dicinoski, Poetry
Christopher Currie, Prose
2011
Arianwen Parkes Lockwood, Acting
Julian Curtis, Acting
Kelly Paterniti, Acting
James Drinkwater, Painting
Sarah Contos, Sculpture
Valda Wilson, Singing
2010
Peter Campbell, Acting
Sally Davis, Acting
Jaime Mears, Acting
Pei-Jee Ng, Instrumental Music
Pei-Sian Ng, Instrumental Music
Guy Spielman, Instrumental Music
James Polack, Instrumental Music
Michelle Gearin, Painting
Michelle Ussher, Painting
Emily Fitzgerald, Painting
Bonny Cassidy, Poetry
Simon West, Poetry
Sarah Holland-Batt, Poetry
Jack Cox, Prose
Anthony Levin, Prose
Katherine Battersby, Prose
Natalie Aroyan, Singing
Andrew Finden, Singing
Anna Whitehead, Singing
2009
Marissa Looby, Architecture
Daniel Kumnick, Architecture
Holly-Jane Lister, Ballet
Alexandra Stewart, Ballet
Adam Herd, Instrumental Music
Simon Powis, Instrumental Music
Martin Smith, Instrumental Music
Clare Thackway, Painting
Melita Oram, Painting
Michaela Gleave, Sculpture
Rebecca Delange, Sculpture
Suzanne Shakespeare, Singing
Brett Carter, Singing
2008
Anya Beyersdorf, Acting
Adriano Cappellatta, Acting
Scott Borg, Instrumental Music
Benjamin Kopp, Instrumental Music
Emma Cummings, Painting
William Mackinnon, Painting
Lachlan Brown, Poetry
Jaya Savige, Poetry
Katrina Schwarz, Prose
Damien Pass, Singing
Sally Wilson, Singing
2007
Scott Hawken, Architecture
Christine Outram, Architecture
David Johnathan, Ballet
Nicki Moffatt, Ballet
Ben Carey, Instrumental Music
Alexandra Osborne, Instrumental Music
Martin Smith, Instrumental Music
Anthony White, Painting
Craig Waddell, Painting
Rachael Fuller, Sculpture
Abi Alice, Sculpture
Russell Harcourt, Singing
Derek Welton, Singing
2007
Kellie Jones, Acting
Emma Jackson, Acting
Dianna Gaetjens, Instrumental Music
Pei-Jee Ng, Instrumental Music
Pei-Sian Ng, Instrumental Music
Nathan Taylor, Painting
Stephanie Smiedt, Painting
Matthew Abbott, Poetry
Christine Balint, Prose
Rachael Quigley, Prose
Elena Xanthoudakis, Singing
Celeste Lazarenko, Singing
2005
Celia Carroll, Architecture
David Pigram, Architecture
Nicholas Cunningham, Ballet
Elise Farrar, Ballet
Jacam Mavricks, Instrumental Music
Sophie Rowell, Instrumental Music
Edward Wright, Painting
Shonah Trescott, Painting
Sara Morawetz, Sculpture
Lara O’Reilly, Sculpture
Andrew Goodwin, Singing
David Hansen, Singing
2004
Rachael Coopes, Acting
Paul Hankinson, Instrumental Music
Tristram Williams, Instrumental Music
Adrian Doyle, Painting
Michael Brennan, Poetry
Mireille Juchau, Prose
Celeste Lazarenko, Singing
2003
Shannon Truloff, Architecture
Amber Darlrymple, Ballet
Mark Gaydon, Instrumental Music
Erin Helyard, Instrumental Music
Celeste Chandler, Painting
Jan Gulembiewski, Sculpture
Lisa Anne Robinson, Singing
2002
Miranda Nation, Acting
Emma Sholl, Instrumental Music
Michael Kutschbach, Painting
Judith Bishop, Poetry
Suneeta Peres da Costa, Prose
Martene Grimson, Singing
2001
Angelique Edmonds, Architecture
Julia Gillespie, Ballet
Jessica Sun Butcher, Instrumental Music
Matthew Coleman, Instrumental Music
Sallie Moffatt, Painting
Stephen Garret, Sculpture
Christopher Field, Singing
2000
Joseph Clements, Acting
Andrew Bain, Instrumental Music
Pip Haydon, Painting
Peter Minter, Poetry
Julia Leigh, Prose
Adrian Dwyer, Singing
1999
Anita Ashtonlomax, Architecture
Gabrielle Nankivell, Ballet
Asmira Woodward-Page , Instrumental Music
Daniel Argyle, Painting
Linda Dennis, Sculpture
Amelia Farrugia, Singing
1998
David Williams, Acting
Philip Arkinstall, Instrumental Music
MTC Cronin, Poetry
Delia Falconer, Prose
Francisco Romero, Singing
1997
Challis Smedley, Architecture
Paul Knobloch, Ballet
Mark Kruger, Instrumental Music
Rachel Ellis, Painting
Perdita Phillips, Sculpture
Michael Terry, Singing
1996
Adam Kronenberg, Acting
Benjamin Martin, Instrumental Music
Jane Bennett, Painting
Lisa Jacobson, Poetry
Barbara Wels, Prose
Kirsten Boerema, Singing
1995
Rachel Doherty, Architecture
Clemens Leske, Instrumental Music
Carl Sutherland, Painting
Pamela Miller, Sculpture
Philippa Grummet, Singing
1994
Andrea Moor, Acting
Justine-Marie Brierley, Ballet
Brian John Hawke, Poetry
Christopher Cyrill, Prose
1993
Adam Kronenberg, Acting
Sheona Thomson, Architecture
Katie Black, Instrumental Music
Robert Clinch, Painting
Alison Humphreys, Sculpture
Lindsay Gaffney, Singing
1992
Susan Lyons, Acting
Terri-Lee Milne, Ballet
Phillip Hodgins, Poetry
Liam Davison, Prose
1991
Genevieve Lilley, Architecture
Nicholas Milton, Instrumental Music
Margaret Snowden, Painting
Laren Berkowitz, Sculpture
Stephen Bennett, Singing
1990
Alan Knoepfler, Acting
Gideon Obarzanek, Ballet
Christopher Andrews, Poetry
Gillian Mears, Prose
1989
Pollyxenia Joannou, Painting
Bronwyn Oliver, Sculpture
1987
Brandon Burke, Acting
Conal Fitzpatrick, Poetry
Timothy Winton, Prose
1986
Stanton Welch, Ballet
Wendy Sharpe, Painting
1985
Christopher Wrench, Instrumental Music
Roxanne Hislop, Singing
Rebecca Gregg, Ballet
1984
Anthony Mainaty, Prose
Jennifer Mackenzie, Poetry
Robyn Warwick, Acting
Michael Anderson, Architecture
1983
John Armstrong, Sculpture
Georgina Holliday, Painting
Michael Anderson, Architecture
1982
Mitchell Anderson, Instrumental Music
Henry Pritchett, Singing
Gary Lester, Ballet
1981
George Papaellings, Prose
Robert Gray, Poetry
Marcia Gardner, Acting
1980
G.C Penny, Sculpture
M Croft, Painting
M Lochhead, Architecture
1979
Stephen Lloyd, Instrumental Music
Barbara Tree, Singing
Hilary Crampton, Ballet