Roma Mitchell

Chivalric Order Member

1913 – 2000

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Who was Roma Mitchell?

Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO, QC was an Australian lawyer, judge and state governor. Mitchell was the first Australian woman to be a judge, a Queen's Counsel, a chancellor of an Australian university and the Governor of an Australian state.

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.

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Born
Oct 2, 1913
Adelaide
Also known as
  • Judge Roma Mitchell
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • Australia
Profession
Education
  • University of Adelaide
Lived in
  • Adelaide
Died
Mar 5, 2000

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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