(Fairfied City Champion) FAIRFIELD City Farm was bursting with families celebrating the spirit of Australia Day on Monday.
Fairfield Citizen of the Year for 2009 is Assyrian Church of the East [Metropolitan] of Australia and New Zealand, His Beatitude Mar Meelis Zaia, who established St. Hurmizd Primary School in Greenfield Park, the first Assyrian school outside the Assyrian homeland.
``This award gives me a sense of working for the whole community, not just the Assyrian church,'' Mr Zaia said.
``I aim always to make the younger generation feel first their responsibility of being Australian.
``In encouraging them to finish their higher education and be active members of their community, there needs to be a sense of contributing back to the whole country.''
A finalist for the 2008 NSW Young Australian of the Year award, Ms Coxon urged people to take on leadership roles, saying: ``Each of us experiences obstacles to becoming a leader, but we each have something inside us that will push past those to achieve our goals.''
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