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The two Fraser Coast citizen of the year award winners, Iluka Clifton and Gail Gauld, have reflected on their recent achievement.
Iluka received the Young Citizen of the Year award said she was very surprise to be awarded.
At just 11-years-old she is a prominent figure in the local community for her commitment to the environment, not for profit community groups and as an entrepreneur.
“It was cool to be up there with all the other people who’ve done amazing things.”
She felt that looking after the environment was a very important cause, saying her award had inspired her to go further with her environmental activism.
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Subscriber only The driving force behind the Happy Valley Community Organisation, the creator of a signing choir, an anti-straw campaigner and a historian have been honoured in the Fraser Coast Australia Day Awards. It is an honour to be able to present the awards to such a diverse and hardworking group of recipients, Fraser Coast mayor George Seymour said. The recipients have volunteered thousands of hours of their time to the Fraser Coast community over many years which is one of the reasons our community is so vibrant, resilient and caring. Australia Day is a good opportunity for the community to reflect on the thousands of people who volunteer at the hundreds of organisations, groups and sporting clubs across the region.
She has given 25 years of exceptional service to the Brooweena community.
In May 1995 Gail was elected Secretary for the Woocoo Historical Society, a position she held for the next 25 years.
For a period she held the Treasurer’s position when there was no-one else to take on the role and is now President of the Society.
Many times the Woocoo Historical Society has struggled to fill positions on its committee but the tenacity and sacrifice of Gail has kept the organisation running.
She has done the work associated with other positions in the Society when the person was unable to fulfil their duties.