Roma Mitchell
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Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO, QC, (October 2, 1913 - March 5, 2000) was an Australian lawyer and judge; she was the first Australian woman Queen’s Counsel, the first woman Chancellor of a university in Australia, and the first woman Governor of an Australian State.
Mitchell was born in Adelaide in 1913 and was the second daughter of Harold and Maude Mitchell.
A graduate of St. Aloysius Convent College, Adelaide, Roma Mitchell was Australia's first female QC, and first female judge. Mitchell was made a Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1965.
She was Governor of South Australia from 1991-1996; the first female Governor in Australia. Mitchell also served as Chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 1983-1990 and was a member of the Council for the Order of Australia from 1981-1990.
Dame Roma Mitchell was considered to be a pioneer of the Australian women's rights movement.
Her grandfather, Samuel James Mitchell was the first Chief Justice of the Northern Territory.
[edit] External links
- South Australian history
- The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
- ABC Behind The News dedication to Roma Mitchell
- Women & Politics in South Australia
- Biography of Roma Mitchell
- John Howard's dedication to Roma Mitchell
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| Preceded by Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Dunstan |
Governor of South Australia 1991–1996 |
Succeeded by Sir Eric Neal |
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