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2025 Australia Day Awards Ceremony

Please join Mayor Tom Stanton and our 2025 Australia Day Ambassador Margie Pippos to celebrate and acknowledge the outstanding contributions of our community and present the 2025 Australia Day Award winners.
 
📅 Sunday January 26, 2025
📍 Brewarrina Memorial Pool
⏰ BBQ breakfast at 8am followed by the official ceremony and award presentation at 9am.
 
Australia Day is an important day to reflect, respect and celebrate all our people. It is a day about the ever-evolving story of our nation – our history, our identity and most of all – our people.
 
Congratulations to all of our 2025 nominees:
 
Citizen of the Year

Chris Redmond

Frank Deshon

Naya Jeffries

Robert Wason

Timothy Slack Smith

 
Young Citizen of the Year

Taniell Pokarier-Baker

Thomas Dodds

 
Young Sports Person of the Year

Matthew Thompson

Sophia Dowell

 
Community Achievement Award

Brewarrina Historical Society 

Nathan Johnson

Councillor Jason Morton

Elected to Council – 2024

Councillor Belinda Colless

Elected to Council – 2024

Councillor Michael Pedersen

Elected to Council – 2024

Mayor Tommy Stanton

Goodooga

Elected to Council – 2014

Email – thomas.stanton5@det.nsw.edu.au

Councillor Noel Sheridan

Committees – Roads and Maritime Services Regional Consultative Committee & Western Regional Weeds Committee

Elected to Council – 2021 

Councillor Donna Jeffries

Committees-  Roads and Maritime Services Regional Consultative Committee, Tourism & Cultural Committee & Heritage Committee.
 
Elected to Council – 2017
 
Email

Councillor Isaac Gordon

Elected to Council – 2021

Councillor Douglas Gordon

Committee – Tourism & Cultural Committee

Elected to Council – 2021

 

Councillor Trish Frail

Committees – Murray Darling Association, Big Sky Library, Brewarrina General Cemetery Committee, Water Users & Tourism & Culture Committee.

Elected to Council – 2021

Councillor Mark Brown

Committees –  Aged Care, Brewarrina General Cemetery Committee & Heritage Committee.

Elected to Council – 2008

Email- markbrown2839@gmail.com

Councillor Angelo Pippos

Committees- Aged Care Committee, Big Sky Library & Traffic Committee.  

Elected to Council – 2008

Email angelo.pippos@hotmail.com

Deputy Mayor Vivian Slack-Smith

Committees – Brewarrina General Cemetery, Tourism & Cultural Committee.

Elected to Council 2017

Email

slacksmithau@yahoo.com.au