Well over a thousand schools across the country registered to take part in the program. From 32 finalists Australian judges will select one lucky student's artwork to be displayed on the Google homepage for one day in 2010, and they'll also win $10,000 worth of technology equipment for his or her school. Google has already received hundreds entries from every state and territory in Australia.
The winning entry will be determined by Australian artists Anne Geddes and Ken Done as well as humanitarian Hugh Evans, on the basis of artistic merit, creativity, how well their idea is communicated and the supporting statement which explains the student's wish for Australia.
Most registered schools have now completed their 'Doodle 4 Google' workshops and some fantastic artworks have been filtering through to Google's HQ.
Samantha Metcalf, a teacher at Dryandra Primary School in Mirrabooka, Western Australia, had a wonderful time helping her students with their doodles.
Dryandra Primary School is a multicultural school with students from different backgrounds, who all have a unique 'wish' for Australia. Dryandra School's doodles are a celebration of Australian diversity and also an expression of hope from the young artists' minds.
The beautiful illustration below was drawn by Sarah Al-Khafaji, expressing her wish for peace, love and happiness for Australians.
"My Wish for Australia: Is that everyone will be hand in hand, no fighting, no wars just everything peaceful, friendly, happy together and I want nature to stay too," is how Sarah described her beautiful work.
To view past winners, visit http://www.google.com.au/doodle4google. And check out some more pictures below of the class at Dryandra Primary School hard at work on their creations.
