Published on Tuesday, 3 February 2026 at 8:31:47 AM
Thank you to everyone who attended the Shire of Toodyay Australia Day BBQ Breakfast on Monday 26 January where we celebrated the pledging of our newest Australian Citizens and presented the Community Citizen of the Year Awards 2026.
The winners of the CCOTY awards were:
Active Citizenship – Group or Event: Toodyay Cricket Club
Young Community Citizen of the Year – Thomas & Nicholas Thornton
Senior Community Citizen of the Year – Barry Keens
Community Citizen of the Year – Stephen & Liz Ferguson
We were also delighted to witness the following Toodyay Shire locals make their pledge to become Aussie citizens:
Leah Cochran
Erlinda Harrison
Ericha McClurg
Brian Millington
Magdalena Niedzielska
Fleur Remus
MC for the event was Shire CEO Aaron Bowman, and officiating the Australian Citizenship Ceremony and CCOTY Awards were Shire President Mick McKeown and Cr Simon Van der Heyden.
Special guest speaker was
Auspire Ambassador, Lueth Garang.
A big thank you to:
Toodyay Cricket Club for cooking the delicious breakfast
Leisha from Botanica Australis for the beautiful flowers
Cup of Eden for providing the coffee
Amore Mio Soft Serve for the ice cream
A photo album from the day has been uploaded to the Shire's Facebook page.
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