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Imperial Decoration Conferment Ceremony for Mrs Jenny Dowell

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On 7 Feb, Lismore City Council hosted the Imperial Decoration Conferment Ceremony and reception for the 2018 Autumn Decoration bestowed upon Mrs Jenny Dowell, former Mayor of Lismore City Council.

Mrs Dowell received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette from Mr Keizo Takewaka, Consul-General of Japan in Sydney, for her contributions towards promoting the sister city relationship between Lismore and Yamato Takada. The honour is very traditional and authoritative in Japan.

Established in August 1963, the sister city relationship between Lismore and Yamato Takada is the first ever sister city between the two countries, and the Lismore-Yamato Takada friendship is a symbol of the bilateral relations between Australia and Japan.

Mr Kevin Hogan, Member of the Australian House of Representatives; Mr Isaac Smith, Mayor of Lismore; and a total of 30 participants were in attendance at the ceremony to celebrate Mrs Dowell’s decoration.

We hope the friendship between the two cities will continue to thrive in future.

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