1/66Frank Cowell, from Shed Happens, won 2022 Citizen of the Year at Mackay Regional Council's 2022 Australia Day awards.
130+ FACES: Mackay Australia Day Citizen of the Year Awards 2022
The tireless and selfless volunteers and community champions who make the Mackay region so special have been celebrated at the Australia Day Citizen of the Year dinner.
2/66Carmel Wheeler won the Lori Burgess Community Volunteer Award at Mackay Regional Council's 2022 Australia Day awards.
3/66Storm Chapman and Kayleigh Brewster at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
4/66Charmaine Leggatt and Janice Kent at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
5/66Desley Pitkin and Vera Vella at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
6/66Musician Brad Butcher at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
7/66The 2022 Australia Day winners with Mayor Greg Williamson at Mackay Regional Council's 2022 awards dinner.
8/66Marie-Claire Lawler and Guy Perrett with little Percy Lawler-Perrett at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
9/66Lisa Jamson and James Gibbs at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
10/66Gail Donadel and John Cant at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
11/66Luke, Peter, Kelly and Mark Reedman at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
12/66Daily Mercury editor Rae Wilson and deputy editor Tara Miko at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
13/66Jodee White, Brenton Harris and Nicole Pasquale at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
14/66Janice Kent, Esme Marais, Donna Abbott and Kay Soar at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
15/66Percy Lawler-Perrett at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
16/66Judith Bailey and Clinton Withers at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
17/66Karla and Hesta Grobler at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
18/66Ian Mason, Lorelle Simonsen and Betty Burrows at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
19/66Sisters Charli and Jordan Bliss at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
20/66Mackay 2021 Young Citizen of the Year Emmett Withers at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
21/66Scott Robertson, Louis Bezzina and Bruce Thompson at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
22/66Lorraine Wirth at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
23/66Wayne Andrews and Clynton Benson at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
24/66Brett Reeves, William Stafford and Sue Rech at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
25/66Bricey Stevenson and Anthony Cahill at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
26/66Charli Bliss at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
27/66Jason Hicks with Kathryn Andrews at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
28/66Michael Thomson and Madeleine Connors at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
29/66Kathryn Andrews and Shirlene Jorgensen at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
30/66Sam Bliss and Tina Taylor at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
31/66William Stafford, Sue Rech, Lorraine Wirth and Sherri-Lee Bosh at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
32/66Karla Grobler at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
33/66Fiona Koultlis with Mackay Citizen of the Year Frank Cowell at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
34/66Wendy Spark, Roberta Brown, Robert Spark, Ian Mason, Lorelle Simonsen and Betty Burrows at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
35/66Louis Bezzina at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
36/66Josh Hicks and Claire Rehbein at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
37/66Rhoda Wenck and Glenda Gallant at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
38/66Linda Cowell with her husband and Mackay Citizen of the Year Frank Cowell at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
39/66Robert and Wendy Spark at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
40/66Young Sports Award winner Karla Grobler with Mackay Mayor Greg Williamson at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
41/66Art and Culture Award winner Charli Bliss at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
42/66Aletta Nugent and Michael Thomson at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
43/66Larry Slattery and Dan Davis accepting the Environmental Achievement Award on behalf of the Rotary Club of Mackay North at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
44/66Anzac Biscuit dessert at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
45/66Linda Cowell with her husband and Mackay Citizen of the Year Frank Cowell at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
46/66Josh Hicks with Claire and Ken Rehbein at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
47/66Cassandra Woodhouse and Frank Sorohan at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
48/66Mackay Young Citizen of the Year William Deeley at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
49/66Nanette and Jason Devitt at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
50/66Lori Burgess Community Volunteer Award winner Carmel Wheeler. at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
51/66Larry Slattery and Dan Davis accepting the Environmental Achievement Award on behalf of the Rotary Club of Mackay North at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
52/66Ben Faulkner and Ashley Ryan accepting the Community Group Award on behalf of Bakers Creek Tigers AFL Club at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
53/66Mackay Mayor Greg Williamson with Mackay Citizen of the Year Frank Cowell at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
54/66Wendy Baynton, Karla Grobler, Hesta Grobler and Phil Dreghorn at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
55/66Mackay Touch Football president Jason Miller accepted Chris Breckell's Senior Sports Award at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
56/66Lorraine Wirth and Sherri-Lee Bosh at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
57/66Robert Spark at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
58/66Lorelle Simonsen at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25. Picture: Lillian Watkins
59/66Kelly Reedman at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
60/66Yvonne Emery Gesah at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
61/66Lisa Jamson and James Gibbs at the 2022 Mackay Australia Day Awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
62/66Mackay Citizen of the Year Frank Cowell at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
63/66Mackay Citizen of the Year Frank Cowell at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
64/66Tegan O'Keeffe and Rachel Meers at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
65/66Young Sports Award winner Karla Grobler at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
66/66Kathryn Andrews at the Mackay Australia Day awards at the MECC on January 25, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
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