June D'Rozario

{{Short description|Australian urban planner and former politician}}

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June D'Rozario (born 16 June 1949{{cn|date=May 2022}}) is an Australian urban planner and former politician.

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She was born in Lucknow, India and is of Anglo-Indian descent.James Jupp, 2001, The Australian People: an encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins, Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, pp. 438. D'Rozario studied planning at the University of South Australia, before joining the State Planning Office. After Cyclone Tracy in 1974, she moved to Darwin, Northern Territory to assist with the reconstruction effort.{{Cite journal|last1=Ciacci|first1=Carolina|last2=Piazza|first2=Ornella|date=2020-10-15|title=Decluttering|journal=Translational Medicine @ UniSa|volume=23|issue=4|page=19|doi=10.37825/2239-9747.1002|pmid=33457316|pmc=7789923|issn=2239-9747|doi-access=free}}

In 1977, she was elected as a Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, unexpectedly defeating Executive Member for Law Liz Andrew in the seat of Sanderson. She held the seat until her defeat by Daryl Manzie at the 1983 election.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110859745 |title=Labor Has Three Seats – Country-Liberals back in Northern Territory |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=51 |issue=14,855 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=15 August 1977 |access-date=23 February 2019 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web | url=http://www.tallyroom.com.au/archive/nt2016/sanderson2016 | title=Sanderson | date=5 August 2016 | publisher=The Tally Room | access-date=23 February 2019}}

D'Rozario currently runs a Town & Regional Planning practice in Darwin, Northern Territory. She has been an urban planner in Darwin since 1973. She is a Fellow, and a National Councillor, of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA). In 2001 she was awarded a Centenary Medal for services to urban planning and city development.{{Cite book|last1=Darwin|first1=Charles|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.74|title=Insectivorous plants /by Charles Darwin.|last2=Darwin|first2=Francis|date=1888|publisher=J. Murray|location=London|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.74}}

She is a member of the Board of Management of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, a Commissioner of the Australian Heritage Commission, a member of the National Population Council, and a member of the Board of the Australia-India Council.{{cn|date=May 2022}}