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Recipients 2017

2017 Awards

Australian of the Year
QLD Emeritus Professor Alan Mackay-Sim - In Memoriam
SA Kate Swaffer
NSW Deng Adut
NT Andrea Mason
ACT Alan Tongue
VIC Paris Aristotle AM
TAS Rosalie Martin
WA Andrew Forrest
Senior Australian of the Year
NT Sister Anne Gardiner AM
WA Peter Kenyon
SA Patricia Buckskin PSM
NSW Dr John Knight AM
ACT Dick Telford
QLD Professor Perry F Bartlett FAA
VIC Lois Peeler AM
TAS Margaret Steadman
Young Australian of the Year
SA Paul Vasileff
ACT Heidi Prowse
QLD Taj Pabari
VIC Jason Ball
TAS Mitch McPherson
WA Abdullahi Alim
NSW Arthur Alla
NT Bridie Duggan
Local Hero
VIC Vicki Jellie
NSW Josephine Peter
NT Tejinder pal Singh
ACT Stasia Dabrowski OAM
QLD Yasmin Khan
TAS Anthony Edler
WA June Oscar AO
SA Reginald George Heading - In Memoriam

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