For almost 70 years, Anne Davie has been farming and rehabilitating her land at Phillip Island. In that time, she has earned a Medal of the Order of Australia for her community and environmental efforts, which includes helping plant 20,000 trees on her carbon-neutral farm with husband Bob.

But few things have made Davie prouder than watching her children carry on the family farming tradition on their property at Ventnor.

“They share the love of this part of Millowl,” she said, using the Bunurong name for Phillip Island.

Davie and her husband started dairy farming at Phillip Island in 1956 and later moved into beef and other forms of agriculture. Today, she keeps a hand in the family farming enterprise but spends most of her time working with community, environmental and reconciliation g

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