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Recipients 2009

2009 Awards

Australian of the Year
ACT Professor Michael Dodson AM
NT Dr G. Yunupingu - In Memoriam
TAS Peter Cundall AM
SA Ivan Copely
WA Dr Penny Flett
QLD Bronwyn Sheehan
VIC Dr Berhan Ahmed
NSW Glenn McGrath AM
Senior Australian of the Year
VIC Pat LaManna OAM
WA Patrick Dodson
QLD Jean Illingworth
NSW Lorraine Peeters
NT Bryan & Kathy Massey
ACT Reverend Elizabeth MacKinlay AM
TAS Ronnie Burns
SA John Halbert MBE
Young Australian of the Year
QLD Jonty Bush
NT Rachel Meldrum
ACT Jack Heath
TAS Sam Cawthorn
SA Matthew Cowdrey OAM
WA David Wirrpanda
VIC Leigh Mathews
NSW Kurt Fearnley OAM
Local Hero
WA Graeme Drew
NT Chowdhury Sadaruddin
ACT Tim Gavel
TAS John Layton Hodgetts OAM
SA Beverley Langley
QLD Cyril Golding
VIC Beverley Wall
NSW Dr Jamal Rifi

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