Person
Staunton, Patricia Jane (1946 - )
AM
- Born
- 30 November 1946
Townsville, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Lawyer and Nurse
Summary
Patricia Staunton became New South Wales's first female chief magistrate (1999). Previously she had worked in the areas of nursing and law. She was appointed Member of the Order of Australia, 26 January 1995, for service to nursing.
Details
Chronology
- 1971 - 1976
- Career position - Worked and studied in the UK
- 1976 - 1980
- Career position - Barr-at-Law in Sydney
- 1987 - 1995
- Career position - Secretary, New South Wales Nurses Association
- 1990 - 1995
- Career position - Vice-President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
- 1991 - 1995
- Career position - Federal President of the Australian Nursing Federation
- 1995
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
- 1995 - 1997
- Career position - Member of the Legislative Council in New South Wales
- 1997 - 1999
- Career position - Magistrate at Local Court in New South Wales
- 1999 -
- Career position - Chief Magistrate of New South Wales
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Biographical cuttings on Patricia Staunton, NSW's first female chief magistrate, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Resources
- 'Staunton, Patricia Jane', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-713058. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 6 March 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007