Linda Lovett was the first Indigenous woman admitted to the Victorian Bar.
Sources used to compile this entry: Schoff, Georgina, 'First Indigenous Woman at the Bar: Linda A. Lovett', in Women Barristers in Victoria: Then and Now, 2007, .
Prepared by Larissa Halonkin
Created: 17 August 2016, Last modified: 29 August 2016
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Published by the ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Women's Archives Project 2016
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