Dame Roma Mitchell, who lived from October 2, 1913, to March 5, 2000, was an Australian jurist and public official born in North Adelaide, South Australia, and a granddaughter of the judge and government resident Samuel James Mitchell. She graduated in law from the University of Adelaide in 1934 and was admitted to the South Australian bar, becoming in 1962 the first woman in Australia appointed Queen's Counsel. In 1965 she became the first female judge in Australia when she was appointed to the Supreme Court of South Australia. She later became the first female chancellor of an Australian university, leading the University of Adelaide from 1983 to 1990, and in 1991 she became the first woman to serve as governor of an Australian state, holding the vice-regal post in South Australia until 1996. Throughout her career she was an advocate for women's rights, criminal law reform and human rights, and she was given a state funeral after her death from bone cancer.
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How was Roma Mitchell remembered at her funeral?
Sir William Deane said she blazed a trail for all Australian women, in law, government, academic life and public and philanthropic service.
At her funeral in March 2000, Governor-General Sir William Deane said that Roma Mitchell blazed a trail for all Australian women, in law, in government, in academic life, in public and philanthropic service. The tribute reflected a career of firsts: she was Australia's first female Queen's Counsel in 1962, its first female Supreme Court judge, the first chair of the Australian Human Rights Commission, the first female governor of an Australian state and the first female chancellor of an Australian university.
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She became Australia's first female judge, the first woman appointed Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1962, the first female chancellor of an Australian university from 1983 to 1990, and the first woman to serve as governor of an Australian state from 1991 to 1996.
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Dame Roma Alma Flinders Mitchell (2 October 1913 - 5 March 2000) was an Australian barrister and lawyer. She became Australia's first female judge, the first woman appointed Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1962, the first female chancellor of an Australian university from 1983 to 1990, and the first woman to serve as governor of an Australian state from 1991 to 1996. Mitchell was born on 2 October 1913 in North Adelaide, the youngest daughter of solicitor Harold Flinders Mitchell and Maude Imelda Mitchell.
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Dame Roma Alma Flinders Mitchell (2 October 1913 - 5 March 2000) was an Australian barrister and lawyer.
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Mitchell continued her advocacy through campaigns, boards, and foundations, attending constitutional conventions and supporting Indigenous and women's rights. She died from bone cancer on 5 March 2000, and her state funeral was attended by hundreds.
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Wikidata Q515889, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1913
Wikidata Q515889, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1913-10-02
Wikidata Q515889, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2000
Wikidata Q515889, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2000-03-05
Wikidata Q515889, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Adelaide
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P20 (place of death): Adelaide
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