List of Australian Local Hero Award recipients
List of award recipients

List of Australian Local Hero Award recipients

Section Title: List of award recipients
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Year	Name	Achievement

2003	Brian Perry AFSM	Bushfire fighter

2004	Donna Carson	Survivor of domestic violence

2005	Ben Kearney	Environmental campaigner

2006	Toni Hoffman	Patient advocate

2007	Shanaka Fernando	Social challenger

2008	Jonathon Welch AM	Choral conductor

2009	Graeme Drew	Sea rescuer and educator

2010	Ronni Kahn	Food rescuer

2011	Donald Ritchie OAM	Suicide prevention advocate

2012	Lynne Sawyers	Foster mother

2013	Shane Phillips	Indigenous leader

2014	Tim Conolan	Children’s charity founder

2015	Juliette Wright	Social entrepreneur

2016	Dr Catherine Keenan	Youth educator

2017	Vicki Jellie	Campaigned to establish a cancer centre in Warrnambool

2018	Eddie Woo	Sydney maths teacher

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In 2007, Shanaka Fernando won the Australian Local Hero Award for the year.

final_sentence: In 2007, Shanaka Fernando won the Australian Local Hero Award for the year.