January 24, 2025
South Burnett Regional Council has released the names of all the nominees for its 2025 Australia Day awards.
The winners will be announced on Saturday afternoon (January 25) during a special ceremony from 3:00pm at the Blackbutt Memorial Hall.
All nominees, their friends, family members and other South Burnett residents are invited to attend the ceremony, which will be followed by an afternoon tea.
The winners will also be honoured in their home towns at Australia Day events around the region on Sunday (Australia Day, January 26).
Eighty-three community members and organisations have been nominated across 18 categories (see below).
- Visit our Daily Calendar to find what’s happening – and where – around the South Burnett on Australia Day
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And the nominees are:
- South Burnett Junior Cultural Award – Tahnie Hauritz, Paige Nilon Brown, Taring Wungan Dance Group, Mattison Van Schyndel
- South Burnett Senior Cultural Award – Rockin’ Our Abilities, Matt Phillips, Andrew Maddern
- South Burnett Volunteer of the Year – Charles Kemp, Helen Charity, Martin & Terese Woodward, Ashley Rewald, Roley Fennell, Aimee Freeman, Ross Wessling, Helene Wessling, Chris Wenner, Alice Hauritz, Mark Beil, Leanne Dowdle, Bruce Jay, Tamara Geritz
- South Burnett Junior Sportsperson Award – Mia DeJong, Jake Roberts, Chloe Dennis, Madison Holding, Abbie Laherty, Ziggy Pidgeon, Jack Webber, Byron Kratzmann
- South Burnett Senior Sportsperson / Sports Administrator / Coach / Official Award – Sam Davis, Kyle Venz, Leanne Dowdle, Mick Astill, Taylah Hancock, Glen Trevor, Greg Nord, Jason Wyeth, Jason Webber
- South Burnett Lifetime Achievement Award – Helene Wessling, Barry Richardson, Vernon James Clark
- Local Achiever Award for Proston/Hivesville – Helen Charity, Linda Rea, Wayne Charity, David Hunter, Rhonda Anne Gardenne, Denise Steinhardt
- Local Achiever Award for Murgon – Tristan Waldock
- Local Achiever Award for Kingaroy – Belle Freeman, Jessica Welch
- Local Achiever Award for Wooroolin/Memerambi – David Goddard
- Local Achiever Award for Kumbia – Bill and Sandra Steffensen
- Local Achiever Award for Blackbutt/Benarkin – Cameron Redlich
- Local Achiever Award for Nanango – Darryl Robinson, Therese Woodward, Dale Marjorie Hammond, Charles Kemp
- Local Achiever Award for Wondai/Tingoora – Lynda Connolly, Claire Kapernick, Mick Astill, Pam McAllister, Julie Lohmann, Graham Mitchell
- Local Achiever Award for Maidenwell/Bunya Mountains – Lynne Downes
- South Burnett Volunteer Community Organisation / Event of the Year Award – South Burnett Orchid Society, Nanango & District Netball Association, Kingaroy Netball Association, Nanango AP & M Society, Jason Wyeth – Ride 4 Relay, Jason Wyeth – Qld State Mountain Bike Championships at Gordonbrook Dam Trails, Mapleton Men’s Shed, Western Stars Cali Dance Studio, The YAG Shop, BP Dam Fish Management Committee, Kingaroy Speedway Club
- South Burnett Young Citizen of the Year – Tristan Waldock, Emma Lindholm, Tiarna Petersen-Jiamtsu
- South Burnett Citizen of the Year – Charles Kemp, Carol Kemp, Steve Langton, Ross Wessling, Darryl Robinson
