Roma Mitchell
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Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell (October 2, 1913 - March 5, 2000) was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia and subsequently Governor of South Australia. She was born in Adelaide in 1913 and was the second daughter of Harold and Maude Mitchell.
A graduate of St. Aloysius College, Roma Mitchell was Australia's first female QC, and first female judge. Mitchell was made Chief Justice in 1965. She was Governor of South Australia from 1991-1996; the first female Governor in Australia. Mitchell also served as Chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 1983-1990 and was a member of the Council for the Order of Australia from 1981-1990.
| Preceded by: Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Dunstan | Governor of South Australia 1991–1996 | Succeeded by: Sir Eric Neal |