• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE5878

O’Connor, Deirdre

  • Honourable Justice
(1941 – 2024)
  • Born 5 February 1941, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Died 28 January 2024, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia
  • Occupation Judge, Lawyer

Summary

In 1990 Justice Deirdre Frances O’Connor became the first woman to be appointed to the Federal Court. She was also the President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

Events

  • 2001

    Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women

Archival resources

  • National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
    • Deirdre O'Connor interviewed by Daniel Connell in the Law in Australian society oral history project [sound recording]

Published resources

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