ACT teenager behind Google's Day logo

By EducationHQ News Team
Published January 26, 2016

A Canberra teenage girl's sketch has taken the place of Google's multicoloured logo for Australia Day.

SYDNEY, Jan 26 - Sixteen-year-old Ineka Voigt, from Canberra High School, beat 26,000 other students from around Australia in the ...

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ACT teenager behind Google's Day logo

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