PAMS 2026
The 2026 Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship (PAMS) tour runs from 26 September until 9 October. Eighteen scholars and three teachers with a shared passion for history will participate in a study tour visiting historical sites in Greece and Crete to better understand the service of Australian men and women during the Second World War.
Sites include:
- The Acropolis
- Phaleron War Cemetery
- Battlefields of Thermopylae and Thebes
- Stavromenos (6th Australian Division Memorial) and the battlefields of Rethymno
- Souda Bay War Cemetery
2026 Scholars and Schools
| Name | School |
| Elizabeth Allen | Meriden School |
| Blake Bridges | Merewether High School |
| Rory Byrne | Newtown High School of the Performing Arts |
| Lachlan Cameron |
Scone Grammar School |
| Zachary Chai |
Ryde Secondary College |
| Logan Doig |
Leeton High School |
| Timothy Gittins |
Heritage Christian School |
| Ella Gottke | Calrossy Anglican School |
| Becky Manning |
Asquith High School |
| Christopher Marshall |
Baulkham Hills High School |
| Charlie Martin |
NBSC Manly Selective Campus |
| Adelaide Matthews | St Scholastica's College, Glebe |
| Matilda Ross | Wyndham College |
| Sarah Seo |
Barker College |
| Amariah Tamaro | Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta |
| Mabel Turner |
Burwood Girls High School |
| Xara Umer | Kooringal High School |
| Stella White | St Patrick's Marist College Dundas |
Accompanying teachers and staff
| Name | School / Office |
| Alexander Collins | Port Hacking High School |
| Hans Mayerhofer | Newtown High School of the Performing Arts |
| Emily Shanahan | Scots All Saints College, Bathurst |
| Brad Manera | Tour Historian, Anzac Memorial |
| Fabienne Virago | Manager, OVA |