Victorian of the Year

Victorian of the Year
Awarded for	Achievement and contribution to community and public service in Victoria
Date	1 July
Location	Melbourne Town Hall
Country	Victoria (Australia)
Presented by	Victoria Day Council
Website	victoriaday.org.au

The Victorian of the Year is an award given to the most outstanding Victorian in any given year. The Victorian of the Year is awarded in Melbourne by the Victoria Day Council as part of Victoria Day celebrations on 1 July annually.

The Victoria Day Awards are made by public nomination and selected by the Awards Committee and ratified by the Trustees of the Victoria Day Council. The Victoria Day Awards are nominated and voted by Victorians.

The Victorian of the Year should not be confused with the Victorian winner of Australian of the Year, awarded in Canberra by the Australia Day Council as part of Australia Day celebrations on 26 January annually. The same people may be winners of both awards.

Other awards in the same series include the Young Victorian of the Year, Organisation of the Year, Good Corporate Citizen, the Arts Award and Local Achiever.

List of winners

The following individuals and organisations have been recipients in various classes under the Victoria Day Awards:[1]

Year	Victorian of the Year	Young Victorian of the Year	Organisation of the Year	Good Corporate Citizen	Arts Award	Local Achiever
1995	Sang Nguyen
1996	Michael Quinn[2]	Deanne Jakial
1997	Hugh Wirth AM	Lynn Costello	Country Fire Authority
1998	Andrew Kay	Richard Allen	Road Trauma Support Team (Vic) Inc	Visy
1999	Sue Natrass	George Dukas	Surf Life Saving (Victoria)	Shannon's Corporation
2000	Susan Barton AM	Jesse Martin OAM	Anti-Cancer Council	Graeme Goldsworthy
2001	Neil Comrie AM, APM	Daniela Di Toro	Victorian Women's Prison Council Disabled Motorists (Victoria)	Bunnings Building Supplies	Jeanne Pratt AO
2002	Bruce Ruxton AM, OBE	Karen Chatto	Asthma Foundation	Ron Clarke	Margaret Rich
2003	Jim Stynes OAM	Hugh Evans[3]	VicDeaf	Bendigo Bank	Royal South Street Society
2004	Tim Costello AO	Cameron Rahles-Rahbula	Lord Somers Camp	Toyota Australia	Adam Elliott
2005	Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC, DBE	Lisa Castle	Aids, Hepatitis & Sexual Health Line	Jayco	Victorian Youth Symphony Orchestra	Sergeant Gary Chandler (VICPOL)
2006	Les Twentyman AO	Eliza Stankovic	Lighthouse Foundation	Fantastic Furniture
2007	Carrillo Gantner AO	Tom O'Connor	Try Youth and Community Services	TRUenergy
2008	Bert Newton AM, MBE	Daniel Adams	KIDS under cover	Royal Automobile Club of Victoria
2009	Ron Barassi AM	Thom Woodroofe	The Salvation Army	Ritchies Stores
2010	Stephanie Alexander AO	Wesa Chau	Rescued With Love	Mecu
2011	Father Bob Maguire AM, RFD	Amit Menghani[4]	Country Women's Association	Incolink
2012	Moira Kelly AO	Victor Victor	Travellers Aid	Pitcher Partners
2013	Jeanne Pratt AC[5]	Nicholle Hussey	Amaze (Autism Victoria)	Linfox	Dr Gerard Vaughan
2014	David Penington AC	Melissa Tumeo	Willing Older Workers	Qenos	Penny Hutchinson
2015	Judith Durham AO	Luba Josevski	Scope	Cabrini Health	Australian Tapestry Workshop
2016	Dr Alan Finkel AO	Khurram Jahangir Khan[6]	St Kilda Mums	VicSuper	Bendigo Art Gallery
2017	Mike Brady AM	Dr Robert Gillies[7]	The Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria	Bendigo Bank	Regional Arts Victoria
2018	Susan Alberti AC[8]	Daniel Poole[9]	The Cathy Freeman Foundation	John Holland Group	Victorian Opera
2019	Neale Daniher AO[10]	Dr Skye Kinder[11]	The Water Well Project		Channel 31
2020	None awarded[1]
2021	None awarded[1]
2022	Kevin Sheedy AO	Julia Kay[12]	St John Ambulance	Cottons Organic	Footscray Community Arts Centre
2023	Brett Sutton AO	Madeline Buchner OAM[13]	Victorian Womens Trust	Visy	Castlemaine Art Gallery

See also

• Australian of the Year

References

1. "Awards". Victoria Day Council. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
2. "Professor Michael Quinn AM MBChB MGO MRCP (UK) FRANZCOG FRCOG CGO". Australian Gynaecological Cancer Foundation. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
3. Farouque, Farah (15 March 2008). "Out to change the world". The Age. Australia. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
4. Says, Kalai Arasi (2 July 2011). "FISA leader Amit Menghani is 'Young Victorian of the Year 2011'". South Asia Times. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
5. Aisha Dow (1 July 2013). "Jeanne Pratt named Victorian of Year". The Age. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
6. "Khurram Jahangir Khan". Victoria Day Council. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
7. "Robbie Gillies named Young Victorian of the Year". Alfred Health. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
8. Koob, Simone Fox (1 July 2018). "Susan Alberti named Victorian of the Year". The Age. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
9. "Recognising Victoria's Young Changemakers | Premier of Victoria". www.premier.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
10. Saltau, Chloe (1 July 2019). "Neale Daniher named Victorian of the Year". The Age. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
11. D'Agostino, Emma (2 July 2019). "Doctor hopes award will enable advocacy". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
12. Bell, Liz (4 July 2022). "Young Victorian award for eco visionary". MPNEWS. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
13. Gardiner, Mia. "Advocating for young carers". www.australianjewishnews.com. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

External links

• Victoria Day Council