Antoinette Braybrook

Antoinette Braybrook AM is an Aboriginal woman who was born on Wurundjeri country. Her grandfather and mother’s line is through the Kuku Yalanji. Antoinette is the CEO of Djirra, a position she has held since the service was established in 2002. Antoinette is also Co-Chair of Change the Record, Australia’s only national First Nations led justice coalition of legal, health and family violence prevention experts.

Antoinette seeks to give voice and visibility to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, particularly Aboriginal women, who experience family violence. She is a strong advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community control and self-determination.

Antoinette’s leadership and contribution to justice and human rights has been recognised through numerous awards, including being honoured on the UN Gender Justice Legacy Wall in 2017, inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2020, being recognised by the City of Melbourne as the 2022 Melburnian of the Year, becoming a Member of the Order of Australia in 2023 in recognition of her service to law and family violence prevention, being awarded the Deakin Alumni Award for Excellence and receiving a Deakin University Honorary Doctorate in 2024.