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Applications Indigenous Youth Leadership Program

2025 Scholarship Applications are now closed.

The Indigenous Youth Leadership Program (IYLP) offers scholarships and leadership opportunities to young Indigenous Australians, with a focus on Indigenous youth from communities in very remote areas of the country or regional communities.

IYLP is funded by the National Indigenous Australians Agency and The Smith Family was selected to be an IYLP Partnership Broker.

The IYLP supports scholarships for Indigenous students to attend approved secondary schools – day and boarding, government and non–government.

In addition to helping Indigenous students achieve their educational aspirations, the IYLP supports the development of a pool of positive role models and future leaders, to inspire other Indigenous students and illustrate the successes that can be achieved through educational attainment.

See below for a full list of the current education providers The Smith Family has partnered with to deliver the IYLP.

Who can apply for a secondary education scholarship?

To be eligible for an IYLP scholarship the applicant must be a young Indigenous Australian who has the motivation and high potential to complete Year 12, and be committed to succeeding. Scholarships are being offered for up to one year and student progress will be reviewed periodically.

IYLP scholarship applicants must also be:

• willing to attend an approved IYLP Education Partner School/College

• eligible for Abstudy

• able to meet the requirements set out in the program guidelines in relation to receipt of other Commonwealth scholarships

Questions

If you have any questions in relation to the scholarship application process please email iylp@thesmithfamily.com.au or telephone on (08) 8224 1402.

Current education providers

Here are our partners with whom The Smith Family is collaborating with for the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program.

ACT | NSW | QLD | NT | SA | VIC | WA

Australian Capital Territory

Canberra Grammar School
40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill ACT 2603
Web: https://www.cgs.act.edu.au/

New South Wales

Kincoppal-Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart
New South Head Road, Rose Bay NSW 2029
Web: https://www.krb.nsw.edu.au/

New England Girls School
13 – 83 Uralla Road, Armidale NSW 2350
Web: http://www.negs.nsw.edu.au/

St. Gregory’s College
100 Bagdally Road, Gregory Hills NSW 2557
Web: http://www.stgregs.nsw.edu.au/

St Ignatius College (Riverview)
Tambourine Bay Road, Lane Cove NSW 2066
Web: https://www.riverview.nsw.edu.au/

St Joseph's College
1 Mark Street, Hunters Hill NSW 2110
Web: http://www.joeys.org/

St Scholastica's College
4 Avenue Road, Glebe NSW 2037
Web: http://www.scholastica.nsw.edu.au/

Queensland

St. Augustine’s College
251 Draper Street, Cairns QLD 4870
Web: http://sac.qld.edu.au/

St. Monica’s College
177 Abbott Street, Cairns QLD 4870
Web: http://stmonicas.qld.edu.au/

St. Ursula's College
38 Taylor Street, Toowoomba QLD 4870
Web: https://www.st-ursula.qld.edu.au/

Mount St Bernard College
15 Broadway, Herberton QLD 4887
Web: https://www.msb.qld.edu.au/

Northern Territory

Haileybury Rendall School
Lot 1044 Berrimah Road, Berrimah NT 0828
Web: https://www.haileyburyrendall.com.au/

St John’s College
54 Salonika Street, The Gardens, Darwin NT 0801
Web: http://www.stjohnsnt.catholic.edu.au/

St Philip's College
Schwarz Crescent, Alice Springs NT 0871
Web: http://www.stphilips.nt.edu.au/

South Australia

Concordia College
24 Winchester Street, Highgate SA 5063
Web: https://www.concordia.sa.edu.au/

Immanuel College
32 Morphett Road, Novar Gardens SA 5040
Web: http://www.immanuel.sa.edu.au/

Loreto College (Adelaide)
316 Portrush Road, Marryatville SA 5068
Web: http://www.loreto.sa.edu.au/

Navigator College
61 Windsor Avenue, SA 5099
Web: https://www.navigator.sa.edu.au/

Pembroke School
342 The Parade, Kensington Park SA 5068
Web: http://www.pembroke.sa.edu.au/

Prince Alfred College
23 Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town SA 5067
Web: http://pac.edu.au/

Rostrevor College
Glen Stuart Road, Woodforde SA 5072
Web: http://www.rostrevor.sa.edu.au/

Sacred Heart College
195 – 235 Brighton Road, Somerton Park SA 5044
Web: http://www.shc.sa.edu.au/

St. Peter’s College
Trinity Street, St Peters SA 5069
Web: http://www.stpeters.sa.edu.au/

Westminster School
1-23 Alison Avenue, Marion SA 5043
Web: http://www.westminster.sa.edu.au/

Wilderness School
30 Hawkers Road, Medindie SA 5081
Web: http://www.wilderness.com.au

Xavier College
1 Kentish Road, Gawler Belt SA 5118
Web: http://www.xavier.catholic.edu.au/

Walford Anglican School for Girls
316 Unley Road, Hyde Park SA 5061
Web: https://walford.sa.edu.au/

Victoria

Ballarat Grammar
201 Forest St, Wendouree VIC 3355
Web: https://www.bgs.vic.edu.au

St. Patrick’s College
1431 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC 3350
Web: http://www.stpats.vic.edu.au

The Geelong College
Talbot Street, Newton, VIC 3220
Web: https://www.tgc.vic.edu.au/

Loreto College Ballarat
1600 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC 3350
Web: http://loreto.vic.edu.au/main/

Ballarat Clarendon College
1425 Sturt Street, NEWINGTON VIC 3350
Web: https://www.clarendon.vic.edu.au/

Caulfield Grammar School
217 Glen Eira Rd, St Kilda East VIC 3183
Web: https://www.caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au/

Western Australia

Rossmoyne Senior High School
Keith Road, ROSSMOYNE WA 6148