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2023 Australia Day Awards photo gallery

The City of Wollongong Australia Day Award recipients for 2023 were announced at a ceremony today, January 20, at City Beach function centre in Wollongong. Congratulations to all the award winners! Citizen of the Year: SALLY STEVENSON AM Young...

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2023 Australia Day Awards photo gallery
The 2023 City of Wollongong Australia Day Awards on Friday, January 20. Photo: Josh Fahy @ jfahy.au

The City of Wollongong Australia Day Award recipients for 2023 were announced at a ceremony today, January 20, at City Beach function centre in Wollongong.

Congratulations to all the award winners!

  • Citizen of the Year:  SALLY STEVENSON AM
  • Young Citizen of the Year: SHANNON FOX
  • Senior Citizen of the Year: NYAN THIT TIEU
  • Lord Mayor’s Award: KIM BELL & JUDY SKILLER
  • Rising Star Award: JACK KHAN
  • Environmental Achievement Award: SAUL GRIFFITH
  • Arts & Cultural Achievement Award: WOLLONGONG CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC
  • Sports Achievement Award: FLYNN OGILVIE
  • Innovation Achievement Award: SANDRA PIRES
  • Community Group of the Year: WOLLONGONG HOMELESS HUB & HOUSING SERVICES
  • Diversity and Inclusion Award: JONATHAN GOERLACH
  • Wollongong to the World Award: DR MEGANNE CHRISTIAN

Scroll through the gallery above for photos from today's ceremony and read more about the 2023 award recipients in Awards highlight 'the best of us'

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