National Tidy Town Awards

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The National Tidy Town Awards generally refer to the Australian Tidy Town Awards or the National Tidy Town Awards of Ireland.

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[edit] Australian Tidy Town Awards

The Australian Tidy Town Awards were launched around 1965 and are an initiative of Keep Australia Beautiful. They include a series of ten award

Year Australia's Tidiest Town
1991 Mount Tyson, Queensland
1992 Mount Gambier, South Australia
1993 Forbes, New South Wales
1994 Lucindale, South Australia
1995 Naracoorte, South Australia
1996 Kiama, New South Wales
1997 Stanley, Tasmania
1998 Denmark, Western Australia
1999 Goolwa, South Australia
2000 Batchelor, Northern Territory
2001 Horsham, Victoria
2002 Soldiers Point / Salamander Bay, New South Wales
2003 Wyalkatchem, Western Australia
2004 Port Vincent, South Australia
2005 Mount Gambier, South Australia
2006 Collie, Western Australia
2007 Swansea, Tasmania

[edit] Irish Tidy Towns Awards

The Irish National Tidy Towns Competition is an annual competition organized by the Irish Government's Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. They were started in 1958.

The competition is organised on a national basis, and entrants must complete modules including:

Overall Developmental Approach (5 Year Plan), The Built Environment, Landscaping, Wildlife & Natural Amenities, Litter Control, Tidiness, Waste Minimisation, Residential Areas, and finally Roads, Streets & Back Areas. The Competition is judged during the summer months (May / August) by an independent Adjudicator, who will issue each town with a written report which will compliment positive development and actions and provide positive suggestions on how the Community can improve their general surroundings.

[edit] Winners

Year Overall Winner Village Small Town Large Town Large Urban Centre
1958 Glenties
1959 Glenties
1960 Glenties
1961 Rathvilly
1962 Glenties
1963 Rathvilly
1964 Virginia, County Cavan
1965 Virginia, County Cavan
1989 Ardagh, County Longford
1990 Malahide
1991 Malin, County Donegal
1992 Ardmore
1993 Keadue
1994 Galbally
1995 Glenties
1996 Ardagh, County Longford
1997 Terryglass
1998 Ardagh, County Longford
1999 Clonakilty
2000 Kenmare
2001 Westport
2002 Castletown, County Laois Castletown, County Laois Lismore, County Waterford Ennis
2003 Keadue Keadue Kenmare Westport
2004 Lismore, County Waterford Moynalty Lismore, County Waterford Westport
2005 Ennis Moynalty Lismore, County Waterford Ennis
2006 Westport Birdhill Aughrim, County Wicklow Westport Ennis
2007 Aughrim, County Wicklow Birdhill Aughrim, County Wicklow Killarney Letterkenny

[edit] Newfoundland and Labrador Tidy Towns

The Newfoundland and Labrador Tidy Towns competition is sponsored by Municipalities Newfoundland & Labrador and was begun in 1997. In this competition, a list of around 5 to 10 towns that meet certain criterion are published each year.

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