OAM
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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 Marilyn…
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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 long-running…
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Digital health leader honoured
Harcourt North resident Professor Kathleen Gray has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to medicine…
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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…
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A super contribution
Joe Farrugia is a self-confessed advocate for industry superannuation funds and would recommend anyone thinking of joining one to do…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Richly deserved
Castlemaine resident and respected beekeeper Eileen McDonald has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to…
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A quiet generosity
Despite decades of charitable work in the community, Gisborne’s Elaine Millar “never in a million years” expected to be named…
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An unbreakable bond
A love for his community shines through when you meet born and bred Kyneton local Eric Scoble. “It’s a bond…