In 2008, Chief Minister Jon Stanhope awarded 311 people and 1 group Canberra Gold Awards.

2008 was the first year that groups, businesses, clubs, societies, organisations, associations and teams were awarded.

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)

ADAM, Robert John

ALLEN, Elizabeth

ARMSTRONG, George Maxwell

ASCHENBERGER, Frances P

ASCHENBERGER, Gottfried

AXELBY, Denis

AXELBY, Jennifer Catherine

AXELBY, Ronald Stephen

BADOWSKI, Edeltraud

BADOWSKI, Peter

BARTLETT, Bruce Edward

BENASSI, Celina

BENN-CLIBBORN, Marianne

BENNETT, Mervyn

BERRILL, Jenny

BETTS, Neville

BODLE, Elizabeth

BOEGE, Karl Heinz

BOEL, Henrica P

BOEL, Johannus A

BRILL, Patricia

BRILL, Richard

BRIMSON, Jean Elizabeth

BRITTON, John

BROWN, Anne Marie

BROWN, Paul

BROWN, Simon James

BROWN, Susan Mary

BRYAN, Eileen Evelyn

BUTLER, Frederick

BUTLER, Matilda

BUTT, Robin Neville

BYRNE, Wayne Kevin

CAIN, Edward Norman

CALEAR, George

CARLING, Trevor

CARMODY, Josephine Mary

CATALDO, Giuseppe

COBCROFT, Christine May

COCKS, Jean

COGGAN, Doris

COGGAN, Raymond

CONVINE, Dion Francis

CONVINE, Valarie Dawn

COOKE, Pearl May

CURNOW, William James

CURRIE, Agnes McPherson

CURRIE, David Thomas

D'AMBROSO, Vincenzo

DAVIS, Robyn

DAVOREN, Mary

DOGAN, Michael Bruce

DUNN, James Andrew

DUNSTAN, Bruce Richard

DUNSTAN, Rodney John

EDLINGTON, Denise Marie

EDLINGTON, John Edward

EDLINGTON, Patricia

ENGLAND, Brian

EVANS, Denise Shirleigh

FITCH, Don

FITCH, Pam

FITCH, Ric

FLYNN, Mavis A

FOSKETT, Alan

FRENCH, Elaine

FUNNELL, Ruth

FUSCA, Guiseppe

GAUGHWIN, Faye

GAUGHWIN, Michael

GENTLEMAN, Patricia May

GIBSON, Heather Margaret

GIUCCI, Carmen

GOUGH, Harry

GOUGH, Kathleen

GRAHAME, Athol Thomas

GRAHAME, Brian William

GRAHAME, Mary Ellen

GREEN, Diane Marie

GREEN, Mark Gary

GREENWOOD, Leonard John

GREGORY, Jenny

GRIGOR, Ian Ramsay

HARBER, Brian Sidney

HARBER, Daphne Elizabeth

HARDING, Christopher

HARDING, Philip Dale

HELMER, Greta Yvonne

HELMER, Robert Boleslaw

HICKEY, Colin James

HICKEY, James

HICKEY, Paul William

HICKEY, Sheila Margaret

HILL, Phyllis McRae

HORVATH, Annette

HUNT, Edna June

HUSTON, Lloyd Wesley

HUSTON, Ruth Mary

HYLAND, Julianne Sue

JAMES-FRAGIACOMO, Spartico

JILLARD, Jacqueline

JORRITSMA, Philip

JULYAN, Kevin

JULYAN, Peg

KEELEY, Sandra May

KEIR, Peter William

KWASIGROCH, Maria

LAMB, Allen John

LAMB, Bernice Jewel

LANDER, Lilian

LARSEN, Paul Andrew

LEE, Kathleen Jessie

LONERGAN, Annie

LUCKE, George Leslie

MAHONEY, Heather

MALLIA, Domitilla

MARTYN , Alan David

MCCARLEY, Eileen Blanch

MCCONAGHY, Frederick

MCCUE, Kathleen Stephanie

MCDONALD, Margaret-Mary Grace

MCDONALD, Stephen Terrence

MCDONALD, Terrence Lloyd

MCGILL, Clarence

MCHUGH, Agnes

MCNALLY, Kenneth William

MITCHELL, Clarence Middleton

MITCHELL, Elwyn Ailsa

MONAHAN, Frances Maria

NASCIMENTO, Antonio Vicente

NEMES, Laszlo (Les)

NICHOLSON, William James C

NIIT, Endel

O'NEILL, Beverly Ann

O'ROURKE, Betty Ann

ORR, Beverley Anne

O'SULLIVAN, Kevin Francis

PARKER, Margaret Teresa

PARKER, Myles Thomas

PARRY, Lynn Kristine

PEIKA, Klara

PESKA, Danuse

PORTER, Ian James

POWELL, Julian Christopher P

PRESTON, John

PRESTON, Michael

PRESTON, Tony

REES, Francis Joseph

REYNOLDS, Peter John

REYNOLDS, Peter Michael

RICHARDS, Edward

RICHARDS, Jillian

RICKETTS, Gwyn Marie

ROBSON, Pamela Janice

ROONEY, Robert Brian

SCHLEGEL, Romuald Zygmunt

SCHLEGEL, Stanislaw Maria

SCHOEVERS, Leo Jan

SCHOEVERS, Lorraine

SCOTT, Karren Lee

SCOTT, Robin Bernard

SEARLE, Dawn Doris

SEARLE, Richard Henry

SELLARS, Nina E

SHEATHER, Jennifer Anne

SHEATHER, Neville James

SHEPHERD, Pamela

SMITH, Barry Keith

SMITH, Barry Whitmore

SMITH, Leslie William

SNEDDEN, Andrew Campbell

STAFFORD, Beryl Elizabeth

STOCKEN, Jacqueline

SULLIVAN, David Charles

SULLIVAN, Kaia

SULLIVAN, Peter George

SWALE, Joan

SWALE, Peter

SYNNOTT, Elizabeth

TADD, Miriam

TARLINTON, Richard

TATAROW, Con

TATAROW, Tamara

TATAROW, Wally

TAYLOR, Anne

TAYLOR, Brian William

THOMAS, Ernest Francis M

THOMAS, Peter Francis

THOMPSON, Beryl Marlene

THOMPSON, Brian Anthony

THOMSON, John Coffey

THOMSON, Joyce Lorraine

TOMASZEWSKI, Irene

TOOKE, David Graham

TOULKIDIS, George

TUCKERMAN, Norma Gwen

TUCKERMAN, Ronald Francis

TURNBULL, Ida Irene

TURNBULL, Patricia Mary

VAN DER VOORT, Diana Elaine

VAN GERWEN, Antonius (Tom)

VAN GERWEN, Margaret Anne

VINCENT, Veronica

WALKER, Anne

WATERHOUSE, Jonathan Gowrie

WATT, Barbara Anne

WAUCHOP, Victoria May

WEBB, Raylene June

WERNER, Carol Anne

WILSON, Denise

WILSON, Elsie

WILSON, George

WILSON, John

WILSON, Lyndell

WINFIELD, Jennefer M

Groups

Lions Club of Canberra City