The Jim Bacon Foundation is a philanthropic organisation based in Tasmania, Australia. It provides practical support and financial assistance to cancer patients and organisations that support them during their treatment. It also offers three scholarships through the University of Tasmania which are granted to students studying fine arts, political science or the care and treatment of cancer.[1]
The Jim Bacon Foundation was formed by passage of the Jim Bacon Foundation Act 2004 through the Tasmanian Parliament. Bacon was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer while still serving as Premier of Tasmania, and died in June 2004, six months before the legislation received Royal Assent.[2]
The Foundation was absorbed into the Ricky Ponting Foundation in May 2013. The State Government will continue to fund the $30,000 Jim Bacon Memorial Scholarship at the University of Tasmania.[3]
Scholarship recipientsedit
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2019)
^"Jim Bacon cancer fund winding up". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^ abcd"Scholarships". The Examiner. Australian Community Media. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^Whiteley, Cameron (1 April 2012). "Scholarships give Coasters a head start for study". The Advocate. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
bacon, foundation, philanthropic, organisation, based, tasmania, australia, provides, practical, support, financial, assistance, cancer, patients, organisations, that, support, them, during, their, treatment, also, offers, three, scholarships, through, univers. The Jim Bacon Foundation is a philanthropic organisation based in Tasmania Australia It provides practical support and financial assistance to cancer patients and organisations that support them during their treatment It also offers three scholarships through the University of Tasmania which are granted to students studying fine arts political science or the care and treatment of cancer 1 The foundation is named after Jim Bacon who spent 25 years working in the union movement was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly and became Premier of Tasmania a position he held from 1998 until his resignation in March 2004 The Jim Bacon Foundation was formed by passage of the Jim Bacon Foundation Act 2004 through the Tasmanian Parliament Bacon was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer while still serving as Premier of Tasmania and died in June 2004 six months before the legislation received Royal Assent 2 The Foundation was absorbed into the Ricky Ponting Foundation in May 2013 The State Government will continue to fund the 30 000 Jim Bacon Memorial Scholarship at the University of Tasmania 3 Scholarship recipients editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items April 2019 Year Name Area of study Ref2008 Dominique Higgins cancer care and treatment 4 2008 Chavelli Sulikowski political science 4 2008 Emma Tidey political science 4 2008 Scott Cotterel visual arts 4 2012 Nick Sageman political science 5 2016 Emma Richardson cancer care and treatment 6 2018 Laura Gillam visual arts 7 References edit Jim Bacon Foundation Scholarship University of Tasmania Jim Bacon Foundation Act 2004 AustLII Jim Bacon cancer fund winding up ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation 22 May 2013 Retrieved 8 April 2019 a b c d Scholarships The Examiner Australian Community Media 29 May 2008 Retrieved 8 April 2019 Whiteley Cameron 1 April 2012 Scholarships give Coasters a head start for study The Advocate Australian Community Media Retrieved 8 April 2019 Emma Richardson Retrieved 8 April 2019 2018 Judges Tasmanian Portraiture Prize RACT Insurance Retrieved 8 April 2019 External links editJim Bacon Foundation website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Bacon Foundation amp oldid 1121552027, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
