Melanie Irons

Melanie Irons is an actress, psychology student, community worker and personal trainer from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Irons came to prominence in 2013 in the aftermath of the Dunalley Fire as the creator of the Tassie Fires We Can Help Facebook page, for which she has received numerous awards. Since September 2013 she has co-starred in the award-winning indie web series Noirhouse. She is also a member of the council of Brand Tasmania, the state government agency that acts as custodian of the Tasmania brand.[1] She is a 2015 Australia Day ambassador,[2] won the Tasmania Non-Profit Sector of the 2013 Attorney General's Resilient Australia Award[3] and was a 2014 Young Australian of the Year State Finalist.[4][5]

  1. ^ "council members - brand tasmania -about us". brandtasmania.com. BrandTasmania. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Ambassadors - Tasmania - Australia Day". australiaday.org.au. NADC. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. ^ "2013 Resilient Australia Award Tasmanian Winners". ses.tas.gov.au. SES Tasmania. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Melanie Irons". australianoftheyear.org.au. NADC. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Generous Australians who've dug deep for bushfire victims, penguins and total strangers". Herald Sun. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.