Tonia Shand

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'''Tonia Louise Shand''' (6 November 1939 – 15 July 2020)<ref name=":1"> Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://ift.tt/3vj7WAc> was an Australian diplomat and public servant, who served as Australia's first woman [[List of Australian High Commissioners to Sri Lanka|High Commissioner to Sri Lanka]].

== Early life and education ==
Shand was born Tonia Louise Moffat in Britain in 1939 to Australian parents, Gordon and Marjorie Moffatt. She and her mother moved to [[Melbourne]], Victoria when World War II began, while her civil engineer father was posted to Singapore with the Royal Air Force where he built airfields.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Shand graduated from the [[University of Melbourne]] with a BA, majoring in German and political science.<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Following graduation, Shand joined the [[Department of External Affairs (1921–70)|Department of External Affairs]] (now [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|DFAT]]) and she was posted to Tel Aviv, Bonn, Geneva and Stockholm.<ref name=":0" /> The [[marriage bar]] that existed in the Australian public service at the time forced her to resign when she married Richard (Ric or Ricky) Shand, however she was able to return in a temporary capacity until the birth of their daughter Brigit in October 1964.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

In 1973 she, a married woman with a child, was given permission to join the staff of the High Commission in Delhi, India from 1973 to 1975.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Her next overseas posting was as Deputy High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur from 1979 to 1982.<ref name=":2" /> In 1983 she was the first woman in Australia to be appointed Chief of Protocol.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 1985, while Assistant Secretary of the Peace and Disarmament Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs she was appointed by Bill Hayden to the Consultative Committee on Peace and Disarmament, a 19-member committee convened to prepare for the International Year of Peace in 1986.<ref>Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1985-07-31). [https://ift.tt/3qEzexq International Year of Peace: national committee formed] (31 July 1985). In ''Australian foreign affairs record''. 56 (7)</ref>

In 1988, following the death of her daughter three years earlier,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> she was posted by [[Michael Duffy (Australian politician)|Michael Duffy]] to Sri Lanka as High Commissioner, the first woman to fill that role, which also included non-resident High Commissioner to the Maldives.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Shand was made a [[Order of Australia|Member of the Order of Australia]] in the [[1990 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|1990 Queen's Birthday Honours]].<ref></ref> In 2005 she was interviewed by Michael Wilson for the [[National Library of Australia|National Library of Australia's]] ''Australian diplomats 1950–2000 collection''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Shand died in Canberra on 15 July 2020.<ref name=":1" /> Her husband had predeceased her in 2014.<ref name=":2" />

== References ==






[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:University of Melbourne alumni]]
[[Category:Australian women diplomats]]
[[Category:High Commissioners of Australia to Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of Australia]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian public servants]]

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