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Life Summary

Name	Dame Roma Alma Mitchell
Born	2 October, 1913 North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	5 March, 2000 (aged 86) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Smith, Francis Villeneuve (uncle) Walker, Ellinor Gertrude (acquaintance) Dunstan, Don (acquaintance) Napier, Thomas John Mellis (judge) Playford, Thomas (related entry) Salisbury, Harold Hubert (related entry)
Education *	St Aloysius College, Adelaide (student, 1920-1930) University of Adelaide (student, 1931-1934)
Occupation or Descriptor *	barrister (1934-1965) South Australia, Australia university teacher (1958-1965) South Australia, Australia judge (1965-1983) South Australia, Australia university chancellor (1983-1990) South Australia, Australia governor (1991-1996) South Australia, Australia
Awards	David Murray scholarship (University of Adelaide) (recipient, 1934) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1971) Dame Commander of the British Empire (recipient, 1982) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1991)
Clubs *	Queen Adelaide Club (Adelaide) (member, 1961)
Key Events *	Royal Commission on the Dismissal of Harold Hubert Salisbury (SA, 1978) (commissioner, 1978)
Key Organisations *	Churchill Trust (chair) Meals on Wheels (SA) (member) Ryder-Cheshire Foundation (Australia) (president) University of Adelaide Women’s Law Students’ Society (founder, 1931-1934) Law Society of South Australia (council member, 1952) Law Council of Australia (vice-president, 1963) Human Rights Commission (chair, 1981-1986) University of Adelaide Council (chancellor, 1983-1990)
Workplaces *	Nelligan, Angas Parsons & Mitchell (partner) University of Adelaide (law) (part-time lecturer, 1958) Supreme Court of SA (judge, 1965-1983)

* Dates are approximate