- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE3769
Rosanove, Joan Mavis
- QC
- Birth name Lazarus, Joan
- Born 11 May 1896, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
- Died 8 April 1974, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
- Occupation Barrister, Lawyer, Queen's Counsel, Solicitor
Summary
Joan Rosanove completed her legal studies at the University of Melbourne, and was admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in June 1919. In 1923 she became the first woman in Victoria to sign the Victorian Bar roll. The bulk of her work was in criminal and matrimonial cases. Rosanove was appointed Q.C. in 1965, and took silk in New South Wales two years later. She made a significant contribution to legal reform, particularly as it concerned the status of women.
Events
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2001
Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Published resources
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Resource Section
- Rosanove, Joan Mavis (1896-1974), Falk, Barbara, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160151b.htm
- Law, Kerwin, Hollie and Rubenstein, Kim, 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0624b.htm
- Book
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Resource
- Trove: Rosanove, Joan Mavis (1896-1974), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-739097
- Women Barristers in Victoria: Then and Now, The Victorian Bar, 2007, https://www.vicbar.com.au/wba/
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Site Exhibition
- Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE3769b.htm