In Ulverstone, Neil Hirt has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia.
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Service to the community runs in the family for the Hirts: his twin brother, Barry Hirt, was also awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2011.
"I am deeply grateful and indebted to my late parents for their love and tireless support and encouragement for Barry and I to pursue our many interests with passion and determination," Mr Hirt said.
"I am sure our parents would be equally proud of us both and maybe a little more so today.
"The social, political, religious commitments and values, and sporting interests were instilled in us by our loving parents and extended family - and we both think they got it about right."
He said that his Christian faith had been a guiding force in his community service.
Mr Hirt is a parishioner at the Independent Anglican Fellowship at Waverley Road, Don, and has previously served as Warden of the Anglican Parishes of Kyneton and Malvern and a member of the Parish Council of St. John the Evangelist, Toorak.
He has a passion for historic church buildings and their furnishings and has served on the restoration and fundraising committees for St. Paul's, Kyneton which was constructed in 1856 and All Saints, South Hobart, built in 1861.
Mr Hirt's voluntary service includes being the auditor for the Lancefield and Romsey Senior Citizens Club, as well as volunteering with Meals on Wheels and community transport.
He is a long-standing member of the Australian Labor Party and is an active member of the Forth Branch.
In May 2011, he was presented with life membership by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Professionally, he spent 25 years working with Westpac before joining the National Bank in March 1999.
"My community service involvement has provided me with a sense of great personal satisfaction and an opportunity to meet and assist countless people and support many deserving causes," he said.
Also from the North-West, Thomas Langston has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to music and the community.
Mr Langston was the former director of the Burnie Festival.
He was regional vice-president of the Tasmanian Arts Council, president of the Burnie Arts Council, chairman of the Burnie Branch of the Tasmanian Music Teachers Association, and state executive of Tasmanian Music Teachers Association.
He was the musical director, at various times, of the Hellyer Community Choir, Don Chorale, the Devonport Musical Society, the Burnie Musical Society, and Devas A Cappella Group.
Mr Langston is a long-time music teacher and has performed and taught, as well as through the Department of Education, at the London College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in the UK.
The third recipient of a Medal of the Order of Australia from the North-West is Ian Paterson.
Mr Paterson is the former principal of Ulverstone High School.
He is a former Sunday school teacher with the Devonport Presbyterian Church and was a congregation representative at the Presbyterian Church in Tasmania state assembly.
A passionate rower, was a coach and co-ordinator at Devonport High School, the inaugural chairman of the Tasmanian School Rowing Association, and a board member of Rowing Tasmania.
He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Ulverstone.