Eureka Australia Day Medal Awards 2006
by Takver and Joseph Toscano
Wednesday December 06, 2006 at 03:42 PM
anarchistageNOSPAM@yahoo.com
On December 3 at Bakery Hill in Ballarat, the site where the gold miners held their 'monster meetings' in 1854, the Anarchist Media Institute announced the 2006 recipients of the Eureka Australia Day Medals.
audio: MP3 at 2.2 mebibytes
"The Eureka Australia Day medal is given to people to honour their commitment to the sentiments which are expressed in the Eureka Oath." explained Joe Toscano. "This year of the five people awarded medals, one recently died and three are over eighty. There is one youngster who has actually turned up to receive their medal."
The 2006 recipients are:
` - WENDY LOWENSTEIN (Posthumously)
- KEVIN BRACKEN
- JERRY HARANT
- MARGARET MacDONALD
- PAULINE MITCHELL
The first award was given posthumously to Wendy Lowenstein, who died a few weeks previously. Anne and Bill Pickering knew Wendy personally and accepted the medal on her behalf. Kevin Bracken, Victorian Secretary of the MUA, was present and gave an acceptance speech to the crowd. The awards for Jerry Harant, Margaret MacDonald and Pauline Mithcell were presented on 'The Anarchist World This Week' radio show on 3CR community radio (Wednesdays 10am)
Audio: Recorded at Bakery Hill
Eureka Australia Day medal Nominations for 2007
Know someone you believe should receive the Eureka Australia Day
Medal, then why not nominate them today. If you don't, chances
are nobody else will. The criteria used to choose recipients is
reflected in the spirit of the Eureka oath -
"We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other &
fight to defend our rights & liberties"
NOMINATION CLOSE - 31ST OCTOBER 2007
Send in one nomination or as many as you like. Send us the following information:
- The name of the person nominated
- A few sentences outlining why they should receive the award
- A contact address for the nominee (We need to contact them if
they wish to receive the award)
- The person you nominate can be a public figure or somebody
only known to a few people.
SEND YOUR NOMINATIONS ASAP TO
EUREKA AUSTRALIA DAY MEDAL,
P.O. BOX 20, PARKVILLE 3052, VIC,
AUSTRALIA
or email your nomination to anarchistageNOSPAM@yahoo.com
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