James Bourke Memorial Prize in English [F1665] 

Friends and colleagues having provided funds for a prize in memory of the late Monsignor J. E. Bourke, OBE, for several years a part-time lecturer in the then Department of English and founding Director of the Federal Catholic Education Office, a fund is established for that purpose, and the prize, called the James Bourke Memorial Prize in English, is awarded in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The prize consists of the annual income on the fund after capitalisation in accordance with Senate policy.

2. The prize is awarded by the Board of Examiners in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences to the student who, in the opinion of the Head of the School of Social and Cultural Studies following consultation with the academic staff in the English, Communication and Cultural Studies discipline group, has done the best work overall in any two Level 2 or 3 semester units of English.