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	Australian of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1960.
		The Australian of the Year Awards recognise and reward those Australians who have a consistent record of excellence, who have made outstanding achievements in their field, and contributed in a significant way to the nation.
		The Young Australian of the Year Award was introduced in 1979, Senior Australian in 1999, and the Local Hero Award in 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_of_the_Year (161 words)

	Australian of the Year Award
		The Australian of the Year Award is one of the country's most prestigious, open to all Australians regardless of age.
		Young Australian of the Year Award was announced in 1979.
		The 2005 Young Australian of the Year is Khoa Do who has already carved an impressive role for himself within the Australian film industry as a writer, director, actor and teacher.
	www.acn.net.au /articles/australianoftheyear (755 words)

	Australia - GrokPedia Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Australian Capital Territory, centred on the new federal capital of Canberra, was separated from New South Wales in 1911.
		With this act of parliament, Australian law was made unequivocally the law in the nation, and the High Court of Australia was confirmed as the single highest court in the country.
		During the "gold rush" of the late 19th century, the convicts and their descendants were rapidly overshadowed by hundreds of thousands of free settlers from many different countries: for example, in the 1850s about two per cent of the combined populations of Britain and Ireland emigrated to New South Wales and Victoria.
	www.grokpedia.com /en/a/au/Australia.htm (1696 words)

	Volunteering Queensland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		One of the aims of the Awards is to encourage people to get involved in their community and one of the judging criteria will be: the social impact of the project, including social participation and volunteering.
		AUSTRALIAN OF The Young Australian of the Year Award recognises those aged 16 to 25 who are outstanding and exceptional young Australians.
		The Awards are part of the Qld Government’s commitment to the community and to encourage volunteering. The awards will recognise and reward the outstanding volunteer efforts of Queenslanders, while strengthening the understanding of volunteering by young people, the groups they support, and their commitments.
	www.volqld.org.au /communityawards.html (2000 words)

	Office for an Ageing Australia - Awards
		The Senior Australian of the Year Awards were a major initiative launched by the Commonwealth Government during the 1999 International Year of Older Persons and is awarded to Australians aged 60 years and over who continue to make a significant contribution to the success of the country.
		Mr Campbell, from Brisbane, was the founder and chairman of the 2002 Australia's Year of the Outback.
		The Senior Australian of the Year for 2001 was Professor Graeme Clark AO.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/32391/20030307/www.health.gov.au/acc/ofoa/awards/senior_of_the_year.htm (411 words)

	Australian of the Year
		Nominations for the 2006 Young Australian of the Year Awards close on 29 August 2005.
		With this in mind, I encourage all Australians, young and old, to think about the young people in their community and to nominate a young person who has made an outstanding contribution both to their local community and to the nation.
		The Australian of the Year Awards are made possible through the generous support of our sponsors and partners.
	www.australianoftheyear.gov.au (167 words)

	THORPE AND HACKETT SHARE TELSTRA AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN MELBOURNE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For Thorpe it is the fifth time since his first award in 1999 that he has won the “big one” – an outstanding achievement for the 21-year-old 11-time world champion – and the only swimmer to ever win the award for a fifth time.
		But for his partner in the pool, Hackett, it is his first major award and a just reward for another extraordinary year in the pool which saw him maintain his seven-year unbeaten streak in the 1500 metres freestyle with his third world crown.
		Pope’s supercharge Matt Welsh won three awards, the Fisher and Paykel Male Short Course Swimmer of the Year; the Telstra Male Backstroke Swimmer of the Year and the Qantas Male Butterfly Swimmer of the Year.
	www.oandmdistrictswimming.org.au /asi%20news/ASIDEC1ST.htm (782 words)

	Call to honour a Senior Australian of Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Australians are being encouraged to recognise an older Australian in their community with the opening of nominations for 2005 Senior Australian of the Year.
		Australians are being encouraged to recognise an older Australian in their community with the opening of nominations for 2005 Senior Australian of the Year today.
		The Australian Government is a partner of the Senior Australian of the Year Award and long-standing supporter of the Australian of the Year Awards program.
	www.dhac.gov.au /mediarel/yr2004/jb/bis101.htm (402 words)

	Australia at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On 1 January 1901, federation of the Colonies occurred and the Commonwealth of Australia was born, as a dominion of the British Empire.
		With this act of parliament, Australian law was made unequivocally the law in the nation, and the High Court of Australia was made the highest court.
		The prime minister is almost always the leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives, the 150-seat lower house of the bicameral parliament.
	wiki.tatet.org /Australia.html (1878 words)

	Prime Minister's Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Winner of the 2005 Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year Award is Lizzie Corke of the award-winning Cape Otway Centre for Conservation Ecology.
		Every year our nation celebrates the achievement and contribution of eminent Australians through the Australian of the Year Awards by profiling leading citizens who are role models for us all.
		Awards are presented by the Prime Minister or the Minister.
	www.pm.gov.au /your_pm/awards.html (1194 words)

