Lee Leaupepe, Peter Huxley ’69, Zeke Leaupepe Perkins ’18, Lesley Huxley AM and Ben Leaupepe
The bursary has changed my life, it has changed my family’s life. Coming to BGS gives me the greatest head start in life. Zeke Leaupepe Perkins ’18’
Heath-Huxley Bursary As Lesley Huxley AM listened to Indigenous leader and lawyer Noel Pearson deliver a BGS Speech Day address, she was inspired to join with her brother Nicholas Heath and mother Betty Heath to offer a student the opportunity for an education at Brisbane Grammar School. They decided to fund a bursary at BGS, covering school and boarding fees, for one boy who could not otherwise have enrolled at the School. The family have derived great satisfaction as they have seen how their gift of education is making an impact and difference to that student’s future. Lesley’s grandfather received a scholarship to attend BGS in the early 1900s. Her two sons also benefited from a BGS education. The bursary donation is this family’s way of giving back.
BGS was founded upon the goodwill of public subscribers, who believed that a broad liberal education would provide the best all-round education for boys. That same philosophy exists today. Bursary donations provide access to a world of opportunities – academic, sporting, cultural, and social connections that can be life changing. The School is very grateful to those families who support our ambition to provide an avenue for eager young people to reach their full potential. Mr Anthony Micallef (Headmaster)
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