South Burnett Regional Council Australia Day Award Nominees

Forty-three community members and organisations have been nominated across twelve categories for South Burnett Regional Council’s Australia Day Awards.

The winners of these awards will be announced on Australia Day.

The nominees are:

South Burnett Citizen of the Year: 

• Carol Weekes
• Barry Krosch
• Ken Mills
• Nina Temperton
• Anitta Stallwood
• Mervyn Birch

South Burnett Young Citizen of the Year:

• Caitlyn Carney
• Benjamin Perrett
• Mia Glenny
• Luca Campbell
• Flynn Woodall

South Burnett Volunteer of the Year:

• Keith and Carol Greaves
• Eileen Joyce Beer
• Barry Krosch
• Glenda Gillies
• Damien Martoo
• Carol Weekes

South Burnett Community Organisation of the Year:

• South Burnett Western Performance Club
• Nanango Agricultural
• Pastoral and Mining Society Inc (Heritage Nanango Country Muster)
• Nanango Cycling Inc (David Kenny)
• Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• The Kingaroy Men’s Shed Inc
• Rotary Club of Kingaroy Inc

South Burnett Lifetime Achievement Award:

• Claire Schultz
• Peter Ver bakel
• John Scott
• Mervyn Birch

South Burnett Cultural Award (Senior):

• Jane Erkens
• Carolyn Dingle
• Julee-Anne Bell

South Burnett Junior Cultural Award:

• Cooper Mollenhauer
• Juliana Evangelista

South Burnett Senior Sportsperson Award:

• Scott Collier
• Jayde Novak

South Burnett Junior Sportsperson Award:

• Lachlan Zelinski
• Nathan Roderick
• Dustin Ramke
• Matthew Springate

South Burnett Sports Administrator/Coach/Official Award:

• Sheree Prendergast

Local Achiever Award for Maidenwell/Bunya Mountains:

• Carol Weekes

Local Achiever Award for Kumbia:

• Brett McGlone

Local Achiever Award for Murgon:

• Sonia McMahon

Local Achiever Award for Nanango:

• Lachlan White

Local Achiever Award for Proston/Hivesville:

• John Walden

Local Achiever Award for Kingaroy:

• Diane Gatenby,
• Mervyn Birch

Local Achiever Award for Wooroolin/Memerambi:

• Jayde Novak