Australia Day Award Recipients
Carrathool Shire Council plays an important role in delivering community services to the five towns and villages of the Shire.
Council provides assistance to residents, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, sporting clubs and businesses in the Carrathool Shire Local Government Area (LGA) by facilitating grants, scholarships and awards programs within the shire.
Citizen Awards
Citizen of the Year | Year | Young Citizen of the Year | Year | Junior Citizen of the Year | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pam Vagg | 2025 | Johlee Masters | 2025 | No Junior Citizen Category | 2025 | ||
| Angela Masters | 2024 | Natasha Peters | 2024 | No Junior Citizen Category | 2024 | ||
| Jamie Parsons | 2023 | No Young Citizen Awarded | 2023 | No Junior Citizen Category | 2023 | ||
| Nick Smith | 2022 | Rankins Springs SRC & Students | 2022 | No Junior Citizen Category | 2022 | ||
| Pat Flanagan | 2021 | No Young Citizen Awarded | 2021 | Goolgowi Public School 5 & 6 – The Goolgowi Legends | 2021 | ||
| Marie Clark | 2020 | Khloe Favero | 2020 | No Junior Citizen Awarded | 2020 | ||
| Glynnes & Darryl Clark | 2019 | Charlotte Bartholomew | 2019 | Emily Tallon | 2019 | ||
| Geoff Hale | 2018 | Jorja Dalton | 2018 | No Junior Citizen Awarded | 2018 | ||
| Cherie Cockerell | 2017 | No Young Citizen Awarded | 2017 | Ted Fisk | 2017 | ||
| Jim Caughey | 2016 | Lily Ryan | 2016 | Katie Anderson & Benjamin Cameron | 2016 | ||
| Jenny Rose | 2015 | Jasmine Boyland | 2015 | No Junior Citizen Awarded | 2015 | ||
| Penny Black | 2014 | Violet Wray | 2014 | ||||
| Lyn Manton | 2013 | Cambell McMaster | 2013 | ||||
| No Awards Ceremony | 2012 | No Awards Ceremony | 2012 | ||||
| No Citizen Awarded | 2011 | Amber Bevan | 2011 | ||||
| Andrea Finch | 2010 | No Young Citizen Awarded | 2010 | ||||
| Clinton Mewburn | 2009 | Jenna Mewburn | 2009 | ||||
| Angela Masters | 2008 | Sharni Scott | 2008 | ||||
| Louise Fisk | 2007 | Cassandra Sheridan | 2007 | ||||
| Kate Parsons | 2006 | Jamie parsons | 2006 | ||||
| Jenny Caughey | 2005 | Hayley Ovenden | 2005 | ||||
| Joan Sandford | 2004 | Lauren Krause | 2004 | ||||
| Peter Byrne | 2003 | Micheal Gaze | 2003 | ||||
| Thomas Reko | 2002 | No Young Citizen Awarded | 2002 | ||||
| Mervyn & Dolly Bartholomew | 2001 | Ethan Byrne | 2001 | ||||
| Betty James | 2000 | Kacie Adams | 2000 | ||||
| Ina Brettschneider | 1999 | Clinton French | 1999 | ||||
| Inez (Poppy) Roberts | 1998 | Sarah Horne | 1998 | ||||
| Hedley Burns | 1997 | Matthew Little | 1997 | ||||
| Meg Makepeace | 1996 | Rochelle Baillie | 1996 | ||||
| Margaret Roberts | 1995 | No Young Citizen Awarded | 1995 | ||||
| Eric Moore | 1994 | Clare Peters | 1994 | ||||
| Neville Burns | 1993 | Jodie Rawlings | 1993 | ||||
| Betty Brady | 1992 | No Young Citizen Awarded | 1992 | ||||
| Gordon Beasley | 1991 | Louise Brettschneider | 1991 | ||||
| Robin Harris | 1990 | ||||||
