In 2012, Chief Minister Katie Gallagher awarded 210 people and 10 groups Canberra Gold Awards.

The Chief Minister's Canberra Gold Award recognises the unique contribution made by individuals and groups who have chosen to make a long-term commitment to the ACT. Through this award, the ACT Government celebrates this dedication by honouring individuals and groups who have resided or operated in the ACT for fifty years or more.

Chief Minister's Canberra Gold Awards are distributed each year as part of Canberra's birthday celebrations. Award recipients will receive a certificate.

The Award is open to individuals who have lived in the ACT for fifty years or more as at 12 March each year and to those groups, businesses, clubs, societies, organisations, associations and teams who have been present in the ACT for fifty years or more as at 12 March each year.

The first Awards were made in 2005 by Chief Minister Jon Stanhope.

Nomination forms are available in all Libraries ACT branches and online.

Individuals (names of some individuals withheld at their request)

ALOISI, Fausto

ARMITAGE, John Patrick

ARMITAGE, Catherine Mary

ARMSTRONG, Julie Margaret

ARNOLD, Hazel Edith

ASHWORTH, Edward Thomas

BALE, Richard David

BALFOUR, Robert Gordon

BALFOUR, Helen Anne

BAULMAN, Barry William

BAULMAN, Marilyn Joyce

BEALE, Roberta Ann

BEAZLEY, Scott William

BELMONTE, Marina Anne

BIGGS, Allan

BIGGS, Janice

BINK, Jacob

BINK, Jean Elizabeth

BISSELL, Gail Louise

BLACK, Sheena Ruth

BLAKE, Patrick James

BLAKE, John Patrick

BLAKE, Philip Thomas

BLAKE, Moya Ruby

BLANDON, Allan James

BLANDON, Wendy Mary

BLANDON, Beverley Jean

BLOOD, John Raymond

BRODIE, Elizabeth Dawn

BUNK, Karl Heinrich

BUNK, Margareta Katharina

BYRNE, John Christopher

BYRNE, Wilfred Ignatius

BYRNE, Margaret Mary

CAMPBELL, John Martin

CAMPBELL, Janet Winsome

CARTER, Iris Elizabeth

CHURCH, Linda Jeanette

CLARKE, Lorraine May

COLE, Eric George

COLE, Nicholas Paul

COLE, Betty Charlotte

COLLINS, Margaret Ellen

COLLOPY, Joan Michelene

COOPER, Nancy Stewart

CROOKS, Graham Charles

CSUCSY, Rhoda Mary

CUSTODIO, Ludovina Maria Pires

DALY, Frank

DALY, Shiela

DANIEL, Pat

DANIELS, Rita

DAVIS, Daphne Jean

DAVIS, Barbara Brigid

DE CASTELLANOS, Diane

DE MAMIEL, Joan

DEALY, John (Jack) Chesterman

DOWLING, Gloria Helen

DUBICKAS, Virginia

DUNN, Yvonne Marcelle

DWYER, Vincent Bernard

DWYER, Christine Isabel

DYER, Lennard William

DYER, Elizabeth Anne

DZIRBA, Joseph

EDWARDS, Kenneth John

EDWARDS, Peter George

EDWARDS, Nancy May

EGAN, Sheelah St Clair

ELPHICK, John William

ELPHICK, Gail Marleen

FALCONER, Tess

FITZHARDINGE, Anne Davenport

FLEMING, Percy

FLEMING, Madeline

FLORANCE, Elizabeth Kathleen

FRODYMA, Louise

FUNNELL, Neville Frederick

FUNNELL, Carmon Jean

GALLAGHER, Ella Magdalene

GIBB, Kerrie Ann

GILCHRIST, Yvonne Beryl

GINNS, Elizabeth Maud

