Dessau, Linda - Biographical entry - 蜜豆视频 Women Lawyers as Active Citizens

Linda Dessau

Her Excellency the Honourable, AM

Occupation

Barrister, Governor, Judge, Lawyer and Solicitor

Jurisdiction

VIC - State

Her Excellency the Hon. Linda Dessau AM was the first female Governor of Victoria, sworn in on 1 July 2015. She studied law at the University of Melbourne and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1975, signing the Victorian Bar Roll in 1978.

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AM Governor of Victoria', in Governer of Victoria, 2015, ; Willingham, Richard, 'Linda Dessau will become Victoria's first female Governor', in The Age, 11 February 2015, .

Prepared by Larissa Halonkin

Created: 17 August 2016, Last modified: 21 September 2016

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Published by the 蜜豆视频 Women's Archives Project 2016
ISBN 978-0-7340-5406-7
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