history of the rona tranby trust The Rona Tranby Trust was
established in 1991 from a bequest in the Will of Thomas Paul
Rona who died tragically with his wife Eva in a car accident in
September 1987. In his Will, Tom Rona directed thata specific
bequest from his Estate be held for the benefit of Tranby
Aboriginal College or the Aboriginal Legal Service according to
the discretion of the Trustees of the Estate. The Ronas were
Holocaust survivors who lost many family members in Nazi
concentration camps during WWII. Both were committed social
justice activists, taking a keen role in raising awareness of
the Holocaust within the non-Jewish community. As members of the
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies they were also active in promoting
inter-ethnic harmony. The Rona family at the suggestion of Kitty
Fischer, Eva's sister, approached Gridiger Lawyers for advice in
fulfilling the wishes of Thomas Rona. Roland Gridiger considered
a number of suggestions from the relevant communities and
recommended that the Trustees of