| Lance & Norma Flood and Robert McMartin | 1989 | ||||||
| Marjory Cookson | 1988 | ||||||
| Bryden Grimshaw | 1987 | ||||||
| Donald Hyder | 1986 | ||||||
| Jenny Rose | 1985 | ||||||
| Christopher Copeland | 1984 |
Sportsperson Awards
Sportsperson of the Year | Year | Junior Sportsperson of the Year (Secondary) | Year | Junior Sportsperson of the Year (Primary) | Year | Junior Sports Group of the Year (Primary) | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Cahill | 2025 | Hayley Felton | 2025 | Brooklyn Smith | 2025 | Hillston Swans Under 11’s Football Team | 2025 | ||
| Brent Parsons | 2024 | Harry Liddicoat | 2024 | Charlie Bunn | 2024 | ||||
| Lachlan Keefe | 2023 | Jessie Macdonald | 2023 | Hamish Luelf | 2023 | ||||
| Geoff Hale | 2022 | Jasvir Singh-Clark | 2022 | Blake Blight | 2022 | ||||
| Raymond Lamont | 2021 | Alexis Woods | 2021 | No Sub-junior Sportsperson Awarded | 2021 | ||||
| Claudia Taylor | 2020 | Ukaipo Mann | 2020 | Ebony Taylor | 2020 | ||||
| No Sportsperson Awarded | 2019 | Jordan Bartholomew | 2019 | Charlotte Star | 2019 | ||||
| Billy Hale | 2018 | Charlotte Bartholomew | 2018 | Harrison Bartholomew | 2018 | ||||
| No Sportsperson Awarded | 2017 | Charlotte Bartholomew | 2017 | Darci Masters | 2017 | ||||
| Caroline Greenwood | 2016 | Charlotte Bartholomew | 2016 | Harrison Ryan | 2016 | ||||
| No Sportsperson Awarded | 2015 | Charlotte Bartholomew | 2015 | Rankins Springs Public School Relay Team | 2015 | ||||
| No Sportsperson Awarded | 2014 | Monique Star | 2014 | Rankins Springs Public School Relay Team | 2014 | ||||
| Angela Mewburn | 2013 | No Junior Sportsperson Awarded | 2013 | Annie Brown | 2013 | ||||
| No Awards Ceremony | 2012 | No Awards Ceremony | 2012 | No Awards Ceremony | 2012 | ||||
| No Sportsperson Awarded | 2011 | Jordan Mott | 2011 | Fletcher Ryan | 2011 | ||||
| Graeme Smyth | 2010 | Matthew Groat | 2010 | Rudich Tonsing | 2010 | ||||
| No Sportsperson Awarded | 2009 | Grace Cashmere | 2009 | Benjamin Vearing | 2009 | ||||
| No Sportsperson Awarded | 2008 | Shannon Greenwood | 2008 | Davey Greenwood | 2008 | ||||
| Brendan Murphy | 2007 | Shannon Greenwood | 2007 | Sabrina Finch | 2007 | ||||
| Alison Jardine | 2006 | Jacinta Condon | 2006 | Ben Vearing | 2006 | ||||
| Brett McIntosh | 2005 | Jessie Burns | 2005 | Sabrina Finch | 2005 | ||||
| Brett McIntosh | 2004 | Benjamin Groat | 2004 | Eunice Stiboy | 2004 | ||||
| Miles Bunn | 2003 | Toby Price | 2003 | Matthew Groat | 2003 | ||||
| Ellen McMaster | 2002 | Sarah Makepeace | 2002 | Rheet Standen | 2002 | ||||
| No Sportsperson Awarded | 2001 | Luke Michael Hewitt | 2001 | Christopher Condon | 2001 | ||||
| Kimberly MacBeth | 2000 | Cassandra Sheridan | 2000 | Jenna Coutts | 2000 | ||||
| Cassandra Sheridan | 1999 | Kurt Robertson | 1999 | Jodie Sandford | 1999 | ||||
| Simon Kenningale | 1998 | Kimberly MacBeth | 1998 | Toby Price | 1998 | ||||
| Bronwyn Stuart | 1997 | Luke Schroor | 1997 | Jodie Sandford | 1997 | ||||
