2026 scholar
Lilli Keller
Lilli is pursuing biomedical science with the aim of completing medicine and contributing to better health care for rural and regional communities.
Lithgow, New South Wales · Established 2006
Backing the next generation of Lithgow achievement.
The Hoskins Lithgow Scholarship helps young people from the Lithgow Local Government Area pursue tertiary study and realise their full potential.
2006First awarded
$30kMaximum support
Under 26At 1 July in application year
Lithgow LGALocal residents
Purpose
From industrial ambition to future opportunity.
The scholarship was first awarded in 2006. It honours Charles Hoskins, whose work helped establish Lithgow as a centre of Australian iron and steelmaking, while investing in something equally important: the future contribution of young people from the Lithgow community.
A Lithgow legacy
Enterprise. Engineering. Education.
G & C Hoskins purchased the Eskbank Ironworks in 1908 and developed the enterprise into Australia’s first successful iron and steel works. The scholarship carries that spirit of practical achievement forward into new fields and new generations.
About Charles HoskinsCurrent scholars
2026 joint winners
2026 scholar
Bianca Capamolla
Bianca is studying construction management and hopes to build a career in project management while supporting a safe and inclusive construction industry.
Scholarship archive
Two decades of Lithgow scholars.
Since 2006, the scholarship has supported students across medicine, engineering, education, law, science, construction, the arts and other fields.
Explore scholar archive2026Joint winners: Lilli Keller and Bianca Capamolla
2025Joint winners: Jemima Riecken and Sidney Edwards
2024Joint winners: Zoe Walsh and Joss Arkley-Smith
2023Lily Bannan
2022Andrei Falls
2021Shannon O’Regan
2027 scholarship
Applications closed
Applications for the 2027 scholarship closed on Friday 7 August 2026.
Provisional scholar notified
23 September 2026