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Leaders awarded By Kath Gannaway Two Healesville residents who have dedicated decades to wildlife and the environment, and a Gruyere CFA volunteer whose life and leadership was celebrated last year, have been recognised with Yarra Ranges Council Australia Day awards. They are among a diverse range of people from across the shire who contribute to making their communities a better place in which to live. The shire awards ceremony took place at Montrose Town Centre on Australia Day (Friday, 26 January) following a citizenship ceremony at which 10 people representing five nationalities became Australian citizens. Bob Anderson, a founding member, past president and life member of Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater is Yarra Ranges Citizen of the Year. Peter Hannaford who started the Judith Eardley Save Wildlife Association and its unique and hugely successful fundraising second-hand shop in Healesville has been named Environmentalist of the Year. A posthumous award, the Ian De La Rue Award for Community Leadership, was accepted by the Bigham family on behalf of Gruyere CFA and community worker Don Bigham. Don passed away in 2017. Warburton’s Hannah Mahoney is Young Citizen of the Year, The Mayor’s Lifetime Achievement Award has gone to Bev McAllister OAM of The Patch for her work with the Dandenong Ranges Music Council, the Mooroolbark Umbrella Group (MUG) which has worked to improve Mooroolbark for the past 15 years was recognised as Community Group of the Year and the Ken McIntosh Memorial Award for Young Environmental Achiever of the Year went to Belgrave nine-year-olds Brock and Ben. Leading up to the awards presentation, Yarra Ranges Mayor, Len Cox, said they were a chance for Council to recognise the people and groups across the municipality who give their time to help others. “Through these awards, we get to celebrate
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Australia Day 2018 Citizen of the Year Bob Anderson has led the battle for the Helmeted Honeyeater. 177114 the people who improve our daily lives and our communities, and thank them for generously giving their time and skills,” Cr Cox said. He said every person on the award list had been driven by the same goal - to make Yarra
Ranges a better place to live. “Whether it’s lending a hand to neighbours or people in need, providing their skills to their local community group or emergency service, or protecting and enhancing our beautiful nat-
ural environment, they have succeeded in doing that,” he said. See more on our Australia Day award winners on Page 3.
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