2. Refugee Sunday 2003 Poster Competition

3. What is Refugee Sunday? Refugee Sunday (31 August, 2003) is a celebration of the contribution refugees have made to Australia, held every year in thousands of churches around Australia. It also serves to raise awareness of the plight of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia.

4. Why a Poster Competition? Each year, in the lead-up to Refugee Sunday, the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA), in conjunction with the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office and Mercy Refugee Service, holds a poster competition for high schools. The winning entry is used to promote Refugee Sunday.

5. This year’s Poster GalleryPoster GalleryPoster GalleryPoster Gallery

6. Andrea Pavia Year 7 St Mary Star of the Sea College NSW

7. Katherine Swan Year 10 St Mary Star of the Sea College NSW

8. Emma Kucelj Year 9 St Mary Star of the Sea College NSW

9. Jasmine Ciocci Year 7 St Mary Star of the Sea College NSW

10. Charis Levett Year 9 St Mary Star of the Sea College NSW

11. Bianca Morgillo Year 10 Mary Macillop College SA

12. Winner 2003 Teniele Wilmot Year 9 Winthrop Baptist College

13. Louisa Petrolo Year 7 St Mary Star of the Sea College NSW

14. Katrina McNamee Year 9 St Mary Star of the Sea College NSW

15. Natalie Jimenez Year 9 St Mary Star of the Sea College NS

16. Adrianne Dimitrakakis Year 7 Our Lady of Mercy College VIC

17. Sarah Tan Year 7 Our Lady of Mercy College VIC

18. Libby Pearce Year 11 Holy Spirit School WA

19. Brigitte Freese Year 10 St Stephens Carramar School WA

20. Josh Lane Year 9 Winthrop Baptist College WA

21. Kathleen Nguyen Year 7 Our Lady of Mercy College VIC

22. Louise Houghton Santa Maria College VIC

23. Jessica Fagan Year 9 Siena College VIC

24. Temily Cao Year 7 Yidarra Catholic Primary School WA

25. For more information on Refugee Sunday or the Poster Competition, please contact James Thomson at the National Program on Refugees and Displaced People on (02) 9299 2215 or email jthomson@ncca.org.au jthomson@ncca.org.au