Crown Lands Awards

NOMINATE NOW FOR CROWN LAND AWARDS

 Nominations are now open for statewide awards to recognise the efforts of Crown land volunteers and organisations who manage thousands of public reserves across NSW on behalf of their communities.

Crown Lands in the Department of Planning and Environment is sponsoring three categories of the 2023 Community Achievement Awards for NSW and the ACT including:

• The Individual Excellence in Crown Land Management Award for outstanding individuals who are a member of an organisation or committee that manages a Crown reserve.

• The Crown Land Management Excellence Award for an outstanding organisation that is involved in the care, control or management of a Crown reserve; and
• The Council Crown Land Management Excellence Award for a local council that has a significant role in managing Crown reserves and has done an outstanding job. 

Crown Lands Deputy Secretary Mel Hawyes encouraged nominations from across the state.
“There are thousands of Crown land reserves across NSW with volunteers and local councils playing essential roles managing and maintaining public land for the use and benefit of their communities.
If you know a hard-working Crown land volunteer, organisation or council, I encourage you to nominate them now for a Community Achievement Award to highlight, recognise and reward their outstanding efforts,” Ms Hawyes said.

Nominations are open from 14 June to 24 August 2023 with full details on the Awards and how to nominate on the Awards Australia website at www.awardsaustralia.com/nswactcaa

Alternatively, you can call Awards Australia on 1300 735 445 or email nswact@awardsaustralia.com and pass on details of the Crown land managers you would like to nominate for an award. All nominees will receive a letter of congratulations and a certificate of encouragement. Judging of nominations will take place in October with finalists announced. Overall award winners will be announced on 25th November at a gala dinner at Sydney Masonic Centre in Goulburn Street.

The Crown land estate is large and diverse covering 30.8 million hectares in NSW and providing land for everything from land for social and community infrastructure, recreation, tourism, agriculture, housing and the environment.

Crown land provides homes for childcare facilities, Scout and Girl Guide halls, caravan parks, surf clubs, Rural Fire Service sites, aged care facilities, community halls, showgrounds and racecourses as well as walking trails, campsites, bridges and board walks.