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Roma Flinders Mitchell

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Last NameMitchellFirst NameRomaMiddle NameFlinders Last edited by: Samantha Farnsworth

TitleDameUnique IDUA-00007235Date of Birth2 October 1913Date of Death5 March 2000NationalityAusBiography

Roma Mitchell was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 2 October 1913, the second daughter and youngest child of Harold and Maude Mitchell (née Wickham). She was an alumna of St Aloysius Convent College, Adelaide and the University of Adelaide.

Mitchell was admitted as a barrister in 1935. In 1962 she was appointed a Queen's Counsel. As well as a practicing barrister, Mitchell was a lecturer in Family law at the University of Adelaide and Margaret Nyland was one of her students, with Mitchell becoming a mentor to Nyland. Mitchell was made a Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1965. She was still the only female judge in South Australia when she retired 18 years later in 1983 although Justices Elizabeth Evatt and Mary Gaudron had been appointed to federal courts by the Whitlam Government. It was not until 1993 that the second woman was appointed to the court, Mitchell's former student Margaret Nyland.

Mitchell was Governor of South Australia from 1991 to 1996, Chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 1983 to 1990 and was a member of the Council for the Order of Australia from 1981 to 1990.

Biographical SourceTaken from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_Mitchell. Accessed 12 October 2020.

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Dr E H Medlin and Justice S Jacobs, 1986

University Council and Members of Staff, 1985

Organic Chemistry Building Named Badger Laboratories, 1985

Dame Roma Mitchell with Portrait Unveiling, 1983

Dame Roma Mitchell - Chancellor

University Council Meeting, 1983

Professor Edgeloe's Retirement Function, 1982

University Council Meeting, 1979

Sculpture - Continuum, 1974

Radio 5UV Opening, 1972

Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell, 1965

Dame Roma Mitchell, 1963

University Council Meeting at Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1990

Opening of Eastick Building, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1991

Signing Merger Document, 1989

University Council Meeting, 1979

University Council Meeting, 1983

University Council and Members of Staff, 1990

University Council and Members of Staff, 1989

University Council and Members of Staff, 1980

University Council and Members of Staff, 1987

Frank O'Neill, Professor Marjoribanks, Dame Roma Mitchell, c1987

Graduation Ceremony, c1983

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Vignette 62: First Australian university to admit women to degree courses

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Position TitleDeputy Chancellor Last edited by: Samantha Farnsworth

Start Date of Person1972 Last edited by: Samantha Farnsworth

End Date of Person1983 Last edited by: Samantha Farnsworth

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Position TitleChancellorStart Date of Person1983End Date of Person1990

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Organisation Adelaide Law School Last edited by: Samantha Farnsworth

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