Australia Day 2009

The Australia Day Awards will once again be held at the Katherine Town Council.

Nomination forms for Citizen & Young Citizen of the Year Award 2009 and Community Event of the Year Award 2009 will be available later in the year.

When viewing the Art section of the Katherine Show in 1975, local resident Brian Lambert felt that local artists needed a bit of encouragement, so for the 1976 show he donated a substantial amount of money for an Art Award that related to and identified with the Northern Territory. The winning piece then became an acquisition of the Katherine Community, held in trust by the Katherine Town Council. Since then the awards have attracted enormous interest from Territory artists and the prize money has also increased and is still today donated by the Lambert Family.

The Flying Fox Festival is one of Katherine's most important arts and cultural events. The festival evolved from the 'Katherine Carnival', in 1976. This weekend event featured the Carnival Street Parade and treated Katherine to free entertainment and family fun.

Doggy day is a wonderful outing for you and your four leggered friends, together you can enjoy a morning out of good doggy fun! Bring your four leggered friend along to the Civic Centre, on a leash and in their best coat and enter into the competitions to win some fantastic doggy prizes.