2009 Awards
Winner: Col Edwards “Sunburst”
Highly Commended: Merridee Cram “Midnight Dreaming”
Winner: Margot McKinney “By the Sea”
Highly Commended: Rob Evans “Öpal Salvador”
Winner: Joe Coffey “The Opal Hairpin”
Highly Commended: Fin Mahon “Bounty”
Winner: Mytyl Negi-Davis-Gibson “Madam Butterfly”
Highly Commended: Kayt Primmer “Meduse in Tensione”
Carving Professional Figurative
Winner: Christine Roussel Öpera House”
Highly Commended: Christine Roussel “Bleeding Heart”
Winner: Christine Roussel “She Sells Sea Shells”
Highly Commended “Red Nulla Nulla”
Carving Non Professional Abstract
Winner: Sue Tomlinson “Stingray”
Highly Commended: Michael Mitchell “Nature’s Gift”
Carving Non Professional Figurative
Winner: Joe Belicka “Friendship”
Highly Commended: Joe Belicka “Mother of Pearl”
Winner: Ewan Ryley “Honey of the New World”
Highly Commended: Jim Runkle “Playing Around”
Winner: Fernanda de Boer “Seachange”
Highly Commended: Elizabeth Magnusson “Malika”
Winner: Ian Bell “Potch Princess”
Highly Commended: Stephen and Mary Aracic “Koala in a Gum Tree”
Winner: Louise Gore Langton “Fruits of the Earth”
Highly Commended: Louise Gore Langton “Post Beach Treasures”
Gwennie Tam “The Squirting Whale”