Tidal Treasures
21st August to 6th September
Each year Shinju Matsuri Inc, acknowledged a representative with connections to the festival, as the “Patron” of that year’s Festival. This ranged from large Sponsors, in the early days, to individuals who have been part of, or contributed to Broome and/or the Pearling Industry.
1970
1971 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1972 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1973 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1974 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1975 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1976 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1977 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1978 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1979 - A Murray
1980 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1981 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1982 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1983 - Mr G Cohen, Chairman Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1984 - Alphonse Reid
1985 - Brian Depp, Simeon Bin Said, Tsunehiro Tanaka
1986 - Mrs Jean Haynes
1987 - Mrs Vivian Paspalay
1988 - Mary Durack
1989 - Geoffrey Court
1990 - Kim Male
1991 - Murray Straughan
1992 - Ted Karasek
1993 - Gary Smith Swan Brewing Co Ltd
1994 - Di Howard
1995 - Kim Male
1996 - Dianne Howard
1997 - Donelly McKenzie
1998 - Ahmat Bin Fadal
1999 - Tang Wei
2000 - Akira Masuda / Hiroshi Hamaguchi, Yoshinori Maeda / Yoshihiro Akune, Tsunehiro Tanaka
2001 - Cissy Djiagween, Kim Male, Neville & Jenny Poelina, Lee-ann Morup, Nicole Drage
2002 - Elsta Foy / Brian Coppin
2003 - Kevin Fong
2004 - Denise Hutton
2005
2006 - Kim Male, Akira Masuda, Stephen (Baamba) Albert
2007 - Greg Quicke
2008 - Antoine Bloeman
2009
2010 - Kevin Puertollano
2011 - Wes Francks
2012 - Freddie Corpus
2013 - Madge Yau
2014 - Pearl Fong-Luey
2015 - Eddie Roe
2016 - Ellen Puertollano
2017 - Bruce Brown
2018 - Bobby Telford
2019 - Bill Reed
2020
2021 - Chris Hill & Gwen Knox,
2022 - Lisa Sweet
2023 - Doug Fong
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Shinju Matsuri Festival acknowledges Traditional Owners of this saltwater Country and recognises the continuing connection to lands and waters of Rubibi (Broome). We pay our respect to elders past, present and emerging.
