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Undid revision 843019809 by MurielMary (talk) - She 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. Who cares about the US? I doubt they even have Queen's Counsels in the US. They certainly don't have Governors of an Australian states!
 
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{{Short description|Australian judge}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Dame Roma Mitchell
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominalspostnominals|country=AUS|sep=,|size=100%|sep=,|AC|DBE|CVO|QC}}
| image = Roma Mitchell 1965.jpg
| caption = Mitchell in 1965
| order = 31st
| office = Governor of South Australia
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
| premier = [[John Bannon]] (1991–1992)<br/>[[Lynn Arnold]] (1992–1993)<br/>[[Dean Brown]] (1993–1996)
| term_start = 6 February 1991
| term_end = 21 July 1996
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| predecessor = [[Donald Dunstan (governor)|Sir Donald Dunstan]]
| successor = [[Eric Neal|Sir Eric Neal]]
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| birth_place = [[Adelaide]], South Australia
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| death_place = [[Adelaide]], South Australia
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| education = [[St Aloysius College, Adelaide]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Adelaide]]
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'''Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell''', {{post-nominalspostnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AC|DBE|CVO|QC}} (2 October 1913{{spaced ndash}}– 5 March 2000)<ref name=rulers>{{cite web|title=Index Mf-Mn|url=http://rulers.org/indexm4.html|publisher=Rulers|accessdateaccess-date=16 June 2013}}</ref> was an Australian lawyer, judge and state governor. MitchellShe was the first woman to hold a number of positions in Australia – the country's [[List of the first women appointed to Australian judicial positions|first Australian woman to be a judge]], the first woman to be a Queen's Counsel, a chancellor of an Australian university and the [[Governors of South Australia|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]].
 
==Early life and education==
Roma Mitchell was born in [[Adelaide]], inSouth 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 College, Adelaide|St Aloysius Convent College, Adelaide]] and the [[University of Adelaide]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Roe|first=Jill|title=Review of Roma the First: A biography of Dame Roma Mitchell, by Susan Magarey and Kerrie Round|journal=Journal of Historical Biography|date=Autumn 2008|volume=4|pages=138–141|url=https://www.ufv.ca/jhb/Volume_4/Volume_4_Roe.pdf}}; M. Press, Some women in the Australian Church, ''Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society'' 30 (2009), 33-3833–38.</ref>
 
==Career==
Mitchell was admitted as a barrister in 1935. In 1962, she was appointed a [[Queen's Counsel]], the first Australian woman to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.australianbiographynfsa.gov.au/subjectscollection/mitchellcurated/bio.htmlaustralian-biography-dame-roma-mitchell |title=Australian Biography: Dame Roma Mitchell |websitepublisher=AustralianBiography.gov.auNational Film and Sound Archive |access-date=2720 NovemberFebruary 20172022}}</ref> As well as a practicing barrister, Mitchell was a lecturer in Familyfamily law at the University of Adelaide and [[Margaret Nyland]] was one of her students, with Mitchell becoming a mentor to Nyland.<ref name="AWL Nyland">{{cite web |title=The Honourable MargaetMargaret Nyland AM |publisher=Australian Women Lawyers |access-date=27 November 2017 |url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE5607b.htm}}</ref> Mitchell was made athe first female Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1965, at the recommendation of [[Don Dunstan]], South Australia's 38th Attorney-General.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Margarey|first=Susan|date=1 April 2008|title=Dame Roma Mitchell's Unmentionables: Sex, Politics and Religion|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250078998|journal=History Australia|volume=5|pages=12.1–12.20|via=ResearchGate}}</ref> 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 [[Gough Whitlam|Whitlam]] Governmentgovernment. It was not until 1993 that the second woman was appointed to the court, Mitchell's former student Margaret Nyland.<ref name="AWL Nyland"/>
 
SheMitchell was [[Governor of South Australia]] from 1991 to 1996, the first female Governor in Australia. Mitchell also served as 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.
 
==Honours==
[[File:Dame roma mitchell.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of Mitchell on [[North Terrace, Adelaide]]]]
Roma Mitchell was appointed a [[Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) on 12 June 1971.<ref>[http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1064985&search_type=simple&showInd=true{{Cite It's an Honour: |ausawardid=1064985 |recipient=Judge Roma Flinders Mitchell |award=Commander of the Order of the British Empire |postnominal=CBE] |date=1971-06-12 |access-date=2022-12-05}}</ref> She was raised to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) on 12 June 1982.<ref>[http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1067250&search_type=simple&showInd=true{{Cite It's an Honour: |ausawardid=1067250 |recipient=Judge Roma Flinders Mitchell |award=Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire |postnominal=DBE] |date=1982-06-12 |access-date=2022-12-05}}</ref>
 
On 26 January 1991, Mitchell was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of Australia]] (AC), Australia's highest civilian honour, for services to the law, to learning, and to the community.<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid=882251 |recipient=Her Excellency the Honourable Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell |award=Companion of the Order of Australia |postnominal=AC |date=1991-01-26 |access-date=2022-12-05}}</ref> She was made a [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] (CVO) on 1 January 2000. Mitchell was to receive her honour directly from The Queen of Australia, however, as her health deteriorated, the Governor-General, [[Sir William Deane]], flew to Adelaide and attended her bedside to bestow the honour in a private investiture.<ref name="The Age">{{cite news |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/from-the-archives-2000-australia-mourns-trailblazer-dame-roma-mitchell-20210220-p574cc.html |title=From the Archives, 2000: Australia mourns trailblazer Dame Roma Mitchell |first=Penelope |last=Debelle |newspaper=[[The Age]] |date=6 March 2000 |access-date=2022-12-05}}</ref>
On 26 January 1991, Dame Roma was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of Australia]] (AC), Australia's highest civilian honour, for services to the law, to learning, and to the community.<ref>[http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=882251&search_type=simple&showInd=true It's an Honour: AC]</ref>
 
[[Roma Mitchell Secondary College]] in northern Adelaide was named for Dame Roma, as was Roma Mitchell House, on North Terrace, Adelaide. One of the [[Bay class patrol boat]]s operated by the [[Australian Customs]] is named ACV ''Dame Roma Mitchell''. A statue of Dame Roma, in Prince Henry Gardens, directly outside [[Government House, Adelaide]], was erected in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/things/dame-roma-mitchell-statue |website=SA History Hub |title=Dame Roma Mitchell Statue}}</ref>
She was made a Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (CVO) on 1 January 2000.<ref>[http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1066856&search_type=simple&showInd=true It's an Honour: CVO]</ref> Dame Roma received her honour directly from The Queen of Australia in a private investiture.
 
== See also ==▼
[[Roma Mitchell Secondary College]] in northern Adelaide was named for Dame Roma. One of the [[Bay class patrol boat]]s operated by the [[Australian Customs]] is named ACV ''Dame Roma Mitchell''.
 
▲== See also ==
* [[First women lawyers around the world]]
 
== References ==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.mitchellchambers.com.au Mitchell Chambers]
*[http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781864761764 "Glimpses of a Glorious Life"]
*{{Australian Women and Leadership|WLE0311b|Mitchell, Roma Flinders}}
*[http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0311b.htm Mitchell, Roma Flinders] in ''The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia''
 
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