1. Dame Roma was considered to be a pioneer of the Australian women's rights movement.
11 Facts About Roma Mitchell
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Roma Mitchell was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 2 October 1913, the second daughter and youngest child of Harold and Maude Roma Mitchell.
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Roma Mitchell was an alumna of St Aloysius Convent College, Adelaide and the University of Adelaide.
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Roma Mitchell was still the only female judge in South Australia when she retired 18 years later in 1983, although Justices Elizabeth Evatt and Mary Gaudron had been appointed to Federal courts by the Whitlam government.
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Roma Mitchell was Chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 1983 to 1990, a member of the Council for the Order of Australia from 1981 to 1990, and Governor of South Australia from 1991 to 1996.
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Roma Mitchell was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 12 June 1971.
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Roma Mitchell was raised to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 12 June 1982.
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On 26 January 1991, Roma Mitchell was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia, Australia's highest civilian honour, for services to the law, to learning, and to the community.
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Roma Mitchell was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on 1 January 2000.
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Roma Mitchell was to receive her honour directly from The Queen of Australia as her health deteriorated, the Governor-General, Sir William Deane, flew to Adelaide and attended her bedside to bestow the honour in a private investiture.
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Roma Mitchell was posthumously inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2001.