2026 Australia Day Award Winners

Overall Winners

• Junior Sports Award (under 18 years): Tanner Miller
• Sports Award: Sean Reynolds
• Senior Sports Award (over 65 years): Des & Marie Thorp
• Community Event of the Year: Biggest Blokes Lunch
• Young Citizen of the Year: Declan Tyson
• Senior Citizen of the Year: Bob Wilkie
• Citizen of the Year: Peter Copulos

Regional Winners

Shepparton

• Junior Sports Award (under 18 years): Lucy Potter
• Sports Award: Sean Reynolds
• Community Event of the Year: Biggest Blokes Lunch - Shepparton
• Young Citizen of the Year: Mietta Innes-Irons
• Senior Citizen of the Year: Bob Wilkie
• Citizen of the Year: Peter Copulos

Tatura

• Junior Sports Award (under 18 years): Tanner Miller
• Sports Award: Matthew Rennie
• Senior Sports Award (over 65 years): Dianne Downie
• Community Event of the Year: Hussln Charity Car and Bike Show
• Young Citizen of the Year: Declan Tyson
• Senior Citizen of the Year: Judy Forster
• Citizen of the Year: John Sullivan

Dookie

• Sports Award: Cassandra Bryant
• Senior Sports Award (over 65 years): Des & Marie Thorp
• Community Event of the Year: Devenish, Dookie & District Good Friday Appeal
• Senior Citizen of the Year: Paul O'Sullivan
• Citizen of the Year: Peter Shields 

Murchison

• Junior Sports Award (under 18 years): Esther Ewart
• Community Event of the Year: Love Murchison Event
• Citizen of the Year: Margaret McMaster

Mooroopna

• Citizen of the Year: Monsignor Peter Jeffrey