- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE5299
Schwartz, Carol Judith
- AO, AM
- Born 1955, Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Occupation Businesswoman, Lawyer, Philanthropist, Property developer
Summary
Carol Schwartz is a Melbourne business woman who has been a leading figure in the Victorian not-for-profit and corporate sectors for roughly twenty-five years. She holds one of the country’s most diverse portfolios of board appointments. Schwartz studied law/arts at Monash University.
Read more about Carol Schwartz in our sister publication The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia.
Events
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2011
Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
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2019
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO): For distinguished service to the community as a supporter of women in leadership roles, to social justice advocacy, and to business.
Appointed
Published resources
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Newspaper Article
- Australia Day honours: David Walsh and Elizabeth Broderick among recipients, Davey, Melissa and Brereton, Adam, 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jan/26/australia-day-honours-david-walsh-and-elizabeth-broderick-among-recipients
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Site Exhibition
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders
- Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE5299b.htm
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Resource
- Trove: Schwartz, Carol, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1665891