Quentin Bryce
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Quentin Alice Louise Bryce AC (born 1942) is Governor of Queensland, Australia. She is the second woman to become Governor of Queensland. She grew up in Ilfracombe, Queensland, and studied at Moreton Bay College, Brisbane, and later at the University of Queensland, where she was graduated with a bachelor of arts and laws. In 1965, she was one of the first Queensland women to be admitted to the bar of that state.
From 1968 to 1983 she taught in the Faculty of Law at the University of Queensland.
In 1984 Bryce was appointed the first director of the Queensland Women’s Information Service in the Office of the Status of Women. In 1987 she became Queensland director of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. From 1988 to 1993, Bryce served as federal sex discrimination commissioner, and from 1993 to 1996 she was founding chair and chief executive officer of the National Childcare Accreditation Council. From 1997 to her appointment as governor of Queensland in 2003, Bryce was principal and chief executive officer of The Women's College within the University of Sydney, New South Wales.
She married Michael Bryce in 1964 and together they have two daughters, three sons, and five grandchildren.
[edit] Honours
- Companion of the Order of Australia 2003 [1]
- Officer of the Order of Australia 1988 For service to the community, particularly to women and children
- Australian Sports Medal 2000 For services to women's cricket
- Centenary Medal 2001 For service to Australian society in business leadership
| Preceded by Major-General Peter Arnison |
Governor of Queensland 2003– |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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