| Floyd Sutcliffe | 1996 | Matthew Sheridan | 1996 | Toby Price | 1996 | ||||
| Norm Hockings | 1995 | Cynthia Parker | 1995 | Stephanie Moore | 1995 | ||||
| Goolgowi No 7 Bowls Pennants Team | 1994 | Tom Tyson | 1994 | Toby Price | 1994 | ||||
| Annabel Sides | 1993 | Cameron French | 1993 | Chantelle Moore | 1993 | ||||
| Nellie Shelley | 1992 | Cynthia Parker | 1992 | Trent Christoff | 1992 | ||||
| Jim Lansdown | 1991 | Cynthia Parker | 1991 | No Sub-junior Sportsperson Awarded | 1991 |
Community & Event Awards
Community Event of the Year | Year | Community Group of the Year | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goolgowi Centenary Ball | 2025 | Hillston Creative Arts Council | 2025 | |
| Carrathool Time Capsule Opening Ceremony | 2024 | Goolgowi Recreation Ground Trust | 2024 | |
| Rankins Springs Centenary | 2023 | Hillston Swans Football & Netball Club | 2023 | |
| Hillston Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser | 2022 | No Community Group Awarded | 2022 | |
| Amber Lawrence/Catherine Britt Concert | 2021 | Hillston Hogs | 2021 | |
| RUOK Fun Run & Walk, Rankins Springs | 2020 | Hillston Ladies Golf Committee | 2020 | |
| Hillston Hogs Charity Match | 2019 | Hillston Creative Arts Council | 2019 | |
| Black Block Bards Fundraising Committee | 2018 | No Community Group Awarded | 2018 | |
| Oxley 200th Commemoration | 2017 | Sandy and the Frosted Heads | 2017 | |
| Hillston Central School – Alice in Wonderland School Musical | 2016 | Monia Gap School Bus Committee | 2016 | |
| Rankins Springs 2015 ANZAC Day Centenary Commemorations | 2015 | Goolgowi Recreational Ground | 2015 | |
| Rankins Springs Birds of the Bush Festival | 2014 | Hillston Creative Arts Council | 2014 | |
| No Event Category | 2013 | |||
| No Event Category | 2012 | |||
| No Event Category | 2011 | |||
| No Event Category | 2010 | |||
| No Event Category | 2009 | |||
| Hillston Races | 2008 | |||
| Hillston Central School ‘Class of 77’ Musical Performance | 2007 | |||
| Rankins Springs Opening – Tourist Information Windmill & Birds of the Bush Launch | 2006 | |||
| Carrathool Bough Shed Races | 2005 | |||
| Rankins Springs ANZAC Day Service | 2004 | |||
| Hillston Australiana Bush Festival | 2003 | |||
| Merriwagga 75th Committees Dedication to Pioneer Women | 2002 | |||
| Merriwagga Community & Public School 75th Celebrations | 2001 | |||
| Family Fishing Fiesta – Goolgowi Pool Committee | 2000 | |||
| Back to Rankins Springs Celebration – RS Progress Association | 1999 | |||
| Goolgowi Family Fishing Fiesta – Goolgowi Pool Committee | 1998 | |||
| Carrathool Races | 1997 | |||
| Hillston Community ‘Lop a Cop’ | 1996 | |||
| John Williamson Concert – Hillston Community Centre | 1995 | |||
| 1994 Hillson Annual Show – Hillston Show Committee | 1994 | |||
| Rankins Springs Football Club and Establishment of the Hillston Frail Aged Hostel | 1993 | |||
| St Joseph’s Centenary Committee | 1992 | |||
| Goolgowi Swimming Pool Committee | 1991 |