SA Museum2025 Photography Prize Winners

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*Please note this list is not indicative of place winners, entries have been listed in alphabetical order. Prize winners will find out the outcome of their entry at the Presentation Ceremony.

Prize Winners

Highly Commended

Click on 'more information' to view photos for each project.

R-2 Prize Winners

R 2 DurbridgeHarriet Durbridge

Paringa Park Primary School

Project: Interesting Insects

R 2 Durbridge

Photography R 2 GhabrielBenjamin Ghabriel

Burnside Primary School

Project: Life Up Close

Photography R 2 Ghabriel

Photography R 2 GiannisJaime Giannis

Annesley Junior School

Project: Patterns in Nature - Bark

Photography R 2 Giannis

Photography R 2 NguyenArcher Nguyen

Rosary School

Project: 

Photography R 2 Nguyen

3-4 Prize Winners

Photography 3 4 KurmisAustin Kurmis

Scotch College - Junior School

Project: Animals in Nature

Photography 3 4 Kurmis

Photography 3 4 LoJayden Lo

Concordia College - St John's Campus

Project: Magical Funghi

Photography 3 4 Lo

Photography 3 4 WilsonIsabelle Wilson

Aldgate Primary School

Project: Capturing Reflections

Photography 3 4 Wilson

5-6 Prize Winners

Photography 5 6 AshcroftSophia Ashcroft

St John's Grammar School - Junior

Project: Close Encounters

Photography 5 6 Ashcroft

Photography 5 6 BasheerJake Basheer

Burnside Primary School

Project: Close Encounters - Macro Photography of Nature's Details

 Photography 5 6 Basheer

Photography 5 6 ClarkIsabelle Clark

Banksia Park School R-6

Project: Looking Up

 Photography 5 6 Clark

7-8 Prize Winners

Photography 7 8 CurtisZoe Curtis

St Peter's Girls' School

Project: To Infinity and Beyond

Photography 7 8 Curtis

Photography 7 8 MaJennifer Ma

Mitcham Girls High School

Project: The World Around Us

 Photography 7 8 Ma

Photography 7 8 PatelYesha Patel

Glenunga International High School

Project: The Language of Colour in Nature

Photography 7 8 Patel

9-10 Prize Winners

Photography 9 10 ChurchIsla Church

Westminster School

Project: Exploring light with prisms

Photography 9 10 Church

Photography 9 10 FloranceNatasha Florance

Kangaroo Island Community Education

Project: Vibrant Colours in Nature - What Can They Tell Us?

Photography 9 10 Florance

Photography 9 10 TemplerAurora Templer

Prescott College Southern

Project: Nature's Architecture: A Macro Perspective

Photography 9 10 Templer

11-12 Prize Winners

Photography 11 12 De VosMichell De Vos

St Columba College

Project: 

Photography 11 12 De Vos

Photography 11 12 RafiqAreeba Rafiq, Rabya Khatun

Unley High School

Project:

Photography 11 12 Rafiq

Photography 11 12 Jack WilsonJack Wilson

Kangaroo Island Community Education

Project: Inconspicuous Terrestrial Arthropods

Photography 11 12 Jack Wilson

2025 Photography Highly Commended

R-2 Highly Commended

R 2 DahdahAllegra Dahdah

Loreto College

Project: Pollinators at Work

R 2 Dahdah

R 2 Adeline HarrisAdeline Harris

Dara School

Project: Patterns in Nature: Discovering Hidden Designs

R 2 Adeline Harris

R 2 McCombHarriet McComb

St Andrew's School

Project: The Night Sky

R 2 McComb

R 2 WightmanHarper Wightman

Mercedes College

Project: Looking Up

R 2 Wightman

3-4 Highly Commended

Photography 3 4 Ava CarrAva Carr

Pedare Christian College

Project: Monarch Butterfly Lifecycle

Photography 3 4 Ava Carr

Photography 3 4 Caleb CarrCaleb Carr

Pedare Christian College

Project: Identifying Features of the White-Backed Magpie

Photography 3 4 Caleb Carr

Photography 3 4 KimJane Kim

Concordia College - St John's Campus

Project: Patterns in Nature

Photography 3 4 Kim

Photography 3 4 LiOliver Li

Pembroke School

Project: Fly me to the moon, let me play amongst the stars

Photography 3 4 Li

Photography 3 4 OrrEmilia Orr

St Aloysius College

Project: Patterns in Nature

Photography 3 4 Orr

Photography 3 4 RaghunandanNavneet Raghunandan

Pembroke School

Project: Close encounters in my backyard

Photography 3 4 Raghunandan

Photography 3 4 RushtonJack Rushton

Golden Grove Lutheran Primary School

Project: Symmetry in Nature

Photography 3 4 Rushton

Photography 3 4 SlackAmelia Slack

Pedare Christian College

Project: 

Photography 3 4 Slack

Photography 3 4 SymLana Sym

Cedar College

Project: Vibrant Colours

Photography 3 4 Sym

Photography 3 4 ThorleyMatilda Thorley

Scotch College - Junior School

Project: Animals in Nature

Photography 3 4 Thorley

5-6 Highly Commended

Photography 5 6 ChaoLiv Chao

Pembroke School

Project: Nature's Canvas: A Visual Science Project on Antelope Canyon

Photography 5 6 Chao

Photography 5 6 Du ToitAmélie Du Toit

Highgate School

Project: 

Photography 5 6 Du Toit

Photography 5 6 KentKarl Kent, Harry Rodda

Highgate School

Project: Nature's wonderland

Photography 5 6 Kent

Photography 5 6 MaddernWilliam Maddern

Pulteney Grammar School

Project: Rainbow Makers - Exploring Light with Prisms

Photography 5 6 Maddern

Photography 5 6 MehtaSohni Mehta, Neina Oliyath

East Marden Primary School

Project: Looking Up

Photography 5 6 Mehta

Photography 5 6 TibrewalPranav Tibrewal

Pembroke School

Project: The colour of contamination: How Pollution alters nature's shades

Photography 5 6 Tibrewal

7-8 Highly Commended

Photography 7 8 BalachanderKeshav Balachander

Prince Alfred College

Project: New York's Colossal Skyscrapers: The science behind the city's tallest buildings

Photography 7 8 Balachander

Photography 7 8 BlockowClaire Blockow

Mitcham Girls High School

Project: Natures Palette

Photography 7 8 Blockow

Photography 7 8 ConnorJet Connor

Portside Christian College

Project: The Night Sky

Photography 7 8 Connor

Photography 7 8 DaveyAiden Davey

Glenunga International High School

Project: Capturing Reflections

Photography 7 8 Davey

Photography 7 8 TemplerLiliana Templer

Prescott College Southern

Project: Elevated View

Photography 7 8 Templer

9-10 Highly Commended

Photography 9 10 BubnerRemi Bubner

St John's Grammar School - Senior

Project: Capturing Reflections

Photography 9 10 Bubner

Photography 9 10 RichardsSophie Richards

Kildare College

Project: Feathery Friends

Photography 9 10 Richards

11-12 Highly Commended

Photography 11 12 BubnerBanjo Bubner

Mount Barker Waldorf School

Project: Wise Perspectives

Photography 11 12 Bubner

Photography 11 12 DalwaiManal Dalwai

Mitcham Girls High School

Project: Capturing Reflections

Photography 11 12 Dalwai