Australia Day Awards 2021
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The Australia Day Awards are part of a group of awards coordinated through the National Australia Day Council and administered by local Councils throughout Australia. These awards are the highest honour a Council can bestow on an individual or group for outstanding contributions to their local community.
Award categories are:
Citizen of the Year Young Citizen of the Year (aged 27 years and under) Community Group of the Year*Please note: Due to COVID-19 there will be no Community Event of the Year Award category for 2021.
We have many people living in our community doing wonderful things, but we can only recognise them if you nominate them!
We encourage nominations for any individual or group who have achieved something special in the past twelve months or who make an ongoing contribution to our community.
Nominations close at 5.00pm on Friday 15 January 2021.
Nominations can be made by filling out a hard copy nomination form here:
Australia Day Awards - Nomination Form 2021 (0.8 MiB)You can also nominate directly online through our website via the form below:
Australia Day Awards 2020 - Nomination Form
Name of Group (if applicable)
Contributions to the community for which the Individual or Group is being nominated for:*
Additional material may be uploaded here to support the nomination.*
Other signficant contributions and achievements:*
Past and present membership of community / sporting / professional bodies:*
Please provide details of another person who may be contacted for further information about the nomination: Details of person submitting the nomination:This field should be left blank
Please direct all enquiries about our Australia Day Awards to Sonia Pullen at Council on 6269 0059 or [email protected]