Auto/Biography
All the living women nominated as potential interviewees for the oral history project, but unable to be interviewed, were invited to contribute material to assist in the development of this exhibition.
For those women brought to the project’s attention, who are no longer living, others have generously contributed material about them.
Some women provided curriculum vitae that enabled the project to develop short biographical statements, others provided more discursive material, and a significant number took up the invitation to write something more reflective about their experiences as a woman lawyer in Australia.
You are encouraged to dip in and out of these ‘biographs’ as they are a rich resource in themselves and provide wonderful opportunities for the public to get a sense of women lawyers’ experiences while learning from them and being inspired by them.
A
- Auty, Kate - Academic, Barrister, Board member, Commissioner, Lawyer, Magistrate, Public servant, Tribunal member
B
- Beazley, Margaret Joan (1951 - ) - Barrister, Judge, Lawyer, Queen's Counsel
- Bisley, Paulette (1945 - ) - Barrister, Lawyer, Solicitor, Volunteer
- Blumer, Nooraini (1962 - ) - Civil libertarian, Director, Lawyer, Litigator, Solicitor
- Brasch, Jacoba - Barrister, Lawyer, Legal academic, Queen's Counsel
- Budavari, Rosemary (1957 - ) - Lawyer
C
- Clarke, Gay - Academic, Advisor, Barrister, Lawyer
- Coonan, Helen Lloyd (1947 - ) - Barrister, Feminist, Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Solicitor
- Couchman, Ariel (1958 - ) - Director, Feminist, Lawyer, Solicitor
- Croucher, Rosalind Frances (1954 - ) - Commissioner, Lawyer, Legal academic, Musician, Solicitor
D
- Davies, Rebecca - Judge's associate, Lawyer, Legal academic, Partner, Solicitor
- Dick, Julie Maree (1952 - ) - Barrister, Judge, Lawyer, Senior Counsel, Solicitor
- Dwyer, Joan - Barrister, Chairperson, Lawyer, Solicitor, Tribunal member
E
- Eastman, Kate (1966 - ) - Academic, Barrister, Human rights lawyer, Lawyer, Senior Counsel, Solicitor
F
- Forde, Mary Marguerite Leneen (1935 - ) - Commissioner, Governor, Lawyer, Solicitor, University Chancellor
- Fryar, Karen Margaret (1956 - ) - Lawyer, Magistrate, Solicitor
G
- Gaudron, Mary Genevieve (1943 - ) - Academic, Barrister, Commissioner, Judge, Lawyer, Public servant, Queen's Counsel, Solicitor, Solicitor-General
- Glass, Deborah - Banker, Lawyer, Ombudsman, Public servant
H
- Hall, Marlene Ann (1944 - ) - Lawyer, Public servant, Teacher
- Hocking, Barbara (1928 - 2013) - Barrister, Lawyer, Solicitor, Tribunal member
- Hogg, Margaret Mary Judy (Judy) (1937 - ) - Community activist, Feminist, Lawyer, Solicitor
- Hunter, Rosemary (1962 - ) - Lawyer, Legal academic
K
- Kilroy, Debbie (1961 - ) - Human rights activist, Lawyer, Legal practitioner, Manager, Solicitor
L
- L'Estrange, Noela - Academic, Chief Executive Officer, Director, Lawyer, Manager, Public education advocate, Solicitor
M
- Markiv, Lydia (1954 - ) - Lawyer, Magistrate, Solicitor
- Maxwell, Josephine - Judge, Lawyer, Solicitor, Tribunal member
- McCay, Beatrix (1901 - 1972) - Barrister, Lawyer, Volunteer
- McKimm, Catherine - Lawyer, Legal practitioner, Solicitor
- McMurdo, Margaret (1954 - ) - Barrister, Feminist, Judge, Lawyer, Solicitor
O
- Owens, Rosemary - Board member, Lawyer, Legal academic, Volunteer
P
- Payne, Vivien Claire (1927 - ) - Board member, Lawyer, Solicitor
- Peirce, Judith - Barrister, Commissioner, Lawyer, Solicitor
- Pincus, Gae Margaret (1940 - 2016) - Judge's associate, Lawyer, Politician, Public servant
- Pritchard, Janine - Judge, Lawyer
- Proust, Elizabeth - Board member, Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, Lawyer, Public servant
R
- Rana, Rashda - Barrister, Educator, International arbitrator, Lawyer, Mediator, Senior Counsel
- Rayner, Moira - Commissioner, Lawyer, Solicitor, Tribunal member
- Rizkalla, Margaret (1953 - ) - Barrister, Board member, Judge, Lawyer, Magistrate, Tribunal member
- Robinson, Ann (1943 - 2002) - Board member, Judge, Lawyer, Skiier, Solicitor, Sportswoman
- Rooney, Kim M. - Arbitrator, Barrister, Lawyer, Solicitor
S
- Schiftan, Lynnette Rochelle (1942 - 2016) - Barrister, General manager, Judge, Lawyer, Queen's Counsel
- Schreiner, Susanne (Sue) Elizabeth (1939 - ) - Barrister, Board member, Chairperson, Coroner, Lawyer, Magistrate, Solicitor
- Shelton, Ann (1942 - ) - Barrister, Lawyer
- Siddique, Rabia (1971 - ) - Barrister, Human rights lawyer, Lawyer, Military lawyer, Public speaker, Solicitor
- Sievers, Sally (1965 - ) - Barrister, Commissioner, Lawyer, Magistrate, Solicitor, Sportswoman
V
- Vardanega, Louise - Barrister, Government lawyer, Lawyer, Public servant, Solicitor
- Vickers, Laura - Lawyer, Solicitor, Writer
W
- Wade, Jan Louise Murray (1937 - ) - Attorney General, Barrister, Commissioner, Lawyer, Legal academic, Minister, Parliamentarian, Public servant, Solicitor
- Wallbank, Rachael (1956 - ) - Human rights advocate, Lawyer
- Webb, Raelene (1951 - ) - Barrister, Chairperson, Lawyer, President, Public speaker, Queen's Counsel, Solicitor, Teacher, Tribunal member
Y
- Yarran-Mark, Gningala - Aboriginal activist, Judge's associate, Lawyer, Legal practitioner, Manager, Solicitor
- Yates, Heidi (1980 - ) - Human rights lawyer, Lawyer, Solicitor