In 2016, Chief Minister Andrew Barr awarded 117  individuals and 11 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 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 may be withheld at their request)

Agnello, Antonino

Agnello , Marjatta Elvi

Aitkin, Beverley

Billett, Janelle Diane

Blank, Jan

Blank, John

Bradley, Donna Lorraine

Brill, Gail Maria

Broomby, Jeanette Kathleen

Bryant, Pauline

Burkevics, Paul Talivaldis

Cameron, Angus Lochiel

Castrission, James Victor

Castrission, Julianne Selina

Cowley, Denis John

Crawford, Denise Ann

Deschamps, Catherine M

Doering, Beverley Anne

Doering, Don Ernst

Doy, Colin Herbert

Ellison, Christopher Paul

Erbacher, Darryl Ralph

Fensom, Anthony

Finley, Norman Barry

Flynn, Helen Rosemary

Flynn, Julian Francis

Fowlie, Marlene Patricia

Fox, Julie Margaret

Freeman, Wendy Maureen

Galli, Karl

Gatt, Nicholas Joseph

Gnjec, Ante

Goodban, John Frederick

Goodban, Rosalyn Merle

Gregory, Andrew James

Gregory, Hugh Barrington

Gregory, James Barrington

Gregory, Leanne Alma

Gregory, Margaret Aileen

Hancock, Maureen Anne

Harrison, Jennifer Dorothy

Hunt, Michael Carlyle

Jecic, Ivan

Jones, Grace

Jones, Mavis Ellen

Kaus, Barbara Florence

Kaus, David Alex

Kaus, Ken Byron

Kelly, Michael Desmond

Kennedy, Patricia Mary

King, David Scott

Kiraly, Leslie Gy

Knox, Jane Raymond

Landos, Jacquelyn Lois

Landos, John Francis

Lansdown, Anne Marie

Lee, Elizabeth Hazel

Litherland, Joyleen Barbara

Livingston, Winifred Rita

Llewellyn, Annette Frances

Lorkin, Lynette

Lowes, Elspeth Joan

Lyras, Alek

Mahoney, Gweneth May

Mahoney, John Myles

Matthews, Maxwell Cameron

May, Ellen Rae

McCaskill, Bob Donald

McLay, Joyce

McNally, Margaret Gail

McNevin, Faye Lorraine

Monger, Brett Andrew

Murcutt, Brian Wayne

Newsome, Alfred

Newsome, Ann

O'Brien, Rita

O'Connor, Marjorie Muriel

Pegrum, Roger Michael

Podmore, Bronwyn Gai

Podmore, Bruce Alexander

Podmore, Robyn Jean

Porteous, Barbara Ann

Purcell, Dorothy

Quan Wing, Nancy

Quinn, Michael Joseph

Rabey, Lynette Margaret

Rabey, Ronald James

Reid, Jim

Reid, Judy Robyn

Rochfort, Sylvia Mary

Rumble, Frederick Joseph

Russell, Janice

Saxon, Elizabeth

Saxon, John Henry Kendal

Shannon, Clare

Shannon, Craig

Souter, Gwendaline Hazel

Spinapolice, Adua

Spinapolice, Americo

Stackpool, Michael Paul

Stocks, Brian Noel

Stocks, Mary-Anne

Stott, Alan

Tarrant, Pamela Joan

Thomas, Helen Therese

Turner, Patricia Anne

Wallace, Robert William

Warke, Ria

Warren, Joan

Webb, Albert John

Wenning, Ronald Albert

Wilkinson, Walter John

Willimott, Robyn Elizabeth

Willis, Carol Anne

Willis, Ian Edward

Witkowski, Olivia Ann

Zahra, Mary

Zahra, Paul

Groups

ANU Film Group, Inc

Campbell High School

Canberra Croquet Club

Canberra Sand & Gravel Pty Ltd

Canberra Theatre Centre

Greenhills Centre

Marymead Auxiliary

Master Builders Association of the ACT

North Canberra-Gungahlin Athletics Club

Second Canberra Garden Club Inc.

Woden Valley RSL Sub-Branch