{"id":356883,"date":"2025-01-24T18:44:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=356883"},"modified":"2025-01-27T21:54:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T11:54:35","slug":"australia-day-nominees-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/01\/24\/australia-day-nominees-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Names Award Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250124australiaday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-356888\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250124australiaday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250124australiaday.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250124australiaday-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250124australiaday-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250124australiaday-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250124australiaday-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250124australiaday-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>January 24, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Burnett Regional Council has released the names of all the nominees for its 2025 Australia Day awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The winners will be announced on Saturday afternoon (January 25) during a special ceremony from 3:00pm at the Blackbutt Memorial Hall.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will also be honoured in their home towns at Australia Day events around the region on Sunday (Australia Day, January 26).<\/p>\n<p>Eighty-three community members and organisations have been nominated across 18 categories (see below).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/cgi-bin\/calendar\/calendar.cgi?d=26&amp;m=01&amp;y=2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Calendar<\/a> to find what&#8217;s happening &#8211; and where &#8211; around the South Burnett on Australia Day<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>And the nominees are:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>South Burnett Junior Cultural Award<\/strong> &#8211; Tahnie Hauritz, Paige Nilon Brown, Taring Wungan Dance Group, Mattison Van Schyndel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>South Burnett Senior Cultural Award<\/strong> &#8211; Rockin&#8217; Our Abilities, Matt Phillips, Andrew Maddern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>South Burnett Volunteer of the Year<\/strong> &#8211; Charles Kemp, Helen Charity, Martin &amp; Terese Woodward, Ashley Rewald, Roley Fennell, Aimee Freeman, Ross Wessling, Helene Wessling, Chris Wenner, Alice Hauritz, Mark Beil, Leanne Dowdle, Bruce Jay, Tamara Geritz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>South Burnett Junior Sportsperson Award<\/strong> &#8211; Mia DeJong, Jake Roberts, Chloe Dennis, Madison Holding, Abbie Laherty, Ziggy Pidgeon, Jack Webber, Byron Kratzmann<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>South Burnett Senior Sportsperson \/ Sports Administrator \/ Coach \/ Official Award<\/strong> &#8211; Sam Davis, Kyle Venz, Leanne Dowdle, Mick Astill, Taylah Hancock, Glen Trevor, Greg Nord, Jason Wyeth, Jason Webber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>South Burnett Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong> &#8211; Helene Wessling, Barry Richardson, Vernon James Clark<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Achiever Award for Proston\/Hivesville<\/strong> &#8211; Helen Charity, Linda Rea, Wayne Charity, David Hunter, Rhonda Anne Gardenne, Denise Steinhardt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Achiever Award for Murgon<\/strong> &#8211; Tristan Waldock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Achiever Award for Kingaroy<\/strong> &#8211; Belle Freeman, Jessica Welch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Achiever Award for Wooroolin\/Memerambi<\/strong> &#8211; David Goddard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Achiever Award for Kumbia<\/strong> &#8211; Bill and Sandra Steffensen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Achiever Award for Blackbutt\/Benarkin<\/strong> &#8211; Cameron Redlich<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Achiever Award for Nanango<\/strong> &#8211; Darryl Robinson, Therese Woodward, Dale Marjorie Hammond, Charles Kemp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Achiever Award for Wondai\/Tingoora<\/strong> &#8211; Lynda Connolly, Claire Kapernick, Mick Astill, Pam McAllister, Julie Lohmann, Graham Mitchell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Achiever Award for Maidenwell\/Bunya Mountains<\/strong> &#8211; Lynne Downes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>South Burnett Volunteer Community Organisation \/ Event of the Year Award<\/strong> &#8211; South Burnett Orchid Society, Nanango &amp; District Netball Association, Kingaroy Netball Association, Nanango AP &amp; M Society, Jason Wyeth &#8211; Ride 4 Relay, Jason Wyeth &#8211; Qld State Mountain Bike Championships at Gordonbrook Dam Trails, Mapleton Men&#8217;s Shed, Western Stars Cali Dance Studio, The YAG Shop, BP Dam Fish Management Committee, Kingaroy Speedway Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>South Burnett Young Citizen of the Year<\/strong> &#8211; Tristan Waldock, Emma Lindholm, Tiarna Petersen-Jiamtsu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>South Burnett Citizen of the Year<\/strong> &#8211; Charles Kemp, Carol Kemp, Steve Langton, Ross Wessling, Darryl Robinson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_356769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356769\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121timbaker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-356769 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121timbaker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121timbaker.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121timbaker-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121timbaker-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121timbaker-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121timbaker-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121timbaker-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Author and business consultant Dr Tim Baker will be the special guest speaker at the South Burnett Regional Council&#8217;s Australia Day Awards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Burnett Regional Council has released the names of all the nominees for its 2025 Australia Day awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":356887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[83],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Council Names Award Nominees - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Burnett 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