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1 online resource (30 min.) |
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Australasian video online |
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Lawyer and Governor. Born Adelaide, 1913. Died 2000. Born in Adelaide in 1913, Roma Mitchell was the daughter of a solicitor killed in the First World War. Roma's mother, who believed in tertiary education for women, put her through a law course at the University of Adelaide during the early years of the Depression. She graduated in December 1934, and the following February began as a barrister with an Adelaide law firm. During the 1930s she did much work in the field of domestic violence. At first, Dame Roma says, her main aim was simply to be a good barrister. In 1962 she became the first Australian woman to be admitted as a Queen's Counsel. Then, in 1965, she became a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia, the first woman in Australia to be appointed to that position. She also led a deputation of women seeking the right for women to serve as jurors. Among other appointments, Dame Roma has been Chair of the Human Rights Commission, President of the Churchill Fellowship and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. She was awarded the OBE in 1971 and in 1991 was appointed Governor of South Australia, again becoming the first woman in Australia to hold that post |
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Title from resource description page (viewed November 3, 2014) |
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In English |
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Mitchell, Roma, Dame, 1913-
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Mitchell, Roma, Dame, 1913- fast (OCoLC)fst01934703 |
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Women judges -- Australia -- Interviews
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Women lawyers -- Australia -- Interviews
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Women judges.
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Women lawyers.
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Australia.
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Documentary films.
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Interviews.
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Documentary films.
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Streaming video
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Heimans, Frank.
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