LOCALS young and old were celebrated today as part of the Great Lakes Australia Day awards ceremony.
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Hundreds of people attended the ceremony held in the auditorium room at Club Forster this morning to celebrate the achievements of those in our region.
Major award recipients were Daniel Summers who received Sportsperson of the Year, Matthew Thomas who received Young Citizen of the Year and Fay Shacklock recieved Citizen of the Year.
Sixteen people were also officially welcomed to Australia as part of the citizenship ceremony.
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS: Sportsperson of the Year award nominees Bryan Warren (left) and Todd Riches (right) with award winner Daniel Summers.
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS: Sportsperson of the Year Daniel Summers
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS: Young Citizen of the Year award winner Matthew Thomas
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS: Young Citizen of the Year award nominee Matthew Koch and award winner Matthew Thomas
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS: Citizen of the Year award winner Fay Shacklock (far left) with the Citizen of the Year award nominees.
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS: Citizen of the Year award winner Fay Shacklock
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS: Sportsperson of the Year Daniel Summers and Citizen of the Year Fay Shacklock
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS: new Australian Alistair Klinkenberg from the United Kingdom holds his citizenship certificate
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS: Beth Cawte and Jon Fortnum officially became Australians today after receiving their citizenship certificates
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS: Diana Paez and her mother Lucila Fox were welcomed as new Australians as part of the citizenship ceremony
