Greater Hume Australia Day Winners 2022
Published on 28 January 2022
Australia Day 2022 in Greater Hume was held at the beautiful Ten Mile Gardens in Holbrook, it was a fabulous ceremony, with over 300 people attending. Some of the highlights were the wonderful addresses given by our Australia Day Ambassador, James Willett, Billabong High School captain Erin Hogan and vice-captain, Connor Murphy and Cr Tony Quinn, Mayor, Greater Hume Council. The Australian flag was unfurled by well-known local Colin Strong, who also made the flag pole from a Skinny Bark sapling and ropes. The Holbrook Public School choir lead by Christine Biar sang Advance Australia Fair, I Still Call Australia Home and I Am You Are We Are Australian.
Five residents of Greater Hume became Australian citizens following an official Australian Citizenship Ceremony, they were:
- Mrs Lidwina Bulle, Holbrook
- Mr Cormick Cronin, Holbrook
- Miss Ting Ting Ding, Jindera
- Mr Samuel Murray, Mullengandra
- Mr David Thompson, Brocklesby
Congratulations to all the award nominees and winners who were recognised for their hard work on behalf of the Greater Hume community, and the winners were:
- Citizen of the Year – joint winners Ross and Helen Krause, Walla Walla
- Young Citizen of the Year – joint winners Jole Hoffmann, Walla Walla and Jessica Toogood, Henty
- Sports Person/Team of the Year – joint winners Ben Parker, Holbrook and Fours Team Holbrook RS Women's Bowling Club
- Community Event of the Year – Book Launch of 'Henty Heroes: Short stories of Henty's Enlistments of World War 1'
• School Citizenship Awards:
- St Paul’s Lutheran College Tilly Phegan
- Brocklesby Public School Leah Perry
- Burrumbuttock Public School Ella Hawkins
- Culcairn Public School Scarlett Hocking
- Gerogery Public School Zara Byrne
- Henty Public School Macey Bullock
- Holbrook Public School Issac Bennett
- Jindera Public School Charlotte Wright
- St John’s Lutheran School Sam Howland
- St Joseph’s Primary School Kaycee Thomas
- St Mary MacKillop College Angelica Murphy
- St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School Milly Forrest
- Walbundrie Public School Jai Leischke
- Walla Walla Public School Olivia Odewhan
On behalf of the Holbrook Lions Club President, Elizabeth McLean presented the Holbrook Citizen of the Year to Russell Parker and Rotary Club of Holbrook President, Rick Bull presented Russell with a $75 voucher. The Rotary Club of Holbrook also presented five Pride of Workmanship awards to Shaun Hughes, Churchill Transport; Rita Bowler, Holbrook Happenings; Kylie Durante, Holbrook Landcare; Nick Pugh, Ten Mile Engineering and Ken Hulme, Anglican Op-Shop.
Emily Jones, Greater Hume Council representative outlined to the audience the events planned for 2022 by the Greater Hume Youth Council.
A big thank you to:
- Rotary Club of Holbrook and Holbrook Community for providing a delicious breakfast and morning tea.
- Morgan Country Car Club.
- St John’s Ambulance
- Holbrook Landcare.
- Australia Day Council of NSW and National Australia Day Council.
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