In 2009, Chief Minister Jon Stanhope awarded 200 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)

ADAMS, Barbara Myrtle

ADLAM, Margaret Faye

ADLAM, John Robert

ALLMAND, Marion Kaye

AMES, Doreen Joyce

ANDERSEN, Margaret

ANDERSEN, Peter

ANDERSEN, Henny

ANDERSEN, Ole

ANDERSON, Robin Christopher

ARCIDIACONO, Phillip

ARCIDIACONO, Michelle

ARCIDIACONO, Amelia

BARNES, Lawrence John

BARRIE, Jean Hamilton

BELL, Allan Raymond

BERZINS, Harry

BISSELL, Terrence Wayne

BITUNJAC, Mate

BLEAKLEY, Myra Dawn

BOARDMAN, Mary Clayton

BOARDMAN, (Norman) Keith

BODEN, Kerry May

BOTTEGA, Renata

BOTTEGA, George

BOTTEN, Beverley Joan

BOX, Susan Louise

BOYCE, Barry

BOYCE, Elizabeth

BRILL, Richard

BRILL, Patricia

BROWN, Colin

BURRIDGE, Jacqueline

BYRNE, Graham Patrick

CAPPER, Rosetta

CARTWRIGHT, Carol Frances

CATANZARITI, Luigina

CAWLEY, Ann Janet

CAWLEY, Anthony Barry

CHENEY, Edith Elizabeth

COADY, Glen Ernest

COAN, Peter John

COCHRAN, Ann

CONSTANCE, Leo Maxwell

CONSTANCE, Margaret Lila

COOMBE, Elizabeth May

COOMBE, Warwick Stephen

COOPER, Richard

COPE, Doreen Joan

CORRIGAN, Roy James

CRAWFORD, Rose Carmen

CURRIE, Neil David

DANIELE, Angela

DAVIS, Irene

DE LUCA, Tony

DE VAURNO, Carmel Joan

DE VAURNO, Paul Lindsay

DICKERSON, Frances Elaine

DICKINSON, Betty

DOMASCHENZ, Trevor

DOMASCHENZ, Sue

DOMASCHENZ, Phil

DOWEN, Margaret Ann

ELKERBOUT, Lisa Jeanie-Marie

FOLGER, Ludwig George (Louis)

FORD, Mary Elizabeth

FORMAN, David John

FRASER, Joan Ellen

FREEMAN, Phil

GALLAGHER, Maurice Barry

GALLAGHER, Gregory Bruce

GALLAGHER, Brian Graeme

GALLAGHER, Anne Jessica

GENT, Judy Lorraine

GENT, Ian John

GIACOMIN, Julie

GIBSON, Constance Yvonne

GILLINGHAM, Robert Norman

GOZZARD, Geoffry Howard

GREGORY, Edna Veronica

GUNNING, Anne Maree

HAMILTON, William Clement

HAMMETT, Anne

HANNAH, Allan Charles

HARRIS, Judith Margaret

HARRIS, George William

HENDERSON, Kathleen Bain

HENSKENS, Herman Frederik (Fred)

HESLOP, Yvonne Margaret

HICKS, Lady Lois Una

HILL, Stella Claire

HILL, Ross Stephen

HILL, Gail

HINE, Warren George

HINE, Dorothy Florence

HINE, Graham Warren

HOWARD, Keith

HUMMER, John Hans

HUMMER, Anna

HUSTON, Geoffrey Ian

HUSTON, Kerri Gail

IANNUZZI, Ralf

JENSEN, George

JENSEN, Grethe

JOHNS, Mary Isabel

JONES, Rose Evelyn

JORDON, Leisje Mary

JOVANOVIC, Slobodan Bobo

KENNEDY, Russell

KIERMAIER, Max

KIERMAIER, Nik

KITE, Gorden Kenneth

KOGON, Charles

KULESZA, Walter

LAING, Arthur James

LALOR, David

LALOR, Carolyn Susan

LEE, Jane Mary

LEONARD, Jean

LEONARD, Ian Eric

LOCKWOOD, Terry

MAHER, Gwenneth Ruth

MALONE, Rosemary Lillian

MARSHALL OAM, Thomas Charles

MASULLO, Orazio

MATTHEWS, Kevin James

MCCARTY, Jean

MCDEVITT, Sonia

MCDEVITT, Tom

MCGRATH, Vicki

MCGREGOR, Doreen

MCGREGOR, Max

MCHARDY, William Cosh

MCHARDY, Margaret

MCJANNETT, Colin

MCKAY, Roy Edward

MCLEAN, Audrey Edith

MCLEOD, Peter Archibald

MCNEILLY, Ange

MCRAE, Susan Catherine

MILLS, Debbie

MITCHELL, Sheena

MITHCELL, Julie

MONGER, Edith Elizabeth

MONGER, Colin Graham

MORRIS, Jennifer Anne

NOAKES, Peter

NOAKES, Valma

NORENBERGS, Edward Ullis

O'BRIEN, David Allen

O'BRIEN, Diana Clare

O'DELL, Elizabeth Carol

O'DELL, Ronald Arthur

PERCIVAL, Stephen David

PETERS, Christine Elizabeth

PETERSONS, Astrid

PETROLATI, Maria

PILL, Audrey May Bruce

POYSER, Dorothy May

PRENDERGAST, Isobel Agnes

PRICE, Helen Ann

QUILTY, Patrick William

REABY, Brian Keith

REDPATH, Janice

REILLY, Therese Clare

RIDGEWELL, John F

ROSS, Donald

RUNDLE, Jenny

SALISBURY, Alan John

SALISBURY OAM, Jean

SCHIAVELLO, Rita

SEDDON, Suzanne Robin

SKRIVERIS, Inta Vija

SKRIVERIS, Imants

SLOCUM, Mary June

SMEATON, Laurine Mary

SORENSEN, Ib Gudmann

SOUTHWELL, Aide Hazel

SPROULE, Beverley Joyce

STANHOPE, Robyn Merrilyn

STEVENS, Arthur Barry

STEVENS, Nick

SWAN, Raelene Lesley

THOMPSON, Ivan Alexander

UNGER, Edeltraud

VAN BELKOM, Peter Paul

VAN DER SLACHT, Alex

VICKERS, David Hope

VINK, Guurtje Wilhelmina

VINK, Johanna Catharina

WARREN, Mary Tate

WENSING, Edward George

WIGNALL, Eileen Mary

WILSON, Douglas

WOOD, Yvonne Edna

WOOD, William Andrew

YORK, Sara Wynifred 

Groups

ACT Darts Council

Canberra Amateur Swimming Club Inc

Canberra City Band Inc.

Canberra Legacy - Laurel Club

Lyneham High School

Merici College

RSPCA ACT

St Edmund's College

St John's Churchwomen's Guild

The Canberra Rifle Club