List of Australian Local Hero Award recipients

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The Local Hero Award[1] is a part of the Australian of the Year awards. It commenced in 2003 and is sponsored by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC).

The Local Hero Award acknowledges extraordinary contributions made by Australians in their local community. A Local Hero from each state and territory is chosen each year, with one of the eight state and territory Local Heroes announced as Australia's Local Hero on Australia Day eve each year.

List of award recipients[]

Year Name Achievement
2003 AFSM Bushfire fighter[2]
2004 Survivor of domestic violence[2]
2005 Environmental campaigner[2]
2006 Toni Hoffman Patient advocate[2]
2007 Shanaka Fernando Social challenger[2]
2008 Jonathon Welch AM Choral conductor[2]
2009 Sea rescuer and educator[2]
2010 Ronni Kahn Food rescuer[2]
2011 Donald Ritchie OAM Suicide prevention advocate[2]
2012 Foster mother[2]
2013 Shane Phillips Indigenous leader[2]
2014 Tim Conolan Children's charity founder[2]
2015 Social entrepreneur[2]
2016 Dr Youth educator[2]
2017 Campaigned to establish a cancer centre in Warrnambool[3]
2018 Eddie Woo Sydney maths teacher[4]
2019 Kate and Tick Everett Campaigned against bullying following daughter's death[5]
2020 Campaigner for disadvantaged rural youth[6]
2021 Activist supporting migrant women
2022 Ms Shanna Whan Alcohol consumption activist in rural Australia[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Australian of the Year awardees Archived 18 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 23 January 2012
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n {{Cite wrtdfghugyftdrsxwfdtfygyffytghjfut ftheyear.org.au/honour-roll|title=Australian of the Year Awards|website=australianoftheyear.org.au|access-date=2016-03-12}}
  3. ^ "Australia's Local Hero". Australian of the Year Awards. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. ^ Pianegonda, Elise; staff (25 January 2018). "Sam Kerr named Young Australian of the Year for Matildas exploits and work advocating for women's sport". ABC News. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. ^ Kate and Tick Everett named 2019 Australia's Local Hero, 25 January 2019, retrieved 15 May 2019
  6. ^ Pianegonda, Elise (25 January 2020). "Australian of the Year acknowledges firefighters as the real heroes in his acceptance speech". ABC News. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  7. ^ Paralympian and disability advocate Dylan Alcott named 2022 Australian of the Year, Charlotte Gore, ABC News Online, 2022-01-25

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