A group of diverse and inspiring Australians took home trophies at the annual Ethnic Business Awards on Thursday.
Established in 1988, the Ethnic Business Awards recognise the "valuable and innovative contributions migrants have made to Australian business and the economy".
The Indigenous in Business Category was added in 2010 to recognise the "descendants of those first Australians – the traditional owners of the land".
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This year, Jeremy Blanch of JNC Group Australia won the Indigenous in Business Category.
The Small Business Category was taken out by Michael Dakhoul of Construction Consultants.
And Alf and Nadia Taylor from TNA Solutions won the Medium to Large Business Category.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison delivered an address at the event where he said immigrants had enriched "Australian society, the Australian economy and Australian lives".
"This country is an immigration success story without parallel anywhere in the world and we should be enormously proud of what we have achieved," Mr Morrison said.
"The Australia we love and share is an immigrant country."
"My hope is that our wonderful shared story of harmony, success and prosperity as a diverse but united people will continue well into the future."
In a message before the event, founder Joseph Assaf said "diversity is one of our greatest strengths and one of our greatest blessings".
"Ever-increasingly, multiculturalism is helping to define and to develop not just the Australian economy, but also its rich and all-embracing society – on every level."
According to organisers, nominees over the last 30 years have come from more than 100 countries of origin and covered every state and territory in Australia.
