Getano Lui Jnr
Indigenous Australian community leader
About Getano Lui Jnr
Getano Lui Jnr was an Australian.
Getano Belford Lui Jnr , 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.
Recognition As part of the 1980 New Year Honours, Lui was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Lui was subsequently made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1994 Australia Day Honours in recognition of his service to the Torres Strait community.
In 2001, Lui was awarded the Centenary Medal for distinguished service through his work on the Yam Island Council.
Lui was named as a Queensland Great in 2024.
Personal The son of Getano Lui Snr, Lui resides on Yam Island. 2001 Centenary Medal for distinguished service through the Yam Island Council
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Indigenous Australian community leader
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