Ararat's Bill Jones reflects on his Order of Australia medal

Former Ararat councillor, teacher and leader Bill Jones reflects on his Order of Australia medal.

Transcript

00:00 So Bill, can you tell us, this OAM award, what does it mean to you?

00:06 Well it means recognition I think for the efforts of this community.

00:11 It's an award to me I suppose and I'm very grateful for it and I'm very humbled by it.

00:18 But it's really recognition for many years of service by many people in this community.

00:25 I think it's recognition to many people who have been my mentors over nearly 70 years in the community.

00:34 And you know some of them are long gone, some of them are still in town,

00:38 but they're all people who've shaped what I am in a whole range of ways

00:44 and what I've been able to achieve with a whole range of people.

00:48 And I'm very proud of this community and very proud of what we've been able to achieve here

00:54 in a whole range of fields.

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