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Australia Day Awards, 2025

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

Find more information and nominate here

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