The winner of the Pat Keill Award OAM for 2023 was Olivia Archer. Cath Sloane (left) from County Women's Association, Olivia Archer (center) and Janet Stewart,President Commonwealth Day Council (right).

The winner of the Pat Keill OAM Award for 2022 was Veronika Vicic.

Veronika received her prize of $2,000 at the Commonwealth day lunch on Monday 14 March.

From left: Janet Stewart, President of Commonwealth Day Council; Her Excellency The Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of NSW; Veronika Vicic and Catherine Sloan from the Country Women's Association.

The winner for the Pat Keill OAM Award is Kirbie Storrier. Read about her outstanding achievements and passion.

The Pat Keill Award has been established in honour of the late Pat Keill OAM. Pat was a great supported of the Country Women’s Association where she was General Secretary for over 30 years and also served on the Commonwealth Day Council and Director of the Australia Youth Trust for over 20 years.Sadly Pat passed away in April 2016.

Her contribution to the community and in particular young people could not go unrecognised.

Together the Commonwealth Day Council and the Country Women’s Association of NSW created the Pat Keill Award to continue the legacy of Pat and recognise a young person who has contributed to the development and encouragement of young people just as

Pat Keill had done. The recipients win a cheque for $2,000.

The winner for 2018 was Lauren Harvey who was an intern for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She has also been a Social Media Coordinator for White Ribbon Australia where she is now their Schools Program Officer.

Lauren has also worked with the Country Information Section of the Humanitarian Branch of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Canberra. She constantly works for the improvement and education of women and children,. She is the founding President of the Young National Council for Women, NSW.

Martina Fletcher was the inaugural recipient of the Pat Keill Award in 2017.

Martina has taken on the responsibility of mentoring new staff in her section at Bankstown City Council including a new female first year apprentice electrician. She has inspired women and female students in the local community to be whatever they want to be in life and that certainly includes working in an environment that may be dominated by men. She is leading by example and has and still gives freely of her time to guide, encourage and inspire other women.