Young Australian of the Year? - Jessica Watson sails to Queensland win



7:53 PM Sat 20 Nov 2010 GMT
'Jessica Watson' Andrea Francolini &copy
Young Australian of the Year -17year old Buderim teenager Jessica Watson is on course to become Young Australian of the Year after being named Queensland's winner. While most of the Australian of the Year nominees are either youth workers, dedicated volunteers, environmental leaders or from some other altruistic calling, Jessica Watson, stands out as someone quite different from the norm. The other nominees were Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Youth Without Borders founder from Sunnybank Hills in Brisbane, Bede Wilson, an SES volunteer from the Darling Downs city of Toowoomba, and David Yohan, a youth worker from Yeronga, also a suburb of Brisbane. ...


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