	Innovator of the Year Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The South Australian Innovator of the Year Award 2002 is generously sponsored and supported by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
		The key to this award will be the calibre of the individual behind the venture, not simply the merits of an invention, a novel technology developed or a market opportunity identified.
		The winner of the Deloitte South Australian Innovator of the Year Award, 2002 will be officially announced at the iBall, to be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, on the evening of Tuesday November 12, 2002.
	www.iball.twoeyes.com /innovator.html (946 words)

	Southern Cross Group: Expatriate Australian of the Year Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		We are pleased to report that on Australia Day, 26 January 2003, the Australian Labor Party issued a detailed Citizenship Policy Statement, in which it specifically endorsed our proposal for a new Expatriate Australian of the Year Award.
		It is the philosophy of the SCG that the some 860,000 Australians who live outside Australia are nevertheless an integral part of the Australian community in the globalised world of the twenty-first century, despite their geographical distance from Australia.
		All Australians should be able to celebrate, participate in and be enriched by the special contribution that the Australian diaspora brings to Australian life.
	www.southern-cross-group.org /expataustralian/intro.html (1027 words)

	Hair Expo Australian Hairdresser of the Year.
		Now in its 19th year, the Hair Expo Australian Hairdressing Awards, judged by a panel of independent industry experts from Australia and overseas, are the most respected, established and longest running awards in the Australian hair industry.
		The awards take into account all aspects of hairdressing and help to promote consumer awareness of the high standards of excellence in the Australian hairdressing industry.
		The awards gala was preceded by a one-off, show-stopping editorial fashion spectacular by two-time Fellowship British Hairdresser of the Year, Antoinette Beenders for Aveda, and staged by the world's greatest fashion show producer, Mike Esa.
	www.girl.com.au /jayne_wild_hairawards_2004.htm (381 words)

	Minister congratulates Senior Australian of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Senior Australian of the Year award was presented to Professor Briggs today at Parliament House by Prime Minister John Howard on behalf of the National Australia Day Council.
		Mrs Bishop said the Award honours the wisdom, knowledge and experience of an outstanding individual and is fitting recognition of the immense contribution Professor Briggs has made to the Australian community.
		This is the second Senior Australian of the Year Award, with the inaugural award presented to Slim Dusty in the 1999 International Year of the Older Person.
	www.health.gov.au /mediarel/yr2000/bb/bb20089.htm (431 words)

	Australian Catholics - Young Journalist of the Year Award 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Winning entries will be published in the Australian Catholics 2004 Christmas edition so the award provides aspiring young student journalists with an excellent opportunity to have their work read by a large national audience.
		The senior division is for students in Year 10,11 or 12.
		The junior division is for students in Year 7, 8 or 9.
	www.australiancatholics.com.au /yja04.html (267 words)

	the source - Involve - Youth Awards
		Outstanding and exceptional young Australians aged 16-25 from around Australia have been chosen as the 2005 state and territory finalists, with the overall winner of the Young Australian of the Year award to be announced on 25 January 2005.
		This year her activities include writing letters to parliamentarians, leading a successful lobby group and participation in the International Vietnamese Youth Network’s ‘Faith Over Oppression’ campaign.With Tien’s support,Vietnam’s international community has been able to successfully lobby for the release of a number of prisoners of conscience.
		At 20 years of age she continues to produce remarkable results, challenging the perception within the sport that age is a barrier.
	www.thesource.gov.au /involve/young_australian.asp (4152 words)

	Southern Cross Group: Value of a New Expat Aussie of the Year Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In addition, many in the Australian expatriate community would welcome the opportunity to work more closely with their compatriots in Australia, and are keen to share the experiences and skills they have learned overseas with those at home more fully even while they continue to reside abroad.
		The creation and announcement of a new "Expatriate Australian of the Year" award could be used as a launching pad for improved activities with regard to the Australian diaspora.
		The Southern Cross Group believes that an "Expatriate Australian of the Year" award would be a significant step towards redressing the current lack of understanding at home.
	www.southern-cross-group.org /expataustralian/value.html (681 words)

	Insearch wins national education exporter of the year award
		The IDP education award is "for outstanding export achievement in the field of education services, facilities, expertise and curriculum".
		Established by UTS in 1976, Insearch began offering English courses in 1987 and was the first Australian education institution to establish the concept of pathways programs for international students who are not qualified for direct entry into an Australian university.
		"This award is recognition of Insearch's pioneering role in developing the pathways to university concept, and of its symbiotic relationship with UTS where each benefits from the reputation and success of the other.
	www.uts.edu.au /new/releases/2003/November/19.html (541 words)

