Australia Day local achievers nominations called
Honour local achievers on Australia Day 2025
Who are the people who add something special to your community and make a positive difference? It’s now time to give them the recognition they deserve by nominating them for a local Australia Day award.
Tamworth Regional Council is calling for nominations for Australia Day Awards at Tamworth, Manilla, Barraba and Nundle. The awards recognise individuals and groups who make an outstanding contribution to their community.
Tamworth Regional Council’s Lisa Hannaford encourages residents to nominate community members who go above and beyond to help others. “The Awards are a great way of recognising the efforts of individuals or groups making a real difference in our community,” she said. “Exceptional things can be achieved by everyday people – and this is one small way to acknowledge what they achieve.”
Barraba, Manilla, Nundle and Tamworth will host Australia Day celebrations coordinated by Council and local Australia Day committees with awards presented at these events to recognise the achievements. Barraba is seeking nominations in the categories of Citizen of the Year, Frank Darlington Young Citizen of the Year (for Barraba district residents aged 23 years and under) and Community Event of the Year.
Manilla will award a Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year (20 years and under), Community Event of the Year and Achiever of the Year.
The people of Nundle and district have a refreshed awards program and are invited to nominate for the 2024 Community Recognition Award. It is open to individuals, students, groups or organisations that have made significant contributions academically, contributed to their school or community in one or more impactful ways, achieved consistent outstanding results in sport either in the past year or over several years and/or championing environmental causes.
Tamworth presents awards for Citizen of the Year and the George Nethery Medal to a person aged over 25 years of age, Young Citizen of the Year and the John Green Scholarship for a person aged 17-25 years and the Mitchell Brady Encouragement Award to a student aged 16 and under.
Nomination forms for each community (along with terms and conditions for the awards) can be found on Council’s website http://www.tamworth.nsw.gov.au/2025-australia-day-awards and offices in Barraba, Manilla and Nundle.
Nominations close on Thursday 21 November, 2024. Awards will be presented as part of local Australia Day celebrations around the region on January 26, 2025.