Tag: OAM
Honour ‘quite a shock’
Eve Lamb
Truth is we all get old, if we're lucky, so it's nice to know that someone like...
Royal honour for fest favourite
There's hardly a person in Kyneton who doesn't know Marg Dearricott.
In perhaps her best known role as the...
Digital health leader honoured
Harcourt North resident Professor Kathleen Gray has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to medicine through digital...
OAM for passionate planter
Declaring to all and sundry that you're going to plant a million trees is a fairly big boast.But Chewton's Dr Maggie McLeod...
A super contribution
Joe Farrugia is a self-confessed advocate for industry superannuation funds and would recommend anyone thinking of joining one to do so.It's sound...
OAMs for Castlemaine climate activist couple
Australia needs to step up to the plate on climate action, Castlemaine's newly named OAM recipients Neil and Heather Barrett say.
The two veteran campaigners...
Fryerstown photographer gets OAM
Receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia, acclaimed local photographer Julie Millowick has taken this Queen's Birthday opportunity to urge for decisive support...
Queen’s Birthday gong for a ‘£10 Pom’
Arriving in Australia in 1957, aged 25 and a proud 'Ten Pound Pom', Ron Alexander never looked back.
The carpenter loved the larrikin fun of...
Richly deserved
Castlemaine resident and respected beekeeper Eileen McDonald has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the community of Mount...
A quiet generosity
Despite decades of charitable work in the community, Gisborne's Elaine Millar "never in a million years" expected to be named in the Queen's Birthday...
An unbreakable bond
A love for his community shines through when you meet born and bred Kyneton local Eric Scoble.
"It's a bond with everyone in Kyneton, everyone...
