Australian citizenship

  • Group of people standing at citizenship ceremony

    Official welcome for new Colac Otway citizens

    One shire, eight countries, 10 new Australian citizens.

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  • Family excited for citizenship

    After eight years living in Australia, Colac’s De Silva family has officially become fully-fledged Aussies.

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  • New citizens ready to call Australia home

    Anne Pushparajah says her journey to becoming an Australian citizen after multiple international moves feels like a fairytale.

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  • New citizen follows her nursing aspirations

    Colac’s newest Australian citizen Ajah Duot dreamt of coming to Australia and becoming a nurse, and now she gets to live out that dream.

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  • Unexpected journey leads to a new life

    Anna Sylka-Oborne never expected to become an Australian citizen, but meeting her husband Ben on the Gold Coast completely changed her plans.

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  • Special welcome for new Australians

    Colac Otway has welcomed four new Australian citizens and celebrated the recent citizenships of three other people.

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  • A long journey to citizenship

    More than 60 years after first setting foot in Australia, Birregurra’s Seona Gunn is set to officially become a citizen. 

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  • Visa mix-up keeping newborn and mum overseas

    Alleged misinformation from the Australian Home Affairs Department has stranded a Beech Forest woman and her newborn child overseas.

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