Community Recognition
Awards
Excellence in Partnership
"Outstanding Community Engagement Partnership", November 2014.
The outreach work of the Society was recognised by Western Sydney University (then known as UWS) with the "Excellence in Partnership Award for 2014".
Guinness World Records
World record for the most people stargazing at multiple venues.
The record was broken by Australia, with 7,960 participants on 21st August 2015. This was organised by ANU across 37 locations in Australia.
MAS participated in this achievement with our own event at The Oaks.
20th Birthday
Russell Matheson, Federal MP (Macarthur):
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Chris Paterson, NSW MP (Camden):
Jai Rowell NSW MP (Wollondilly):