Scholarships & Academic Award Scheme
St Augustine’s College has a long tradition of educating boys from diverse backgrounds and has established scholarship programs to support students and their families.
Academic Scholarships
The Gildas Scholarship
Our Gildas Scholarship is available to one student entering Year 11, either as a day or boarding student. The scholarship is tenured from the commencement of Year 11 until the end of Year 12. The Gildas Scholarship is awarded based on an academic test conducted by ACER, an interview and the report card from the student’s present school. It covers 100% of tuition fees and is conditional on continued academic success.
APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED
The Heavey Scholarship
Our Heavey Scholarship is available to one student entering Year 7 and is tenured from the commencement of Year 7 until the end of Year 10. The Heavey Scholarship is awarded based on an academic test conducted by ACER, an interview and the report card from the student’s present school. It covers 100% of tuition fees and is conditional on continued academic success.
APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED
Music Scholarships
Junior (Years 7 to 9)
The Scholarship covers recipient’s tuition and music fees, while enrolled with St Augustine’s College, until the end of Year 9, subject to meeting the scholarship’s requirements and satisfactory progress each year. Please note: Building and P&F Levies will be payable by families.
Senior (Years 10 to 12)
The Scholarship covers recipient’s tuition and music fees, while enrolled with St Augustine’s College, until Graduation, subject to meeting the scholarship’s requirements and satisfactory progress each year. Please note: Building and P&F Levies will be payable by families.
Please email our College Registrar for more details at sac.enrol@cns.catholic.edu.au.
First Nations Scholarships
We proudly collaborate with two organisations committed to increasing access to education for First Nations students: the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) and The Smith Family's Indigenous Youth Leadership Program (IYLP).
AIEF and IYLP offer scholarship funding for First Nations students to complete Year 12. Both agencies provide mentoring and leadership, with career support to help the successful transition from school to employment or tertiary studies.
For further details, please contact our Indigenous Liaison Officer on 07 4052 9135 or email.
Government Assistance Schemes
- Transport Assistance - schooltransport.com.au
- Living Away from Home Allowance Scheme [LAFHAS]. Contact should be made with Education Queensland on 1800 248 997
- Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme [AIC]. Contact should be made with Centrelink on 13 23 18
- ABSTUDY – Phone 13 23 17
St Augustine's College Cairns
251 Draper Street
Cairns QLD 4870
We acknowledge the First Nations peoples of Australia, the traditional custodians of the land, seas, skies and waterways on which we reside, work, travel and meet. We pay our respect to First Nations elders past, present, and emerging, and support the Uluru Statement From The Heart. We acknowledge that the land, seas, skies and waterways of Australia were, are and always will be, that of the First Nations peoples.