	Australian Catholics - Easter 2003
		James could be like any other young Australian, except that he was the Victorian finalist for the 2003 Young Australian of the Year Award.
		During his final year of schooling, James was the prefect responsible for the Xavier boys helping at Richmond in the Friday Night School conducted by the College.
		Yet there is hesitation in James’ voice as he explains, ‘All that talk about future years may be irrelevant.’ Approximately 95 per cent of the young people in the tutoring program are East Timorese refugees who could be deported to East Timor later this year.
	www.australiancatholics.com.au /articles/03easter1.html (1025 words)

	Sports Australia - WNBL Media Release: Crafty Fox captures coach of the year award [Feb 17, 2004] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dandenong’s mentor modestly said that the award was a product of the success of the Rangers as a team in season 2003-04 and was mostly due to the players.
		Dandenong’s coach was a clear winner in the award, receiving more than double the votes of nearest rival Cheryl Chambers of the ‘Rockmans’ Bulleen Melbourne Boomers.
		The Coach of the Year award is determined by a poll of the Head Coach, Assistant Coach and Team Captain from all WNBL teams.
	sportsaustralia.com /articles/feb04/artid864.html (378 words)

	Printer version - Nicole Kidman - Australian of the Year? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nicole Kidman was selected as the New South Wales Australian of the Year 2005 for her success as an actress, contribution to helping those less fortunate than herself, and because she inspires other Australians to achieve their dreams.
		To ensure the committees are able to select the Award recipients from the most inspiring and successful Australians, we rely on the public to nominate someone they feel should be considered for the Awards.
		That's a whole lot of words to explain why Our Nicole is "the most appropriate choice for the New South Wales Australian of the Year Award 2005." No doubt she's a nice person, but her appointment smacks of a PR exercise, and a clumsily handled one at that.
	www.crikey.com.au /whistleblower/2004/12/20-0002.print.html (684 words)

	The Miles Franklin Award
		The Miles Franklin award was set up under the terms of the will of the late Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, the famed Australian author who died in September 1954.
		The winner of this year's award was announced on June 3, 1997.
		Subsequent to the publication of the award short list, the judges were asked by the author to withdraw Shearers' Motel from consideration on the basis that it had also been entered for other awards as non-fiction.
	www.middlemiss.org /lit/prizes/milesfkn.html (1016 words)

	Scoop: A Just Australian of the Year Award Winners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At a gala fundraising dinner at Sydney's Darling Harbour, hosted by Claudia Karvan and Santo Cilauro, ten awards were made, celebrating the achievements of the famous and not so famous supporters of the campaign for a just refugee program.
		Awards were made in response to public nominations called for in January.
		Awards were also made to Phillip Adams, Julian Burnside and Malcolm Fraser for their continued efforts in calling Australians to action.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0307/S00230.htm (522 words)

	Bayer - Webzine - Australian of the Year Award - Mark Shephard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Australia’s Aborigines frequently live on the fringes of society, in some cases with horrific consequences for their health.
		Shephard, a Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Community Point of Care Services Unit at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, is the initiator of a health care program which has now brought him a major honor.
		At the “Australian of the Year” awards, he was named ‘Local Hero’ for South Australia metropolitan, an award category that recognises significant contribution by an individual to their local community.
	www.webzine.bayer.com /projects_events/australian_of_the_year_award_mark_shephard/australian_of_the_year/page2616.htm (503 words)

	Jon Stanhope - ACT Australian of the year 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Chief Minister Jon Stanhope tonight presented the ACT Australian of the Year Award to Professor Judith Whitworth AC.
		Professor Whitworth is the Director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University, and a world expert on the control of blood pressure and kidney function.
		The winners of the ACT awards will now be considered for the overall Australian, Young Australian, Senior Australian and Local Hero of the Year awards, which will be announced on 25 January 2004.
	www.act.alp.org.au /media/1103/20001077.html (474 words)

	Hendrix-Murphy Programs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		DAVID FOSTER has been awarded the Brisbane Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award, the Australian National Book Council Book of the Year Award, the Melbourne Age Book of the Year Award, and the Miles Franklin Literary Award.
		She is author of Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna, A Ten Year Journey, Women in the Wilderness, and numerous articles in Ms.
		He also received the Obie Award (acting), the NAACP Image Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and the NAACP Playwright’s Contribution Award.
	www.hendrix.edu /hendrixmurphy/ei.htm (2503 words)

	CBCA - Children's Book of the Year Awards
		These annual awards are for books with an implied readership under the age of eighteen, and are presented in five categories.
		The first Australian Children's Book of the Year Award was made in 1946.
		The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books is judged by a panel of between three and four judges all whom come from the home state of the current national executive.
	www.cbc.org.au /awards1.htm (304 words)

	Australian Institute of Export (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The 2005 Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards are officially launched on Thursday, 21 April 2005 by the Hon.
		The Australian Export Awards is conducted annually by Austrade and the ACCI with partners in each state including Australian Institute of Export in NSW.
		Until the end of July the Australian Institute of Export and the Department of State and Regional Development will be conducting seminars across New South Wales launching the awards and providing exporters with valuable export assistance.
	www.aiex.com.au /nsw/events.html (889 words)

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