Scholarships

Principal's Scholarship

Encounter Lutheran College offers a Principal’s Scholarship, which is open to all enrolled Middle & Senior School students of the College.

Applications are awarded for the following year and close on the last day of Term 3. This is the only general Scholarship offered at Encounter Lutheran College.

To be eligible for a Principal’s Scholarship, applicants must be enrolled at the College. Click here to submit an Enrolment Application Form.

Applications close: Friday 26 September 2025

Principal’s Scholarship applications can be completed by downloading the following form:

Meyer Scholarship

The Meyer Scholarship provides new and current Indigenous students in Years 10-12 with financial assistance towards their education costs to support their academic progress in Senior School and also their career pathways beyond school.

Applicants must be Indigenous Australians who have the motivation and capacity to complete Year 12.

Encounter Lutheran College offers the Meyer Scholarship as our way of honouring Pastor Meyer's commitment to Ngarrindjeri culture and education.

To apply for the Meyer Scholarship, please contact the Enrolment Office for further details.

The Legacy of Pastor H.A. Eduard Meyer

Pastor H.A. Eduard Meyer was a Lutheran Missionary and linguist to the Ramindjeri People of Encounter Bay and Port Elliot, and the first non-Aboriginal person to master, record and translate their language into English. With his wife Friederike, they opened the first school in Victor Harbor in 1844.

From 1840 to 1848 they lived and worked with the Ramindjeri people of the Encounter Bay region. Meyer was zealous in his efforts to evangelise the Ramindjeri, translating the commandments and delivering his sermons in their local language.

Publishing his grammar and wordlist, Meyer left behind a considerable linguistic legacy for the Ramindyeri and Ngarrindjeri people.