United States Personal Achievement Award
This Award is to recognize prominent Queenslanders who have achieved high levels of success in their chosen field in the United States without having the need to permanently relocate from Australia.
The past winners include:
2007 - presented by the then Premier Hon Peter Beattie MP at the Rainbow Room, New York:
- George Miller (producer)
Read more about this topic: Queensland Expatriate Awards, Queensland
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