By Laura Michell
Get ready to celebrate everything Australian with your family and friends at Whittlesea and Hume Australia Day activities this Saturday.
Whittlesea council will mark the day with a community celebration on the terrace lawns at the civic centre, featuring live music and a barbecue.
The celebration will conclude with a fireworks display from 9.15pm.
The council will recognise four community champions in its Australia Day Awards – young citizen of the year, senior citizen of the year, access and inclusion citizen of the year and citizen of the year.
Mayor Lawrie Cox said 100 residents would become Australian citizens during the citizenship ceremony.
“I encourage residents, especially our new citizens, to engage in a conversation so that we can move toward real reconciliation,” he said.
“The current generation cannot change past actions, but can create a real community where we are all engaged and celebrating together no matter what your background or where you are from.”
In Hume, a ceremony will be held at the Craigieburn Global Learning Centre from 9am to present the council’s Australia Day Awards for citizen of the year, young citizen of the year and community event of the year.
