Each year, we celebrate Australia Day by hosting an awards ceremony to recognise those in our community who make a difference.
This is a wonderful community event and we encourage everyone to join the celebrations.
The residents of the Cessnock Local Government Area are invited to nominate fellow citizen/s and/or organisations for Cessnock City Australia Day Awards.
These awards aim to recognise outstanding achievement during the past year and/or contribution to the local community over a number of years.
Award categories include:
- Citizen of the year
- Senior citizen of the year
- Young citizen of the year
- Maree Callaghan Award - Young Female Achiever
- Community Event of the year award
- Sports award
- Environment award '
- Environment award - young citizen
- Heritage award
- Community award
