{"id":342608,"date":"2024-01-16T17:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T07:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=342608"},"modified":"2024-01-21T21:58:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T11:58:36","slug":"wholl-be-our-citizen-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/01\/16\/wholl-be-our-citizen-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;ll Be Our Citizen Of The Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_199831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199831\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-199831\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/australiaday620.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/australiaday620.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/australiaday620-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/australiaday620-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/australiaday620-269x167.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-199831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The South Burnett&#8217;s 2024 Australia Day Award winners will be announced at Kumbia Hall on January 21<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>January 16, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The South Burnett Regional Council has released its list of nominees for its 2024 Australia Day Awards.<\/p>\n<p>This year the awards will be recognising the work of 68 nominees across 18 categories, ranging from Citizen Of The Year to Local Achiever awards for all the region&#8217;s towns and villages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The winners will be announced at a special ceremony on Sunday, January 21, that will be held at Kumbia Hall between noon and 3:00pm, followed by a free afternoon tea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Five days later on Australia Day (January 26), the Council will be hosting a citizenship ceremony at the Kingaroy Scout Den in James Street, Kingaroy to welcome 22 new Australian citizens to the region.<\/p>\n<p>The citizenship ceremony will be compered by Acting Mayor Gavin Jones, and it will be held at 9:00am as the centrepiece of a morning of fun activities and games organised by the Kingaroy Bunya District Scouts that will run from 7:00am until noon.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>This year&#8217;s South Burnett Australia Day Award nominees are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>South Burnett Citizen of the Year<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Eagleson<\/li>\n<li>Amy Wicks<\/li>\n<li>David Mollenhauer<\/li>\n<li>Graham Mitchell<\/li>\n<li>Sonia McMahon<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Copas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>South Burnett Young Citizen of the Year<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jean-Luc Barnett<\/li>\n<li>Josh Steinhardt<\/li>\n<li>Mia De Guzman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>South Burnett Volunteer of the Year<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrew McDonnell<\/li>\n<li>Betty James<\/li>\n<li>Carmel Parnell<\/li>\n<li>Gloria Fleming<\/li>\n<li>Julie Lohmann<\/li>\n<li>Lin Chandler<\/li>\n<li>Nicky Watkins<\/li>\n<li>Tina Torrens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>South Burnett Organisation of the Year<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>55 Millions Years Ago<\/li>\n<li>Proston &amp; District Heritage Association<\/li>\n<li>South Burnett CTC<\/li>\n<li>Blackbutt District Community Organisation<\/li>\n<li>CROW-FM<\/li>\n<li>Kingaroy Sport Fishing Club<\/li>\n<li>Lions Club of Blackbutt<\/li>\n<li>Nanango &amp; District Netball Association<\/li>\n<li>Proston Local Ambulance Committee<\/li>\n<li>Rotary Satellite Club of Kingaroy Sunrise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>South Burnett Lifetime Achievement Award<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Weaver<\/li>\n<li>Brian J. Lenihan<\/li>\n<li>Margaret Kearney<\/li>\n<li>Muriel Schultz<\/li>\n<li>Nina Temperton<\/li>\n<li>Norma Harch<\/li>\n<li>Richie O&#8217;Neill OAM<\/li>\n<li>Rob Patch<\/li>\n<li>Dr Daphene Connor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>South Burnett Senior Cultural Award<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allison Walker<\/li>\n<li>Craig Reiger &amp; Sue Dowideit-Reiger<\/li>\n<li>Dean Perrett<\/li>\n<li>Joe Skok<\/li>\n<li>Jon Fearnley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>South Burnett Junior Cultural Award<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooper Mollenhauer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>South Burnett Senior Sportsperson Award<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Courtney Sippel<\/li>\n<li>Jericho Pogany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>South Burnett Junior Sportsperson Award<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ada Kurz<\/li>\n<li>Jake Roberts<\/li>\n<li>Taine Strong<\/li>\n<li>Zara Douglass<\/li>\n<li>Talia Webber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>South Burnett Sports Administrator\/Coach\/Official Award<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joshua Miller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>Local Achieve Award for Blackbutt\/Benarkin<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dinah Jones<\/li>\n<li>Dr Daphene Connor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>Local Achiever Award for Kumbia<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Myolene Voller<\/li>\n<li>Gordon Crawford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>Local Achiever Award for Murgon<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amanda Dennien<\/li>\n<li>Lanse Rea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>Local Achiever Award for Nanango<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suzanne Wallis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>Local Achiever Award for Proston\/Hivesville<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brenda Johanson<\/li>\n<li>Irene McDonald<\/li>\n<li>Kathy Crane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>Local Achiever Award for Kingaroy<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Craig Reiger &amp; Sue Dowideit-Reiger<\/li>\n<li>Jacqui Trace<\/li>\n<li>Rob Patch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>Local Achiever Award for Wooroolin\/Memerambi<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chris Marks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>Local Achiever Award for Wondai\/Tingoora<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chantal Harth<\/li>\n<li>Julie Lohmann<\/li>\n<li>Kathy Unversagt Steinhardt<\/li>\n<li>Winston Burrows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/01\/11\/kumbia-to-host-council-awards\/\">Kumbia To Host Australia Day Awards<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Burnett Regional Council has released its list of nominees for its 2024 Australia Day Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":199831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who&#039;ll Be Our Citizen Of The Year? 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