Jefa Greenaway is the director of Greenaway Architects and an honorary fellow of Design at Deakin University and Adjunct Industry Fellow at Swinbourne university.  

He is also a co-founder of several organizations set up to support Indigenous peoples pursuing a career in design.

Greenaway was born on the Dharawal Country in Sydney. His father Bert Groves, was an Indigenous civil rights activist, and his mother was of German ancestry.

He received his bachelor's degree in planning and design at the Melbourne University, where he was the only Indigenous person in his class at that time.

In this exclusive interview, he talks to TAD about the true meaning and value of Designing for Country.

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