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Getano Lui Jnr
Indigenous Australian community leader

Getano Lui Jnr

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Indigenous Australian community leader
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Member of the Order of Australia
(1994)
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Biography

Getano Belford Lui Jnr AM, is a Torres Strait Islander Australian community leader.

Career

Lui is Councillor on the Torres Strait Islands Regional Council (TSIRC) (State) and Deputy Chair and Member for Iama (Yam Island), and also on the Board of the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TRSA) where he served as inaugural chair. Lui has also been Chair of the Yam Island Community Council, Islanders Board of Industry and Service and Island Coordination Council.

In 1993, Lui delivered one of the annual series of Australian Broadcasting Corporation Boyer Lectures called "Voices of the Land".

Personal

The son of Getano Lui Snr, Lui resides on Yam Island.

Honours and awards

  • 1994 Member of the Order of Australia for service to the Torres Strait Islander Community.
  • 2001 Centenary Medal for distinguished service through the Yam Island Council


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