People Australia

19 December, 1940
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

31 August, 2019 (aged 78)
Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

cancer (not specified)

• Frensham (Mittagong, NSW) (student, 1954-1957)
• University of Sydney (student, 1958-1960)
• Women's College (University of Sydney) (student, 1958-1959)

• solicitor (1962-1969) New South Wales, Australia
• barrister (1969-1977) New South Wales, Australia
• crown/public prosecutor (1977-1980) New South Wales, Australia
• judge (1980-2018) New South Wales, Australia

• Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2005)

• Royal Commission on Human Relationships (1974-77) (counsel assisting)

• International Association of Women Judges (president)
• Women Lawyers Association (NSW) (patron)
• New South Wales Bar Association (member, 1969)
• NSW Law Reform Commission (commissioner, 1984-1989)
• University of New South Wales (administration) (deputy chancellor, 1992-1999)

• Beale and Geddes (solicitor, 1962-1965)
• Allen, Allen & Hemsley (solicitor, 1965-1969)
• District Court (NSW) (judge, 1980-1987)
• Supreme Court of NSW (judge, 1987-1994)
• Administrative Appeals Tribunal (federal) (president, 1994-2001)
• Supreme Court of NSW (acting judge, 2001-2018)