City of Melbourne hosts citizenship ceremony for 110+ new Australians

More than one hundred joyous new Australian citizens, representing almost 30 nationalities, celebrated the occasion at a ceremony hosted inside Melbourne Town Hall on Wednesday night. See the pictures here.

More than 100 new Australians were joined by family and friends to celebrate their citizenship at the Melbourne Town Hall on Wednesday night.

The City of Melbourne hosts monthly citizenship ceremonies to mark the significant life event for thousands of new Australians.

About 29 different nationalities were represented at the ceremony signifying the diversity of Australia’s migrant community.

At 5.30pm, the City of Melbourne welcomed new citizens to make a ceremonial pledge and be called on stage to receive their citizenship before taking pictures and celebrating with loved ones.

The room was full with joy and celebration when over 1oo new citizens celebrated the occasion with family and friends at Melbourne Town Hall on Wednesday. Picture: Nilsson Jones

City of Melbourne Deputy Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece said the event celebrated about 110 new Melburnians to the city.

“Melbourne’s diversity is our greatest strength and we’re proud to be one of the most multicultural cities in the world, with over 160 cultural backgrounds represented in our community,” Mr Reece said.

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Beate Tierney

Thamero (middle) and his family

Mohamed

Gaoski Abioye

Kwok Sang Lai (right)

Ayan Addow

Yulia Chernetskaya (right)

Somnuek Nuamkhien

Deepayan Mazumder

Nitish Chandran

Sharmila Rajasekaran (left) and her daughter

Badfeng Li

Suphakorn Chaiphon

Varun Sri (right)

Tim Chang

The Trung (left)

Yashavantha Basavannaiah

Murat Abdurahman Mohamed.

Nishat Hossain (left)