State and territory finalists announced

Released	26 March 2009

From the thousands of nominations received this year three women in each state have been chosen as the finalists in their state and territory in the Barnardos Australia Mother of the Year Awards.

This year we received thousands of nominations on behalf of truly remarkable mums from around the country. All these women deserve recognition for the contribution they are making to their families and their communities. However, the judges could choose just three for each state and territory and after much deliberation those women that stood out as having gone the extra mile to give future generations the best chance in life were selected. These women, their nominators and their families will attend a function in their capital city where the state or territory winner will be presented with an award. Those eight inspiring women will go on to become national finalists and will all attend a gala dinner in Sydney on 7, May where the overall Barnardos Australia Mother of the Year will be announced.

Please click the link for each state to find out more about the mums we have selected as finalists in this year's awards:

Australian Capital Territory 
New South Wales 
Tasmania
Victoria
South Australia
Western Australia
Northern Territory 
Queensland