Sally Goold OAM named Senior Australian of the Year 2006

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Published in the HealthBulletin
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13 February, 2006
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Vol 6 No 1 January 2006 - March 2006
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The following summary has been adapted from Australian Government websites and a selection of media releases.


Dr Sally Goold OAM was named the Senior Australian of the Year on 25 January 2006. The annual award commenced in the International Year of Older Persons, 1999, and recognises the achievements and contributions of Australians aged 60 and over.

Dr Goold’s lifetime of achievement within the nursing profession demonstrates how members of Australia’s ageing population continue to make positive and inspiring contributions to local communities and the nation. Dr Goold, from Bribie Island, Queensland, was the first qualified Indigenous nurse in NSW. She was also founder of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses, which aims to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in nursing. Federal Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, in congratulating Dr Goold for her work said ‘Dr Gould is an inspiration to all Australians, contributing her time and expertise to help people from all backgrounds. She is an outstanding role model for all Australians and her work underlines the significant contributions being made by older Australians’.

For further information

Media contact: Murray Hansen, ph: 0417 886 155 or Department of Health and Ageing, Suite M 1.46, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600, ph: (02) 6277 7280, fax: (02) 6273 4138, website: http://www.health.gov.au/

Australian of the Year Awards 2006:
View website
View Sally Goold’s biography

Media releases

Australian of the Year Awards 2006:
Medical industry takes the honours in 2006 Australian of the Year Awards
Our Aussie girls make us proud
Queensland takes the honours in Australian of the Year Awards
View media releases (HTML) (25 January 2006)

National Australia Day Council or Horizon Communication Group
Professor Ian Frazer named Australian of the Year for 2006
View media release (HTML) (25 January 2006)

The Hon Julie Bishop MP Minister for Ageing
Senior Australian of the Year 2006
View media release (HTML) (25 January 2006)

 

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