Golden Paw Award

Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife

Dymocks
Golden Paw Award 2008

A big thank-you to all 4,294 children for entering the Dymocks Golden Paw Award!

Students from 223 schools in New South Wales and the ACT have sent us their excellent artworks to help save the endangered Little Penguins. Just click on the penguin to the right and see how much money your pictures raised!

The best 600 aquatic pictures will be on show at the Australian National Maritime Museum during your school holidays. Is your picture there?
Click here to find out!

How much money have you raised?

And who has won the Golden Paw Award? Click on the names below to see the winning artworks.

AGES 4-6

1st Prize Joe Thurkettle - Western Pygmy-possum
2nd Prize Lilly Sydenham - Sandhill Dunnart
3rd Prize Rebecca Hsu - Koala
Highly Commended Bonnie Butler - Swift Parrot

AGES 7-9

1st Prize Aaron Hockey-Jones - Little Penguin
2nd Prize Cate Crampton - Little Penguin
3rd Prize Emma Liu - Little Penguin
Highly Commended Meleane Holaafolau - Emu

AGES 10-12

1st Prize Vivian Wang - Koala
2nd Prize Sibohan Choi - Little Tern
3rd Prize Zoe Friedman - Leadbeaters Possum
Highly Commended Rainer Smahel - Powerful Owl

Who has won the WildTales Libraries?

The winner of the Peoples Choice Award 2008

The winner of the Golden Paw People's Choice Award is Emma Liu (8) of Bright Kids Corner.

Emma wins a Dymocks book prize for her drawing of a Little Penguin.

Winners were announced on 30 September 2008 at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney.

600 aquatic entries were on show at the Museum from 28 September 2008 until Sunday 12 October 2008.

Thank you to our supporters