Phillip Toyne

Phillip Toyne (16 November 1947 – 13 June 2015) was an Australian environmental and Indigenous rights activist, lawyer, and founder of Landcare Australia.

Early life and education Phillip Toyne was born on 16 November 1947.

Career From 1973 until 1986, Toyne worked in central Australia. He was the only teacher at an Aboriginal school at Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, and then worked as a solicitor and barrister in Alice Springs.

Later in life he helped to establish a project in which the Olkola people of the Cape York Peninsula practise traditional burning as part of a Commonwealth government carbon farming initiative, called Natural Carbon.

Personal life Toyne lived in Gundaroo. He was married to Molly Olson and they had three children.

Apart from the legacy of Landcare Australia, he influenced many people to care better for the environment, as well as "proper recognition of Indigenous people, their culture and lore".