ARARAT Rural City welcomed 16 new Australian citizens at a Citizenship Ceremony held at Alexandra Oval Community Centre on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Conferees came from three countries, including India, the Philippines, and the United States of America, further adding to the region\u2019s vibrant and diverse communities.<\/p>\n
Mayor, Cr Jo Armstrong congratulated the group on their decision to become an Australian citizen.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Citizenship Ceremony is one of the most important and joyous events on council\u2019s calendar. This ceremony celebrates the significance of becoming a citizen of this country, including the privileges and responsibilities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur shared values of democracy and the rule of law, freedom of speech, religion, and association, are a vital part of what it means to be Australian.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether by birth or choice, Citizenship is a common bond that unites all Australians within a community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a region, respect, compassion, and care for one another underpin our community – we become stronger together,\u201d Cr Armstrong said.<\/p>\n
Official proceedings were held at Alexandra Oval Community Centre to welcome the region\u2019s newest Australians to community, followed by a morning tea to mark the occasion with loved ones and friends.<\/p>\n
Those who took the oath were Eva Dienel, Nolie Duman-Ag, Alexsandrea Duman-Ag, Althea Duman-Ag, Alyzza Duman-Ag, Eilon Duman-Ag, Lauren Givhan. Lance Apita, Marina Apita, Aria Apita, Rey Apita, Pragati Andurkar, Prasad Andurkar, Harshita Andurkar, Pranad Andurkar and Navjot Dhaliwal.<\/p>\n
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\nThose who took the oath were Eva Dienel, Nolie Duman-Ag, Alexsandrea Duman-Ag, Althea Duman-Ag, Alyzza Duman-Ag, Eilon Duman-Ag, Lauren Givhan. Lance Apita, Marina Apita, Aria Apita, Rey Apita, Pragati Andurkar, Prasad Andurkar, Harshita Andurkar, Pranad Andurkar and Navjot Dhaliwal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_1638-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-ko","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}