Today's 2025 Australia Day awards are presented to groups or citizens who have made an outstanding contribution to the Toowoomba Region community.
The following list includes the 2025 Toowoomba Region Australia Day award recipients across our respective service areas who have been nominated by their peers for commendable service and, in some cases, years of volunteering for community, charitable and sporting organisations.
Congratulations to all our award recipients and the fellow nominees.
An updated list will be published following this afternoon's Crows Nest area award presentation.
To view the 2025 Toowoomba Region Australia Day award recipients, please visit www.tr.qld.gov.au/australiadayawards
Caption: Toowoomba Regional Council's Toowoomba City 2025 Australia Day award recipients at today's Picnic Point ceremony include, (from left) Community Group award recipients representing Parkrun Toowoomba Steve Antonio, Anna Jones, Lisa Salisbury and Margie Bryant; Emily MacManus and Dr Tarn McLean from the Lighthouse Toowoomba and Child Writes Fund (who received an Australian flag from the Member for Groom Garth Hamilton); 2025 W. H. Groom scholarship recipient Zachary Vellacott; Toowoomba Citizen of the Year Sue Waters; Toowoomba Region Mayor Cr Geoff McDonald; Iskcon Gyawali (Junior Sports award); Maud Bagnall (Cultural award); Adam and Susy Wenitong from Adapt Mentorship (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Citizens of the Year award); Rheanca Lincoln (Toowoomba Young Citizen) and Steve Jurgs (Senior Sport award). Absent from the picture: Kellie Blinco, manager of AgForce School to Industry Partnership Program (Community Event award).
