Australia Day Awards Each year on Australia Day, the Community Citizen of the Year Awards give local governments around the state the opportunity to acknowledge the contribution and celebrate community engagement of people within the community. Let’s Reflect, Respect and Celebrate community contribution across our state on Australia Day. We’re all part of the story. PAST AWARD RECIPIENTS Citizen of the Year 1978 Alex Wallace – Inaugural Winner 1979 Mick Boyle 1980 Daphne Blakiston 1981 Graeme Fisher 1982 Ray Lawrance 1983 Rene Prunster 1984 Peg Endersby 1985-1995 Awards Lapsed 1996 Heather Brown 1997 Josie Prunster 1998 Fred Bond 1999 George & Lorna Saunders 2000 Paul Monger 2001 Gary McNamara 2002 Peter Ridge 2003 Ron Ashworth 2004 Geoffrey Barker 2005 Adelphe King 2006 Frits & Birgit Schreuder 2007 John Weeks 2008 Margaret Hewitt 2009 Peter Reynolds 2010 Gwen Gentle 2011 Phil Furey 2012 Anthony Clack 2013 Richard Boultbee 2014 Patricia McGregor 2015 Graham Hunt 2016 Adelphe King 2017 Meg Boyle 2018 Kathy Emin 2019 Rod Carter 2020 Julian Krieg 2021 Tricia Byfield 2022 Jenny Garroun 2023 Margaret Collins Community Citizen of the Year - Senior (65 years or over) 2017 Ronald (Mick) Nottle 2018 Yvonne Dols 2019 Dr John Fenn 2020 Elizabeth Parker 2021 Annette McArthur 2022 Bruce & Pat McGregor 2023 Dawn Ainsworth Community Citizen of the Year – Youth (under 25 years) 1997 Ms SA Lascelles 1998 No nominations received 1999 No nominations received 2000 No nominations received 2001 York District High School Cadets 2002 David Britza 2003 Tim Genoni 2004 Robyn Milner 2005 Naomi Fuller 2006 No nominations received 2007 No nominations received 2008 Andrew Reynolds 2009 Brett Jenkinson 2010 Mitchell Collins 2011 Tayla Kneller 2012 Emily McDonnell 2013 Emily Mott-Hogan 2014 Rachael Mason & Emily Sherry 2015 Amber Goward-Bell 2016 Casseda Reynolds 2017 No nominations received 2018 No nominations received 2019 Indy McMartin 2020 Miss Charlie Gaskell 2021 No nominations received 2022 No nominations received 2023 No nominations received Active Citizen Award ( for a community group or event) 2011 York Hockey Club Inc 2012 The York Society Inc 2013 Ride for Zoe (Guydon Boyle) 2014 2013 Art & Craft Awards – The York Society Inc 2015 York Branch CWA 2016 St John Ambulance York Sub-Centre 2017 York Agricultural Society Inc – York Agricultural Show 2016 2018 Voice of the Avon 101.3FM 2019 Bernie Finestone – York Childrens Christmas Party 2020 York Seniors Mobility Group 2021 River Conservation Society York 2022 Greenhills Progress Association 2023 The York Agricultural Society