Congratulations to Lowitja O’Donoghue Foundation Nursing Scholarship recipients
We are excited to announce recipients of 2025 Lowitja O’Donoghue Foundation Nursing Scholarships.
The 2025 round was expanded across three streams and attracted strong national interest with 18 scholarships awarded: four Postgraduate/Higher Degree and 14 Undergraduate.
Recipients are located in Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Townsville, Canberra, Adelaide, Ipswich, Broome, the Torres Strait Islands, and Arnhem Land.
‘This incredible group of scholarship recipients are honouring the legacy and work of the late Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue through their dedication and passion for ensuring that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health is the hands of our people.
‘This year we are immensely proud to have students from all over Australia who have each chosen to make an individual contribution to the improvement of indigenous health outcomes. We wish them all the very best with their studies.’
– Deb Edwards, Head of the Lowitja O’Donoghue Foundation
2025 Lowitja O’Donoghue Foundation Nursing Scholarship recipient Kaiwarr Clancy attending our 4th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference on Kaurna Country, Adelaide.
2025 recipients
| Undergraduate Nursing Scholarships | ||
| Mrs Ella Kathleen Nappaljarri Fitz | Bachelor of Midwifery | Flinders University |
| Miss Marteenah Haji Noor | Bachelor of Nursing | CQUniversity |
| Miss Kaylah Turnbull | Bachelor of Nursing | Australian Catholic University |
| Miss Sarah Hummel | Bachelor of Nursing | Monash University |
| Miss Laura Horsburgh | Bachelor of Nursing | Griffith University |
| Mrs Pamela Wasaga | Bachelor of Nursing Science | James Cook University |
| Ms Keitha Virdi | Bachelor of Nursing | Charles Darwin University |
| Miss Chelsea Stone-Heat | Bachelor of Nursing | Australian Catholic University |
| Mr Travis Williams | Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Paramedicine | Australian Catholic University |
| Miss Cruze Connors | Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Behavioural Science | Queensland University of Technology |
| Ms Patricia Rose | Bachelor of Nursing Science | James Cook University |
| Mr Kobe Sabatino See Kee | Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) | University of Sydney |
| Mr Zane Kendall | Bachelor of Nursing | Deakin University |
| Miss Sharna Phillips | Bachelor of Nursing | Charles Darwin University |
| Postgraduate/Higher Degree Scholarships | ||
| Mrs Jessica Bennett | Doctor of Aboriginal Health Studies | University of Newcastle, School of Medicine and Public Health |
| Mr Kaiwarr Clancy | Master of Public Health | University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health |
| Mrs Lauren Navarrete | Master of Public Health | Flinders University, College of Medicine and Public Health |
| Miss Breanna Solomon | Master of Indigenous Business and Leadership | Monash University |
These prestigious scholarships are jointly funded by the Australian Government, National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) and the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
