Eureka Australia Day Medal

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estabnlished in 2005, the Eureka Australia Day Medal is awarded to activists whose actions reflect the principles outlined in the Eureka Oath, at a ceremony at Bakery Hill, Ballarat, on Saturday 3 December, the anniversary of the Eureka Stockade.

The oath the diggers took at Bakery Hill and the Eureka Stockade in 1854 was: ‘We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties’. And the words of this oath are reflected in the public actions of the following people who accepted the Australia Day Award:

2005

  • Jan Bartlett - for her long involvment in Community radio 3CR as an administration manager and broardcaster.
  • Pamela Curr
  • Graeme Dunstan
  • Robbie Thorpe - an Aboriginal elder who received his award for his activism in the struggle for the rights of indigenous Australians.
  • Jennifer Worfe
  • Joseph Toscano

2006

  • Wendy Lowenstein (posthumusly) who died a few weeks previously. Anne and Bill Pickering accepted the medal on her behalf.
  • Margaret McDonald, a teacher by trade
  • Gerry Harrant, a tireless activist and broadcaster
  • Pauline Mitchell, involved in the disarmament and nuclear free movement in Victoria for many years.
  • Kevin Bracken, Victorian Secretary of the MUA, for inceasing the trade union movements interaction with the community.

2007

  • Doreen Burrow – Wollongong, NSW, (Radical Activist – over 50 years)
  • Jean Ely & Ray Nielsen – Melbourne, VIC, (Public Education Activist – over 40 years)
  • Stuart Highway – Darwin, NT (Community Radical Activist – over 20 years)
  • Dave Kerin – Melbourne, VIC (Workplace & Community Radical Activist – over 30 years)
  • Peter McGregor – Newcastle, NSW (Community & Education Radical Activist – over 40 years)
  • Alan parker – Sorrento, VIC, (Environmental Activist – nearly 60 years

2008

  • 93 year old Phyllis Johnson from Padstow, New South Wales
  • Hans Post an activist from Wollongong, New South Wales.

2011

  • Clare Gervasoni

2018