To find more audio from 3CR's Eureka Day 2025 Special Programming, head to www.3cr.org.au/eureka171
Eureka Australia Medal Presentations, Bakery Hill Ballarat, 3 Dec 2025
A recording of lifetime awards presented by Reclaim the Radical Spirit & Ballarat Regional Trades & Labour Council (BTRLC), and stories from the medalwinners.
Introductory words from:
- Dr Anne Beggs-Sunter, Historian at Federation University Ballarat
- Doug Stewart, longtime unionist BLF/CFMEU, liver transplant survivor
- Angela McCarthy, Secretary of BRTLC
Medalwinners:
- Dick Ryan, Seamens' Union of Australia - later the MUA;
'Don't ask what Unions can do you you, but what you can do for the Union'
- Eve Scarfe member of international peace brigades in Central America,
Medal was awarded in absentia - listen to her life story here
- Vasalia Govender, former HSR with Injured Workers Support Team,
On IWST, currently supporting 572 injured workers across Australia,
- Nancy Atkin, lifelong activist
With peoples' history: Vietnam War, 3CR Community Radio, Trade Union organising,
- Ian Fullerton, CFMEU, dedicated local community member & volunteer
Battle to save Brown Hill Pool, the Soup Bus program, Trades Hall participation,
- Rev. Dr. Robert Stringer, retired Uniting Church Minister
Activist histories, his own journey into radical politics in the Pacific and campaigns.
Broadcast as part of Stick Together's summer programming '25-'26.