GRAHAM, Elaine

HAHN, Johannes Peter

HARDERS, Judy Joy

HARDING, Phil Dale

HARTLEY, Dell Ella

HAURELIUK, Lesley

HAYNES, Penelope Adelle Mary

HERBERT, Raymond

HOWKINS, Judy Ann

HOWKINS, Anthony Bryan

HUMPHERSTON, Janette

HURLEY, John Francis

HURLEY, Brian Francis

HURLEY, Margaret Jane

HURLEY, Kathleen Elizabeth

JAMES, Garry Maxwell

JAMES, Janette Elizabeth

JEFFERY, Dorothy Ann

JONES, Doreen May

KARVELAS, Mary

KEEN, Jennifer Anne

KELL, Elizabeth

KELLY, James Fotheringham

KENNEDY, Christine

KIRKNESS, Caroline Mary

KLEINE, Phillip Lambert

KNERR, Filomena

KOCIC, Milica

KOMOROWSKI, George Charles

KOMOROWSKI, Vivienne Berniece

KOWALSKI, Elaine

KOWALSKI, Susan Anna

LEACH , Gregory John

LEES, Margaret Catherine

LEWIS, Ronald Norman

LEWIS, Dorothy Mavis

LLOYD, Vincent Godfrey

LLOYD, Brenda

LUSSICK, Alfred Donald

LYONS, Irmgard

MAGUIRE, Joan Lesley

MAGUIRE, Terence Vincent

MARTINIELLO, Armando

MCCABE, Bernard

MCCASKILL, Jeffrey Lewis

MCCASKILL, Vivienne

MCCORMICK, Thomas Patrick

MCCORMICK, Patricia Francis

MCDONALD, Andrea

MCENCROE, Doreen Joan

MCPAKE, Mary

MCWATERS, Marlene Kay

METTERS, Jean

MILLAR, Anthony Edward

MIRAGAYA, Jennifer Maree

MORRIS, Ian Duff

MORRIS, Robert Mitchell

MORRIS, Jennifer Ann

MUELLER, Arnold

NEIL, Wynette Margaret

NEUJEAN, Sally Collette

NEVILLE, Ivan Roger

NICHOLAS, Evelyn

O'BRIEN, Mervyn John

ODELL, Brian Andrew

ODELL, Roslyn Sandra

O'ROURKE, Gregory Thomas

O'ROURKE, Carol Jan

PATE, Maria Elizabeth

PELLEGRINO, Antonio

PERRIN, Dawn Roberta

PLASTO, Ronald John

PLASTO, Joy

POSMYK, Liz

PRICE, Henry Archibald

PRICE, Elizabeth Rea

PUE, Pam

PURDIE, Roselyn Dale

PURTELL, Roslyn Anne

READ, Stephen William

REID, Nelly

RENNER, Patricia

RENNIE, Robyn Kaye

RIDDLE, Michael Robert

RIDDLE, Dawn Jeanette

RIDDLE, Robert Joseph

RIGHINI, Joseph

RIGHINI, June Deans

ROACH, Peter James

ROACH, Leslie Maurice

ROSS, David

ROWLAND, Lorna Jean

RYAN, Allan Francis

RYAN, Carolynne Avis

SHARRY, Christine

SHEARWOOD, Patricia

SIMMONDS, Elizabeth

SIMMONDS, Ian Kingsley

SIMPSON, Kathleen

SMITH, Brendan Kerry

SMITH, Elizabeth Anne

SMITH, Carole Mary

SMITH, Karen May

SMITH, Colleen Mary

STEFANIAK, Roman

STOCKMAN, Maureen

SUMMERFIELD, Waine

SWAFFIELD, Pamela June

TARLINTON, Patricia Irene Mary

TAVERNER, John

TAYLOR, Denis John

TONGE, Christine Anne

TOZER, Paul Gerard

TREMBEARTH, June

UNDERWOOD, Alan John

UNDERWOOD, Betty

VAN DER LENDE, Yvonne

VAN EWYK, Rhona Patricia

VICKERS, Julia Anne

WALKER, Janet Barbara

WATCH, Edward Francis

WATCH, Noreen Nadine

WENNING, Judith Marie

WHEATLEY, William Henry

WHITE, Mark Stephen

Groups

Bink Cement Products

Harmonie German Club

Ainslie Church of Christ

Home Help Service ACT LTD

Goodwin Aged Care Services Ltd

Radio Station 2CA

The Canberra Times

The Salvation Army

Daramalan College

Manuka Pool