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Tonia Shand (Tonia Louise Moffat) was born on 6 November, 1939 in United Kingdom, is an Australian diplomat and public servant (1939–2020). Discover Tonia Shand's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

Popular As Tonia Louise Moffat
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Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 6 November 1939
Birthday 6 November
Birthplace United Kingdom
Date of death 15 July, 2020
Died Place Canberra, Australia
Nationality United Kingdom

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1939

Tonia Louise Shand (6 November 1939 – 15 July 2020) was an Australian diplomat and public servant, who served as Australia's first woman High Commissioner to Sri Lanka from 1988 to 1991.

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.

Shand graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BA, majoring in German and political science.

Following graduation, Shand joined the Department of External Affairs (now DFAT) and she was posted to Tel Aviv, Bonn, Geneva and Stockholm.

1964

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.

1973

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.

1979

Her next overseas posting was as Deputy High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur from 1979 to 1982.

1983

In 1983, she became the first woman in Australia to be appointed Chief of Protocol.

1985

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.

1988

In 1988, three years after the death of her daughter, she was posted by Michael Duffy to Sri Lanka as High Commissioner.

She was the first woman to fill that role, which also included non-resident High Commissioner to the Maldives.

1990

Shand was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours.

2005

In 2005, she was interviewed by Michael Wilson for the National Library of Australia's Australian diplomats 1950–2000 collection.

2014

Her husband had predeceased her in 2014.

2020

She died in Canberra on 15 July 2020.