What is the Viva Cribb Bursary Program?

The Viva Cribb Bursary Program provides funding to an individual in Ipswich to assist in costs of a project to document, record or publish a significant aspect of the local history of Ipswich.  The bursary is named in honour of Viva Cribb, who demonstrated a dedication to the preservation of the history of Ipswich.  The bursary aims to foster an appreciation of the city's local history and heritage, by encouraging individuals to document areas of historical significance to Ipswich and to make this information accessible to the community.

Previous Winners:

2008: Edwin Habben, ‘Ipswich & District Roll of Honour, World War 1', publication.

2009: Rosewood Scrub Historical Society, ‘Winning the coal: coal miners' stories from the Rosewood Scrub', tracing the history of coal mining in the Marburg/Rosewood district from 1916 onwards.

2010: Ipswich Bowls Club: ‘Ipswich Bowls Club; chronicle of a century 1910 -2010', and John Kane who has written ‘St Mary's Ipswich, the Luckie Parish: Fr Luckie to Dr Oxenham 1849-1983'.

2011: Maurine Lyon who is writing ‘The Regals: the history of the Ipswich City Vice-Regal Band' and Tracey Olivieri writing ‘In heavenly garb: the headstones of the Ipswich General Cemetery'.

Funding Levels

One funding level is provided within the program:

• Up to $5,000

Distribution of Funding

The 2012/2013 funding round will open on 16 January 2012 and close 2 March 2012.
Contact the Digital Archivist on 3810 7272 for more information.

Are you Eligible?

Funding applications are open to individuals, participating in a not-for-profit capacity, aged 18 years or older, who are full time residents of the City of Ipswich.  Not-for-profit Community Groups are also eligible to apply.  

Eligible projects funded by the Viva Cribb Bursary Program include projects such as the:

• Preparation and printing of a local history book
• Recording of an oral history
• Web resource such as an e-book publication
• Image based research for digitisation on the Internet

Projects are required to cover a local history topic of significance to Ipswich in one of the following subject areas:

• People, family, political figures
• Domestic or public architecture
• Natural environment
• Floods and disasters
• Business and Industry
• Sport and culture
• Military history
• Community organisations or events

Bursary Acquittal

All bursary funds must be fully acquitted within 12 months. All successful bursary recipients will be required to complete an Acquittal Form and provide relevant receipts to clearly identify project expenditure.

Forms

You can download the 2012 Guidelines and Application Form here:

 Viva Cribb Bursary Guidelines And Application Form 2012 (Word Document, 154 kb) 

You can download a copy of the Funding Agreement here:

  Viva Cribb Bursary Funding Agreement (Word Document, 58 kb)