Australia Day Awards
Nominations for the 2019 Australia Day Awards have now closed. Details of the winners and the awards ceremony will be announced in January 2019. For more information please contact the Mayor's Office on 4932 9000.
Previous Winners
The previous recipient of any award will not be eligible to win that same award for a period of five (5) years.
2018
Citizen of the Year
Frank Douglas
Young Citizen of the Year
James Lawson
Community Initiative Award
Joy Symons
Community Event Award
Joint Rockhampton Rowing Committee
Community Service Award
Alan Titman
Cultural Award
Julie Ann Layt
Sportsperson of the Year
Paul Christensen
2017
Citizen of the Year
Shirley Shannon
Young Citizen of the Year
Alexander ‘Sasha’ Belonogoff
Community Initiative Award
Library Technology Centre Computer Training Team
Community Service Award
Erlinda Esguerra
Cultural Award
Susan Earle
Sportsperson of the Year
Peter Harth
2016
Citizen of the Year
Denis O’Driscoll
Young Citizen of the Year
Madison Dyer
Community Service Award
Rockhampton SES and Sue Davidson
Community Event/Initiative Award
Jessica and Kylie Drew (Luna Markets) and Rodney Dare (Powerkids)
Cultural Award
Patricia Thompson
Sportsperson of the Year
Daniel Withers
2015
Citizen of the Year
Carl Burgoyne
Young Citizen of the Year
Chay Conaglen
Community Service Award
Raelene Ensby
Community Event/Initiative Award
Tanya Wooley & Kerryanne Pederick
Cultural Award
Pat McKenna
Sportsperson of the Year
Alex Reid
2014
Citizen of the Year
Robert Chippendale
Young Citizen of the Year
Ben Bowes
Sportsperson of the Year
Kyle Anderson
Cultural Award
Wasantha Mudannayake
Community Service Award (Individual)
Colin Weeks
Community Service Award (Organisation)
Rockhampton Police Citizens Youth Club
2013
Citizen of the Year
Geoff Murphy
Young Citizen of the Year
Clarence Mitchell
Sportsperson of the Year
Joseph Rudolph
Young Sportsperson of the Year
(two awards given) Douglas Buckley, Blake Rutherford
Cultural Award
Annie and Keith Hare
Community Service Award
(two awards given)
Diana and Clyde Wode, John Millroy
2012
(Awards given based on locality)
Citizen of the Year
Merle Cole
Young Citizen of the Year
Lucy Boyd
Senior Sportsperson of the Year
Clifford Gormley, Dean Rodgers, Michael Oxley, Neville Bowles
Junior Sportsperson of the Year
Dahlas Rogers, Lana Rogers, Stephen Cooper, Sam Boon
Cultural Award
Merilyn Luck, Carolyn Stock, Pauline Colvin
Community Service Award
Cheryl Smith, Remy Conway, Rhodes Watson
Community Service Special Commendation
Garrett Wells