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Alice Mary Cummins

Born

1898

Died

1943

Occupation

Brewer, Business woman, Lawyer and Solicitor

Jurisdiction

WA - State

Alice Cummins studied law at the University of Adelaide (LL.B., 1928). Admitted to the bar in South Australia (1928) and Western Australia (1930) she never practised. She was a businesswoman and brewer in Kalgoorlie. Death notices also stated that she was the first woman in Australia to take out a wireless transmitter's license.

Sources used to compile this entry: Birman, Wendy, 'Cummins, Alice Mary (1898-1943)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, Australian National University, 2006, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cummins-alice-mary-9875.

Prepared by TBWL project team

Created: 17 August 2016, Last modified: 21 September 2016

This exhibition is an outcome from 'The Trailblazing Women and the Law' project, a collaboration between the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne.

This research was generously supported by the Australian Research Council Linkage Projects funding scheme (project number LP120200367), and project partners: Australian Women Lawyers, Family Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, National Foundation for Australian Women and the National Library of Australia.

Data in this exhibition is up-to-date to 30 June 2016.
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Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens uses the Online Heritage Resource Manager, a tool developed by the eScholarship Research Centre, part of the University Library at the University of Melbourne.

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Published by the Australian Women's Archives Project 2016
ISBN 978-0-7340-5406-7
http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE5790b.htm