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Victorian of the Year

Field	Value
name	Victorian of the Year
awarded_for	Achievement and contribution to community and public service in Victoria
date	1 July
location	Melbourne Town Hall
country	Victoria (Australia)
presenter	Victoria Day Council
host
website

The Victorian of the Year is an award given to the most outstanding Victorian in any given year. The Victorian of the Year is awarded in Melbourne by the Victoria Day Council as part of Victoria Day celebrations on 1 July annually.

The Victoria Day Awards are made by public nomination and selected by the Awards Committee and ratified by the Trustees of the Victoria Day Council. The Victoria Day Awards are nominated and voted by Victorians.

The Victorian of the Year should not be confused with the Victorian winner of Australian of the Year, awarded in Canberra by the Australia Day Council as part of Australia Day celebrations on 26 January annually. The same people may be winners of both awards.

Other awards in the same series include the Young Victorian of the Year, Organisation of the Year, Good Corporate Citizen, the Arts Award and Local Achiever.

List of winners

The following individuals and organisations have been recipients in various classes under the Victoria Day Awards:

Year	Victorian of the Year	Young Victorian of the Year	Organisation of the Year	Good Corporate Citizen	Arts Award	Local Achiever
1995	Sang Nguyen
1996	Michael Quinn	Deanne Jakial
1997	Hugh Wirth	Lynn Costello	Country Fire Authority
1998	Andrew Kay	Richard Allen	Road Trauma Support Team (Vic) Inc	Visy
1999	Sue Natrass	George Dukas	Surf Life Saving (Victoria)	Shannon's Corporation
2000	Susan Barton	Jesse Martin	Anti-Cancer Council	Graeme Goldsworthy
2001	Neil Comrie	Daniela Di Toro	Victorian Women's Prison Council
Disabled Motorists (Victoria)	Bunnings Building Supplies	Jeanne Pratt
2002	Bruce Ruxton	Karen Chatto	Asthma Foundation	Ron Clarke	Margaret Rich
2003	Jim Stynes	Hugh Evans	VicDeaf	Bendigo Bank	Royal South Street Society
2004	Tim Costello	Cameron Rahles-Rahbula	Lord Somers Camp	Toyota Australia	Adam Elliott
2005	Dame Elisabeth Murdoch	Lisa Castle	Aids, Hepatitis & Sexual Health Line	Jayco	Victorian Youth Symphony Orchestra	Sergeant Gary Chandler (VICPOL)
2006	Les Twentyman	Eliza Stankovic	Lighthouse Foundation	Fantastic Furniture
2007	Carrillo Gantner	Tom O'Connor	Try Youth and Community Services	TRUenergy
2008	Bert Newton	Daniel Adams	KIDS under cover	Royal Automobile Club of Victoria
2009	Ron Barassi	Thom Woodroofe	The Salvation Army	Ritchies Stores
2010	Stephanie Alexander	Wesa Chau	Rescued With Love	Mecu
2011	Father Bob Maguire	Amit Menghani	Country Women's Association	Incolink
2012	Moira Kelly	Victor Victor	Travellers Aid	Pitcher Partners
2013	Jeanne Pratt	Nicholle Hussey	Amaze (Autism Victoria)	Linfox	Dr Gerard Vaughan
2014	David Penington	Melissa Tumeo	Willing Older Workers	Qenos	Penny Hutchinson
2015	Judith Durham	Luba Josevski	Scope	Cabrini Health	Australian Tapestry Workshop
2016	Dr Alan Finkel	Khurram Jahangir Khan	St Kilda Mums	VicSuper	Bendigo Art Gallery
2017	Mike Brady	Dr Robert Gillies	The Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria	Bendigo Bank	Regional Arts Victoria
2018	Susan Alberti	Daniel Poole	The Cathy Freeman Foundation	John Holland Group	Victorian Opera
2019	Neale Daniher	Dr Skye Kinder	The Water Well Project		Channel 31
2020	None awarded
2021	None awarded
2022	Kevin Sheedy	Julia Kay	St John Ambulance	Cottons Organic	Footscray Community Arts Centre
2023	Brett Sutton	Madeline Buchner OAM	Victorian Womens Trust	Visy	Castlemaine Art Gallery
2024	Daryl Somers	Molly Fergus	Laneway Learning	CSL	Victorian Artists Society
2025	Noel Lim	Mohamed Semra

References

"Awards". Victoria Day Council.
"Professor Michael Quinn AM MBChB MGO MRCP (UK) FRANZCOG FRCOG CGO".
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"Khurram Jahangir Khan".
(2017-07-12). "Robbie Gillies named Young Victorian of the Year".
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"Recognising Victoria's Young Changemakers {{!}} Premier of Victoria".
Saltau, Chloe. (2019-07-01). "Neale Daniher named Victorian of the Year".
D'Agostino, Emma. (2019-07-02). "Doctor hopes award will enable advocacy".
Bell, Liz. (2022-07-04). "Young Victorian award for eco visionary".
Gardiner, Mia. "Advocating for young carers".
(1 July 2024). "Daryl Somers named Victorian of the Year".
(1 July 2024). "Hey Hey it’s Saturday host Daryl Somers named Victorian of the Year".
(2 July 2024). "VICSES Frankston Unit volunteer named Young Victorian of the Year".

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