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Gerard Mills Memorial Prize for Wildlife Photography

2022 Winners

1st prize: Lucy Bowden
2nd prize: Koshi Tachieda (for "Whistler in the sticks")
3rd prize: Luis Kahraman
Windows Desktop Winner: Deaghlan Kealey
Highly Commended Winner 1: Molly Dawson
Highly Commended Winner 2: Tyron Pereira
Highly Commended Winner 3: Koshi Tachieda (for "Grey Kangaroo on campus")
Highly Commended Winner 4:  Marcia Grimm

Virtual exhibition for the 30 finalists

The 30 finalists for the Gerard Mills Memorial Prize for Wildlife Photography have been curated into a virtual exhibition. Explore the photos by downloading the EyeJack app (an augmented reality app) and scan the QR code.

2022 Gerard Mills Competition Virtual Gallery QR code
Download the EyeJack app and scan the QR code to view a virtual exhibition for the the 30 finalists for the Gerard Mills Memorial Prize for Wildlife Photography.
Lucy Bowden's Black Swan photo - 2022 First Prize Winner
Lucy Bowden's Black Swan photo - 2022 First Prize Winner
Koshi Tachieda's Whistler in the sticks photo - 2022 Second Prize Winner
Koshi Tachieda's Whistler in the sticks photo - 2022 Second Prize Winner
Luis Kahraman's Swamp Hen in the lakes on campus photo - 2022 Third Prize Winner
Luis Kahraman's Swamp Hen in the lakes on campus photo - 2022 Third Prize Winner
Deaghlan Kealey's Rainbow Lorikeet photo - 2022 Windows Desktop Winner
Deaghlan Kealey's Rainbow Lorikeet photo - 2022 Windows Desktop Winner
Molly Dawson's Water Dragon photo - 2022 Highly Commended Winner
Molly Dawson's Water Dragon photo - 2022 Highly Commended Winner
Tyron Pereira's Singing Lark photo - 2022 Highly Commended Winner
Tyron Pereira's Singing Lark photo - 2022 Highly Commended Winner
Koshi Tachieda's Grey Kangaroo on campus photo - 2022 Highly Commended Winner
Koshi Tachieda's Grey Kangaroo on campus photo - 2022 Highly Commended Winner
Marcia Grimm's Dragonfly photo - 2022 Highly Commended Winner
Marcia Grimm's Dragonfly photo - 2022 Highly Commended Winner
Honouring a USC legend

The Gerard Mills Memorial Prize honours the memory of USC Honorary Senior Fellow, Mr. Gerard Mills. Gerard devoted much of his life to education, art, and photography. He spent almost four years taking more than 30,000 photos of wildlife activity, each week walking kilometres of USC's 100-hectare Sunshine Coast campus to find rare and elusive species.

Mr. Mills documented almost 600 species including everything from the tiniest beetles to the biggest kangaroos, from snakes and birds to bandicoots and sugar gliders. The Gerard Mills Memorial Prize acknowledges a USC student who demonstrates excellence in wildlife photography.

2021 Winners

1st prize: Madhav Anilkumar
2nd prize: Bernice Wood
3rd prize: Jasmine Connors
Windows Desktop Winner: Coralie Delme
Highly Commended Winner 1: Alex Wells 
Highly Commended Winner 2: Sean Goss

2019 Winners

1st prize: Jordyn Colquhoun
2nd prize: Bernice Wood
3rd prize: Ronald Sayegh

2018 Winners

1st prize: Olivia Kimber
2nd prize: Bernice Wood
3rd prize: Jessica Bettega

2017 Winners

1st prize: Tyler Nicholls
2nd prize: Kate Berry
3rd prize: Jackson Weaver

Small bird delivers big reward for student snapper

A spur of the moment chance snap of one of Australia’s most-loved small birds has delivered big results for amateur photographer and USC student Jordyn Colquhoun.

Winning wildlife photo was no cheep shot

Winning the 2018 Gerard Mills Memorial Prize for Wildlife Photography this week was Olivia Kimber’s gorgeous image of six fairy martins at the edge of a puddle on Sippy Downs campus.

Students awarded for their stunning wildlife photography

Students who took exceptional photographs of USC’s native fauna have been awarded the inaugural Gerard Mills Memorial Prizes for Wildlife Photography at a special ceremony on campus.

USC honour for wildlife photographer

A passionate photographer on a 10-year odyssey to record the rich diversity of wildlife on the Sippy Downs campus of the University of the Sunshine Coast will become an Honorary Senior Fellow.