Australia Day awards will be presented in each region next Thursday for Community Group, Citizen and Young Citizen, Achiever and Young Achiever.
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Here are the nominations for each town:
Aberdeen:
Max and Denise Bell, Janine Katon, Sheree Gray, Aberdeen Local, Studies Group, Upper Hunter Museum of Rural Life, Aberdeen Men’s Shed, Aberdeen Junior Cricket, Edan Tickle, Rowan Bateman, Fiona Tickle, The late Barrie Lawn.
Murrurundi:
Justin Thompson, Phil Ledgerwood, Lynne Mahony, Jayde Ferguson, Diane McLoughlin, Jake Chapple, Sophie Edmonds, Fran Wachtel, Lacey Cornall, Mandy Archibald, Dinah Norton, Col and Robin Stanford, Murrurundi Rotary Club, Murrurundi SES, Murrurundi Historical Society.
Merriwa:
Jim Alker, Robert Gill, Gwen Meyer, Beatrice Voysey, Barbara Campbell, Jodie Wilton, John Cronin, John Whitby, Hayley Fairfull, Lachlan Walmsley, Breanna Goodear, Suzanne Duggan, Springvale Lamb- Beth Piper, Max’s Country Cuts- Max McNaught, Peter and Elaine Gallagher, Merriwa Central School – Regent Honeyeater Project, Jack Carrigan, Country Women’s Association, ROAR - (Merriwa Central School).
Scone:
Ian Campbell, Joan Collison, Freddy Gardiner, Helen Black, Gregory ‘Reg’ Riley, Joan Manning, Alson Wong, Scone Medical Centre, Scone Support Group - Westpac Rescue Helicopter, Scone Literary Festival Committee, Lions Club of Scone Inc., Scone Community Health, Scone and Upper Hunter Historical Society, Parkville Tennis and Social Club, Scone RSL Pipes and Drums, Rachel Pittman, Kirsten Smith, Toby Barry, Samuel Noonan, Mikaela Tilse, Campbell Jones.
There will also be plenty of activities in each town. In Aberdeen, the ambassador will be writer Benjamin Veness. The awards ceremony will start at 1pm.
Over in Merriwa, John Paul Young is the town’s ambassador. The awards ceremony will begin at 10.30am.
The ambassador in Murrurundi will be Greg Donovan, who is the founder of ‘Born to Run’. The parade starts at 10am, with the awards ceremony at 11.30am.
Scone’s ambassador is Benjamin Veness. An awards ceremony will take place from 10.30am at Council Chambers.