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    May 07, 2020 4 minutes

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    Last November’s sponsorship grants and the Nancy-Bird Walton award have been finalised. Here are just a few of the projects we’re supporting throughout the year. Some are underway already, but others will take place once the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

    NANCY-BIRD WALTON AWARD

    The Australian Geographic Society has awarded Sophie Matterson the 2020 Nancy-Bird Walton $5000 sponsorship for female adventurers for her project Coast to the Coast, a 5000km camel journey across Australia. Sophie has spent four years learning everything she can about camels and how to train the beasts of burden, spending time in Australia, the USA and

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