Wendy Pack

SC

Born
1943
Wolverhampton, England, Australia
Occupation
Barrister, Lawyer, Senior Counsel, Solicitor and Teacher
Alternative Names
  • Pitt, Wendy
Jurisdiction

In 2010, after thirty years at the Queensland Bar, Wendy Pack retired.The third woman barrister in Townsville when she began in 1980, she was the only woman at the Bar in North Queensland. She came to the law as a mature age student and as a mother who had already enjoyed a distinguished teaching degree.

Once established at the bar, Pack carved out a niche in the area of Family Law, where she became a specialist. She was an exemplar for women in the law in North Queensland, especially those who were trying to combine family life with a life at the bar.

Sources used to compile this entry: Gibson-Wilde, Dorothy, 'Wendy Pack', in Susan Purdon and Aladin Rahemtula (eds), A Woman's Place: 100 Years of Queensland Women Lawyers, Supreme Court of Queensland Library, Brisbane, 2005, pp. 445-452.

Prepared by Nikki Henningham