Roma Mitchell

Roma Flinders Mitchell AC DBE CVO QC ( born October 2, 1913 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; † March 5, 2000 ibid ) was an Australian judge and politician, who not only first Kronanwältin Australia and first female judge in a Supreme Court of an Australian state, but also the first governor of South Australia was.

Life

Roma Mitchell studied law and was appointed in 1962 as the first woman in Australia's history to Kronanwältin (Queen 's Counsel ). In 1965 she was appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court of South Australia, where he worked until 1983. Thus she was the first female judge in a Supreme Court of an Australian State.

Mitchell, who described himself as a conservative feminist, was also 1981 Foundation Chairman of the Australian Human Rights Commission. In 1982, she was raised as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the peerage, and henceforth led the suffix " lady ".

On February 6, 1991, she eventually became the first Governor of South Australia and has held this office for five years until 21 July 1996.

External links and sources

Biography ( rulers.org )

Judges (Australia)
Governor ( South Australia )
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of the Order of Australia
Person (Adelaide )
Australian
Born in 1913
Died in 2000
Woman

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