Georgie Jacobs and her father Lindsay Renwick after the presentation.
Georgia Jacobs may have only been an official Deni Ute Muster committee for a short time, but her involvement is forever immortalised.
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Georgia, who now lives in Albury, was the artist behind the event’s famous diamond sticker.
One has been created for each Muster since the first in 1999, and they’re a collector’s item for any Muster lover.
For that contribution, Mrs Jacobs was last week presented with a special recognition award from the Deni Ute Muster team.
Along with it, she received a full collection of stickers to date.
The recognition was kept a surprise from Mrs Jacobs until the time of the presentation, as arranged by her father Lindsay Renwick as an extra 60th birthday gift for his daughter.
Georgia says she remembers her early involvement in the festival well, and made sure to credit her co-collaborator in the design - then tourism officer James Giddey.
“The Muster is a spin off from a group of us who got together in 1998 and discussed what we could do to help the community through the drought,” Mrs Jacobs said.
Georgia Jacobs' original draft sticker design.
“My children Til and Archie were quite young then, so my main level of commitment was through art.
“James and I were given the task of coming up with a design.
“I sketched out a few and James, the graphic designer that he was, turns my ute on its side and we had the design.
“Community members were invited to submit ideas for a motto, and it was Marg Bull who came up with ute-ilize it motto.”
Mrs Jacobs said even before the special award presentation, she was honoured to have been in attendance at this year’s Muster with many of the “OG” board members.
“None of us thought that idea would escalate to what it is today.
Original concept designs sketched out by Georgia Jacobs in collaboration with James Giddey.
“The proudest thing, and dad said the same, is seeing it come full circle to be like how it was always intended - to get that activity in the town.
“The initial idea was about making the community feel great.
“I may not have been on the board for long, but I still volunteered and put in the hard yards - along with many others - and helped where I could.
“The magic of the weekend was also sharing it with my dad, who has always done so much for the town and the Ute Muster.”
Ute Muster general manager Vicky Lowry, who has the honour of recognising Mrs Jacobs last week, said the diamond sticker has become an “iconic and highly sought after part of the event”, with a new sticker produced each year.
Ute Muster general manager Vicky Lowry with Georgia Jacobs. Photo by Ryan Heffer.
“To recognise Georgia's contribution and the significance of her original design, we presented her with the complete collection of diamond stickers from the past 28 events,” she said.
“It was a lovely opportunity to acknowledge someone who played a part in creating a tradition that continues to be such an important part of the Muster today.”
The diamond sticker design is not the only artistic contribution Mrs Jacobs has provided for the Deni Ute Muster.
She also helped design and tile the mosaic ute, which was originally installed in the Deni CBD and now takes pride of place in front of the Muster HQ and Museum at the festival site.
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