Australia Day and Community Awards 2025

Published on 21 January 2025

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Community Awards 2025

We invite you to come along and celebrate the Community Award winners for 2025 and welcome our new Australian citizens.

Where: Loddon River Room, The Mechanics Trentham

When: Friday 24 January at 2:00pm

At this free event we will announce our Citizen of the Year, Community Event of the Year, and Hepburn Together Award winners.

The Community Award winners for 2024 were ChillOut Festival (Event of the Year), Pat Tacey and Neville Cartledge (joint Citizens of the Year) and Alice Newitt (Young Citizen of the Year). A Special Commendation was also presented to the band Elysium.

Australia Day 2025

Community events

There are three events organised for Australia Day by community groups in the Hepburn Shire for Australia Day 2025.

Trentham

10.00am (TBC) – Town Square

Flag Raising Ceremony with Community BBQ and entertainment

Creswick

9.30am (speeches), followed by morning tea at 10am.

Australia Day morning tea at Doug Lindsay Recreation Reserve in Creswick.

Clunes

5:45am - Sunrise Walk and flag raising ceremony

Mt Beckworth Reserve (meet at the dam on the east side of the Mount)

Pancake breakfast

Image: Joint Citizens of the Year, Pat Tacey and Neville Cartledge