Queensland Museum Regional Loans
and Australia Post
Stamp Competition
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Thanks to Australia Post, six-year-old Ayr student Rachael Turiano from St Francis School will be sending letters to friends and family with her own stamp attached.
Rachael's painting (pictured right), inspired by the Dinosaurs and Muttaburrasauras loan kits borrowed from the Museum of Tropical Queensland, has been chosen as the winner of the term four 2008 Stamp Competition staged in partnership with Australia Post and the Queensland Museum.
Rachael has won a personalised set of stamps featuring her winning painting. St Francis School also received the semester two major prize. The prize pack includes a multi-function device from Australia Post as well as Queensland Museum merchandise including the best-selling Wild Guide series, Scholastic children's books, plush toys and educational games.
Enter The Competition
The Stamp Competition is open to schools and community groups who have borrowed a Queensland Museum loan kit from regional centres.
The competition encourages children to build literacy and artistic skills by sharing their loans experience in a creative way.
The competition is open to children aged 4 - 13 within two categories:
Category one: Get your colours ready!
for students grade three and below
Participants are required to draw a picture based on the loan kit their sponsoring school, community group or organisation has borrowed from the Queensland Museum Regional Loans service during the school term.
Category two: Write it!
for students grade three and above
Participants are required to write a creative piece (no longer than 300 words) themed on the loan kit their sponsoring school, community group or organisation has borrowed from the Queensland Museum Regional Loans service during the school term.
Prizes
Term prizes
At the conclusion of each term, Queensland Museum (in conjunction with Australia Post) will judge the entries and award the winners in each category with a personalised stamp sheet containing 20 x 50c domestic stamps (valued at $23.00 per set of 20). The sheet will contain the winning design OR a photo of the winning entrant on the stamp tab.
Major prizes
All entries will go into a grand prize draw for the chance for the sponsoring school/organisation to win a fantastic prize package valued at $500. Major prizes will be drawn in June and December each year*. The more entries per sponsoring organisation, the more chances to win!
Only Queensland residents living outside the Brisbane metropolitan area aged between 4 - 13 years are eligible to enter. Proof of age may be required.
Entrants must be sponsored by a school/community group who borrow loans from the Queensland Museum Regional Loans service.
Employees and immediate family of Queensland Museum are ineligible to enter.
- Download the Stamp Competition Booklet [new window 1.1 MB PDF].
- Photocopy as many entry forms as required, have the entrants draw a picture or write a creative piece, and then return to:
Queensland Museum Regional Loans Competition
Reply Paid 83953
SOUTH BRISBANE BC 4101
(no stamp required)
By entering the competition you are acknowledging that you have read and understood the competition terms and conditions.
Terms and conditions are also available as a printable PDF document [new window 108 KB PDF].