HISTORY - Australia at IYPT
JYPT/IYPT Australia/IYPT
Australia were first represented at IYPT in Donaueschingen, Germany, in 1998. For the first few years the members of the Australian Team were all selected from Brisbane Girls Grammar School.
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2020 Romania No competition and 2020 (alternative) Georgia No competition
2019 Poland 22nd
P Chugh (JMSS), A Singh (JMSS), A Madan (JMSS),R Lemon (THS), A Zhang (BGGS)
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2018 Beijing 22nd
Mukund Ghantala (BGS), Lavien Premraj (BGS), William Power - C (BGS),Raiden Lemon (THS)
Daniel Rutherford (SCBC)
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2017 Singapore 18th
Daniel Campbell (ASAS), Thejan Elankayer (ASAS), Liam Harris - C (ASAS), Xuan Nghi Pham (BGGS), Shaylah Ryan-Sherriff (SCBC)
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2016 Russia 17th
John Song (ASAS), Finn Connolly (ASAS), Kathryn Bird (BGGS), Jared Loffler-C (SCBC), Jack Ellery (SCBC)
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2015 Thailand 18th
Elisabeth Cox-C (BGGS), Grace Rehn (BGGS) Aditiya Sethi (MHS), Kevin Zhang(BGS), Isaac Edwards(BGS)
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2014 United Kingdom 19th
Sivagowri Somasundaram (BGGS), Claire Ulrich (BGGS), Jesse Tong (BGS) Douglas Coulter (BGS), Alastair Butcher (ASAS)
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2013 Taipei 15th
Heather Hunt-C (BGGS), Allissa Li (BGGS), Sophie Weir (BGGS), Katie Ward (BGGS), Michael Chen (BGS)
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2012 Germany 17th
Allissa Li-C (BGGS), Tony Zhang (NC), Simon McMahon (ASAS), David Kim(NC), Laura Perrin(BGGS)
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2011 Iran Did not compete
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2010 Austria 8th
Shiney Seo (BGGS), Manuri Gunawardena (BGGS), Jono Sklavos-Creevey (BGS), Chris Thang (BGS), Alistair Roe-c (BGS)
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2009 China 9th
Suzanne Scott (BGGS), Jessica Morton (BGGS), Tom Alcorn-c (BGS), Daniel Kim (BGS), David Yap (BGS)
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2008 Croatia 8th
Samantha Luck-C (BGGS), Sarah Thang (BGGS), Ekta Paw (BGGS), Georgina Roberts (BGGS), Kathryn Zealand (BGGS)
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2007 Korea 1st - World Champions!
Christopher Bentley (ASAS), Mitchell Stevens (ASAS), Tom Milburn (BGS), Antonia Morris (BGGS), Kathryn Zealand-C (BGGS)
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2006 Slovakia 4th
Alex Karrasch-C (BGS), Tom Siebert (BGS), Alex Price (BGGS), Emma Burrell (BGGS), Kathryn Zealand (BGGS)
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2005 Switzerland 4th
Tom Vos-C (BGS), Jack Huang (BGS), Andrew Palmer (BGS), Kieran Powyer (ASAS), Hilary Martin (BGGS)
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2004 Australia 11th and 17th
Alex Mercer-C (BGGS), Emily See (BGGS), Erina MacDonald (BGGS), JK Wu (BGS), Nima Kayvan (Kenmore SHS)andTheresa Jo (ASAS), Stephanie Kuo (SC), Trent Spears-C (ASAS), Kieran Powyer (ASAS), Natasha Bosanac (SC)
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2003 Sweden 8th
Caitlin Wilson-C (BGGS), Panayiota Tanos(BGGS), Tom Sze (BGS), Lewis Au(BGS), Skye Perkins (FC)
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2002 Ukraine 5th
Lucy McKenzie-C (BGGS), Shehara Mendis (BGGS), Geordie Shannon (BGGS), Julie Tse (BGGS), Priya Cherian (BGGS)
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2001 Finland 2nd
Gen Thompson-C (BGGS), Lindsey McGrath (BGGS), Tiffany Sproles (BGGS), Rhiannon Mulherin (BGGS), Vicky Ling (BGGS)
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2000 Hungary 10th
Sophie Ferris-C (BGGS), Claire Humphreys (BGGS), Tegan Davey (BGGS), Vanessa Haberken (BGGS), Jusveer Rakhra (BGGS)
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1999 Austria 18th
Jen MacGillivray-C (BGGS), Alex Gilles (BGGS), Megan O'Connor (BGGS), Sally Brand (BGGS), Lacey White (BGGS)
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1998 Germany 17th
Vivien Stewart-C (BGGS), Emma Carlisle (BGGS), Rebecca Farley (BGGS), Georgia Cooke (BGGS), Caitlin Marley (BGGS)
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IYPT in Australia
In 2002 Fairholme College, Toowoomba challenged Brisbane Girls Grammar School for the right to represent Australia with Brisbane Girls Grammar School winning in a very tight competition.
The IYPT Australia Challenge was established in 2003 and the winning team of three students automatically qualifies to be part of the Australian Team. Two other students are selected to join them.
Winners:
2020: not held
2019: John Monash Science School, VIC
2018: John Monash Science School, VIC
2017: Brisbane Grammar School, QLD
2016: All Saints Anglican School
2016: South Coast Baptist College, WA
2015: Brisbane Grammar School, QLD
2014: Brisbane Grammar School, QLD
2013:Brisbane Girls Grammar School, QLD
2012: Brisbane Grammar School, QLD
2010 Brisbane Grammar School, QLD
2009: Brisbane Grammar School, QLD
2008: Brisbane Girls Grammar School, QLD
2007: Brisbane Girls Grammar School, QLD
2006: Brisbane Girls Grammar School, QLD
2005 BrisbaneGrammar School, QLD
2004: Brisbane Girls Grammar School, QLD
2003: Brisbane Girls Grammar School, QLD
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The Junior Young Physicists' Tournament, JYPT, was started in 2010 for students not in their final two years of schooling.
Hosts:
The Scots College, Sydney, Australia in 2010
Wellington High School, Wellington, New Zealand in 2011
The Hutchins School, Hobart, Australia in 2012
The River Valley High School, Singapore in 2013
Korea in 2014
Wellington, New Zealand in 2015
All Saints Anglican School, 2016
Brisbane Grammar School, 2017
The Hutchins School, Hobart, Australia in 2018
School Teams from Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Singapore have competed in these tournaments
Contact A.Allinson if interested