A group of new Aussies from across the globe can officially call Douglas Shire home.
Douglas Shire Mayor Michael Kerr authorized the 22 new Australian Citizens at a Citizenship Ceremony at the Mossman Shire Hall last week.
New citizens came from Estonia, France, Poland, Spain, the Philippines, Denmark, Italy and the United Kingdom.
The citizenship ceremony drew a crowd of about 70 people and was the first public ceremony since the covid-19 pandemic.
Mayor Kerr said the new citizens received a warm welcome to the region.
“People settle into Douglas Shire for many different reasons,” he said.
“Some fall in love with our beautiful region while on holidays and others move up here for work and never leave.
“It was a fantastic honour to watch our new citizens make their pledges and authorise their citizenship today.”
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, about 20% of the population in Douglas Shire was born overseas.
Meet our new citizens below!
Vincent Di Cugno & Giovanni Di Cugno
Italy
Katrin Aia
Estonia
Magdalena Camangeg
The Phillipines
Raphaelle Christin
France
Michael Dowling
Germany
Tomas Esposto
Argentina
Hardeep Kaur
India
Anna Korpal
Poland
Arnaud Le Morillon
France
Eloisa Mappala
The Phillipines
Teresa Martin Martinicorena
Spain
Mirko Natoli
Italy
Cerys Rolf & Daniel Rolf
United Kingdom
Elsa Rieant
France
Holly Wright
United Kingdom
Frances Barrett
United Kingdom
Finuala Pederson & Lars Pederson
England & Denmark
Francesca Bianchi
United Kingdom
Jason Fox
Scotland
