The National Australia Day Council has announced all the state and territory award recipients who are in the running for the 2019 Australian of the Year awards. The awards will be presented in Canberra on the evening of Friday, January 25, 2019. There are 33 people vying for the four award titles: National Australia Day Council chief executive Karlie Brand said the national finalists reflected the many heart-warming and inspirational stories in our nation. "The Australian of the Year awards allow us to showcase ordinary Australians doing extraordinary things to make a difference in their communities, achieving recognition on a national scale and influencing change for the better," Ms Brand said. “This year, we have some truly amazing people among our national finalists – some who are household names, some who quietly go about helping others and some who have overcome great challenges. “They are all so very worthy of our admiration and our recognition – they are all great Australians.” Learn more about the winners, state by state: Medicine pioneer wins Victorian Australian of the Year Thai cave rescuer named WA Australian of the Year Detective awarded for work catching child sex offenders Womans advocate named ACT Australian of the Year Cave-diving doctor named SA Australian of the Year Teen parent advocate named Tasmanian Australian of the Year Kurt Fearnley named NSW Australian of the Year Kate and Tick Everett are NTs Local Heroes The national finalists for the 2019 Australian of the Year Awards are: Tasmania – Bernadette Black Western Australia – Dr Craig Challen SC OAM NSW – Kurt Fearnley AO South Australia – Dr Richard Harris SC OAM ACT – Virginia Haussegger AM Northern Territory – Michael Long Queensland – Jon Rouse Victoria – Mark Sullivan Queensland – James Dale AO South Australia – Reginald Dodd Victoria – Alison Harcourt Northern Territory – Charlie King OAM NSW – Heather Lee OAM Western Australia – Frank Mallard ACT – Dr Sue Packer AM Tasmania – Sally Wise Northern Territory – Danzal Baker Queensland – Angel Dixon South Australia – Eleni Glouftsis Victoria – Dr Skye Kinder Western Australia – Noelle Martin Tasmania – Kirby Medcraft ACT – Hanna Wandel NSW – Jarrod Wheatley Queensland – Elijah Buol Northern Territory – Tick and Kate Everett Western Australia – Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker Victoria – Carol Matthews South Australia – Megan McLoughlin Tasmania – Vicki Purnell NSW – Sophie Smith ACT – David Williams For more information on the Australian of the Year Awards and details of all state and territory recipients visit australianoftheyear.org.au.
The National Australia Day Council has announced all the state and territory award recipients who are in the running for the 2019 Australian of the Year awards.
The awards will be presented in Canberra on the evening of Friday, January 25, 2019.
There are 33 people vying for the four award titles:
- 2019 Australian of the Year
- 2019 Senior Australian of the Year
- 2019 Young Australian of the Year
- 2019 Australias Local Hero
National Australia Day Council chief executive Karlie Brand said the national finalists reflected the many heart-warming and inspirational stories in our nation.
Finalists line up for 2019 Australian of the Year awards
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Kate and Tick Everett
Danzal Baker
Charlie King
Michael Long
David Williams
Alison Harcourt
Angel Dixon
Carol Matthews
Bernadette Black
Cheryl Kickett-Tucker
Frank Mallard
Eleni Glouftsis
Craig Challen
Elijah Buol
James Dale
Heather Lee
Hannah Wandel
Jarrod Wheatley
Kurt Fearnley
Mark Sullivan
Jon Rouse
Kirby Medcraft
Megan McLoughlin
Michael Long
Noelle Martin
Reginald Dodd
Sally Wise
Suzanne Packer
Sophie Smith
Skye Kinder
Richard Harris
Vicki Purnell
Virginia Haussegger
"The Australian of the Year awards allow us to showcase ordinary Australians doing extraordinary things to make a difference in their communities, achieving recognition on a national scale and influencing change for the better," Ms Brand said.
“This year, we have some truly amazing people among our national finalists – some who are household names, some who quietly go about helping others and some who have overcome great challenges.
“They are all so very worthy of our admiration and our recognition – they are all great Australians.”
Learn more about the winners, state by state:
The national finalists for the 2019 Australian of the Year Awards are:
2019 AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR FINALISTS
Tasmania – Bernadette Black
Western Australia – Dr Craig Challen SC OAM
NSW – Kurt Fearnley AO
South Australia – Dr Richard Harris SC OAM
ACT – Virginia Haussegger AM
Northern Territory – Michael Long
Queensland – Jon Rouse
Victoria – Mark Sullivan
2019 SENIOR AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR FINALISTS
Queensland – James Dale AO
South Australia – Reginald Dodd
Victoria – Alison Harcourt
Northern Territory – Charlie King OAM
NSW – Heather Lee OAM
Western Australia – Frank Mallard
ACT – Dr Sue Packer AM
Tasmania – Sally Wise
2019 YOUNG AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR FINALISTS
Northern Territory – Danzal Baker
Queensland – Angel Dixon
South Australia – Eleni Glouftsis
Victoria – Dr Skye Kinder
Western Australia – Noelle Martin
Tasmania – Kirby Medcraft
ACT – Hanna Wandel
NSW – Jarrod Wheatley
2019 AUSTRALIA'S LOCAL HERO
Queensland – Elijah Buol
Northern Territory – Tick and Kate Everett
Western Australia – Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker
Victoria – Carol Matthews
South Australia – Megan McLoughlin
Tasmania – Vicki Purnell
NSW – Sophie Smith
ACT – David Williams
For more information on the Australian of the Year Awards and details of all state and territory recipients visit australianoftheyear.org.au.
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