• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE6420

Travis, Diana Rosemary

  • OAM
  • Occupation Aboriginal rights activist

Summary

When Diana Travis was 19, her grandfather, Sir Doug Nicholls, drove her to Canberra to take part in the 1967 Referendum. On Australia Day 2019, she was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) ‘for service to the Indigenous community, particularly to the 1967 Referendum Campaign’.

Currently, Travis is involved in native title work and is an active participant in the Victorian treaty process.

Events

  • 2019

    Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

    Awarded

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