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Citizen of the Year Award Recipients

Congratulations to all present and past award winners and recipients!

 

2024 Recipients

Young Citizen of the Year: Nass Aoun

Citizen of the Year: Julie Crane

Senior Citizen of the Year: Ronda Gaffey

Community Group Award: Support Organisation for Homeless and Asylum Seekers
 

 

Past Awards Recipients

Citizen of the Year

2009 – Robert Lavender
2010 – Marlene Nasr
2011 – Margaret Myhill
2012 – Rosemary Kariuki-Ffye
2013 – Michael Maughan
2014 – Tim Mannah
2015 – Simon Robinson
2016 – Julie Hughes
2017 – Dr Philip Lee
2018 – Caroline Raunjak
2019 – Diana Mahony 
2020 – Kevin McSweeney
2021 – Major Ian Carter
2022 – Amar Singh
2023 - Julia Strykowski

 

Young Citizen of the Year 

2009 – Berhan Kasem
2010 – John Badreddine
2011 – Mitchell Hodgson
2012 – Rebecca Gray
2013 – Kallin Dries
2014 – Alexander Roberts
2015 – Meihua Gong
2016 – Adam Manna
2017 – Gabriella Wehbe
2018 – Wilson Giles
2019 – Pariselle Hughes
2020 – Daphne Fong
2021 – Elise Kellett
2021 – Antonio Rajaratnam (Junior Citizen of the Year)
2022 – Alicia Judge
2023 - Zyntaurus Donna-Aroon

 

Senior Citizen of the Year

2009 – Audrey Reed
2010 - John Moxon
2011 – Diana Mahony
2012 – Bruce Allen
2013 – John Young
2014 – Donald Hones
2015 – Michael Sobb
2016 – Enid Turbit
2017 – Deborah Martin
2018 – Thelma Scanes
2019 – Annette Douglass
2020 – Gwen Ilic
2021 – Heather Gillam
2022 – Bipin Johri
2023 - Jocelyn Dodd

Volunteer of the Year

2013 – Walter Gray
2014 – Wendy Purkiss
2016 – Lindsay Johnson
2017 – Enid Cutler
2018 – The Brislington Volunteers
2019 – Kellie Darley
2020 – Heather Sheehan

Arts & Cultural Award

2017 – Felicity Castagna
2018 – Neil Gooding
2019 – Yuting Zhu
2020 – Avijit Sarkar

Sports Achievement Award

2010 – Kristy Pond
2011 – Nick Bertus (Young Sportsperson of the Year)
2011 – Shirley Huang
2012 – Tatafu Polota-Nau
2013 – Ronald Wright OAM (Sports Volunteer of the Year)
2013 – Adam Manna
2014 – Michael Beauchamp
2016 – Nathan Craig
2017 – Bill Gurney
2018 – Parramatta Memorial Swimming Club, awarded to the President
2019 – Summer Giddings
2020 – Harrison Knight

Lord Mayor Humanity Award

2018 – Michael Tolar
2019 – Fritz Berchtold
2020 – Fouad Nakhle
2021 - Diane Lear

Lord Mayor Community Service Award

2019 – Kevin Hession
2020 – John Curdie OAM
2021 - Paul Moussa

Leadership Award

2020 – Anthony Bolton (Young Leader of the Year)
2021 - Westmead Hospital COVID-19 Clinic Team

Community Group Award

2010 – Sanjiv Dubey (Community Project of the Year)
2011 – Tracey Hansford (Community Project of the Year)
2012 – Granville Men’s Shed (Community Project of the Year)
2013 – Aline Ter Horst (Community Project of the Year)
2014 – Friends of Duck River Bushcare Group (Community Project of the Year)
2015 – Emma Nile, Our Stories (Community Project of the Year)
2016 – One Billion Rising - Parramatta (Community Project of the Year)
2017 – Wentworth Point Community Central
2018 – Parramatta Female Factory Precinct Memorial Project
2019 – Lions Club of Parramatta Inc
2020 – Harris Park Community Centre & Redeemer Baptist School
2021 – Meals Plus
2022 – Homicide Victim's Support Group Australia
2023 - Parramatta SES

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