1997 Finalists

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Biology and Microbiology

Helen Lewis
Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar, Canterbury, VIC
'Flies in The Food Chain'

Therese McGillion
McCarthy Senior High School, Emu Plains, NSW
'Chemical Deterrents for Kangaroos'

Jamie Messner
Prince Alfred College, Kent Town, SA
'Enhanced Growth Rate Linked to Planting by the Phases of the Moon. Fact or Fallacy?'

Michael Morris
Killara High School, Killara, NSW
'Carpet Mites Clean Solution'

Simon Newton
St Stephen's School, Greenwood, WA
'The Effect of Pitch on Human Concentration'

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Chemistry & Biochemistry

Susannah Bellows
Doncaster Secondary College, Doncaster, VIC
'Cleaning Paintbrushes'

Melissa Dandridge
Lesmurdie Senior High School, Lesmurdie, WA
'A Waste of Paste'

Bree Hanson
Lesmurdie Senior High School, Lesmurdie, WA
'A Waste of Paste'

Emile Jansons
Tully State High School, Tully, QLD
'Tropical Fuel Ethanol Production from Rainforest Plants'

Jonathan Munro
Lesmurdie Senior High School, Lesmurdie, WA
'Saline Cement Experiment'

Erik Procko
Marryatville High School, Marryatville, SA
''Gel Electrophoresis''

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Physics, Engineering & Technology

Simon Blyth
Inverell High School, Inverell, NSW
'Viper - Visually impaired person's echo radar'

David Castle
Lyneham High School, Lyneham, ACT
'Heat Transfer'

Deb Cleland
Lyneham High School, Lyneham, ACT
'Biomechanics of the Women's Gymnastic Vault Apparatus'

Sebastian Henry
Telopea Park School, Telopea, ACT
'How are the properties of cracks affected by the physical properties of the materials in which they are found?'

Bronwyn Wilkes
Blue Mountains Grammar School, Wentworth Falls, NSW
'An Investigation of the regions N159 and N160 in the Large Magellanic Cloud'

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Environmental and Earth Science

Geoffrey Briarstone
Trafalgar Primary School, Trafalgar, VIC
'Geoffrey's Alternative Product to Plastic'

Alice Colman
St Patrick's College, Prospect, TAS
'Living under a burning sun'

Ben Funnell
South Grafton High School, South Grafton, NSW
'Methane Digester'

Audrey Wickerson
Lyneham High School, Lyneham, NSW
'Interception, Throughfall, Stemflow and Related Chemistry in a Forest Garden'

Kylie Woodward
Lyneham High School, Lyneham, NSW
'Interception, Throughfall, Stemflow and Related Chemistry in a Forest Garden'