Tasmanian of the Year Awards is an award given to the most outstanding Tasmanian in any given year. The Awards are made by the Tasmania Committee Incorporated and is organised and funded with government support.[1] It was first awarded in 1985.[2]
The following is a list of recipients of the Tasmanian of the Year award:[3]
Year of award
Name
Comments
1985
Don Calvert[2]
Admiral's Cup Yachtman
1986
Ivan James
Buyout of Repco
1987
Christine Hiller[4]
Artist
1988
Bob Clifford
Ship construction and design, founder Incat
1989
Shirley McCarron
Mersey Valley Music Festival
1990
Not Awarded
1991
Annie Ellis
Yo Yo Fashion Designs
1992
John Allwright
Farmer
1993
Joanne Cornish
Miss Australia
1994
Tim O'Shannessey
Champion Cyclist
1995
David Foster
Champion Axeman
1996
Fiona Taylor
National President, Canteen
1997
Prof. Nigel Forteath
Aquaculture
1998
Graeme Milburn OAM
Charity Cyclist
1999
Not Awarded
2000
Not Awarded
2001
Not Awarded
2002
Not Awarded
2003
Ric Paterson OAM[5]
ABC Radio announcer
2004
Simon Currant[6]
Tourism Developer, Chairman Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania
2005
Ben Kearney[7]
Anti-plastic campaigner
2006
Not Awarded
2007
Anne Steele[8]
Marathon Swimmer
2008
Bruce Englefield[9]
Tasmanian Devil advocate
The Tasmanian of the Year award doesn't appear to have been awarded since 2008, and the Tasmanian Committee Inc., website is no longer active.[10] Later references to the "Tasmanian of the Year" may refer to the Tasmanian Australian of the Year award.
^Tasmanian of the Year Award in limbo
^ abMannering, Ross; Bevan, Richard (2020). "Don Calvert Life Membership Nomination" (PDF). Tasmanian Yachtsman. p. 10.
^"Tasmanian of the Year". Tasmania Committee Inc. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009.
^Adam Fulton (25 September 2009). "Artist equals record with three wins in portrait prize". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^"ABC Radio's Ric Paterson named Tasmanian of the Year". Radioinfo. 14 March 2003.
^"Victory surprises Tasmanian of the Year". ABC News. 13 March 2004.
^"Anti-plastic campaigner bags 'Tasmanian of the Year'". ABC News. 6 May 2005.
^"Swimming Steele Tasmanian of the Year". ABC News. 12 November 2007.
^"Nominees for Australian of the Year 2010". SBS News. 24 February 2015.
^"Tasmania Love This Place - Home". Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
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