Bequests

A bequest is a powerful way of using today's assets to make an enduring gift and assist future generations. Considering the University and its needs when writing your Will is leaving a gift of knowledge. The University has been honoured to receive such support from friends in the past.

Anne Lyons Memorial

The late Joseph Byrnes made a bequest in 1994 to establish the Anne Lyons Memorial Travelling Scholarship as a tangible memorial to the life and contribution of his daughter Anne Lyons, a scholar, wife and teacher who succumbed to cancer tragically at the early age of 42.

Anne's prevailing passion was the study and pursuit of social justice in Australia. Consequently, the Scholarship was designed to enable an Australian Catholic University (ACU) postgraduate student to travel for research into social justice, or to bring a local or international scholar to attend ACU.

Since then, the memory of Anne has inspired and supported scholars from Vietnam and South Africa, for example, and students to study in places as diverse as Papua New Guinea, France and Northern Ireland.

You should always seek independent legal advice when considering a bequest.