- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE5106
Greig, Flos
(1880 – 1958)
- Born 7 November 1880, Ferry, , Scotland
- Died 15 December 1958, MoorabbinMoorabbin, Victoria, Australia
- Occupation Barrister, Lawyer, Solicitor
Summary
Flos Greig was a remarkable pioneer whose determination to practise as a solicitor advanced gender equality in the legal profession in Australia in the early twentieth century. The first woman to be admitted to legal practice in Australia, Greig was at the vanguard of ‘the graceful incoming of a revolution’ as described by then Chief Justice Sir John Madden, as he presided over the ceremony granting her admission to the Victorian bar in August 1905 (The Advertiser, 1905).
Read more about Flos Greig in our sister publication The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia.
Events
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2001
Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Digital resources
- Title: An Australian Lady-Barrister
- Type: Image
- Description: 'Miss Grata F. M. Greig will Champion the Cause of the Women and Children.'
- Date: 3 May, 2023
Published resources
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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/AWE5106b.htm
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Resource
- Trove: Greig, Grata Flos Matilda (1880-19581215), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471028
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Resource Section
- Law, Kerwin, Hollie and Rubenstein, Kim, 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0624b.htm