From Moree to Mabo by Pamela Burton

From Moree to Mabo by Pamela Burton

Including a Foreword by The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG, From Moree to Mabo is the remarkable story of Mary Gaudron QC, the first female justice of the High Court of Australia and paints a compelling portrait of a dynamic woman and her extensive contributions to the Australian legal system.

In a groundbreaking career, Mary Gaudron passionately championed gender equality and indigenous rights, ruling on landmark decisions such as Mabo and Wik. She also appeared in the Equal Pay case for the Whitlam Government. From her formative years spent in a NSW country town to being appointed the first female justice of the High Court of Australia (1987) author Pamela Burton conveys the extraordinary life of one of our most colourful High Court judges.

Awards

Longlisted - 2012 National Biography Award

Burton, Pamela: - Pamela Burton is a Canberra lawyer and writer. She draws on her professional legal knowledge and personal experience in this compelling spy thriller that has the reader wondering what is truth and what is fiction, as the story unfolds through court dramas and bold investigative journalism. She is the author of The Waterlow Killings: The Story of a Family Tragedy (MUP, 2012), winner of the Sisters in Crime 13th Davitt Award for Best True Crime; From Moree to Mabo: The Mary Gaudron Story (UWAP, 2010), long-listed for the 2012 National Biography Award; and Deviant, under the pen name Georgia Dale, a satirical fiction (Ginninderra Press, 2000).

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ISBN 13	9781742580982
ISBN 10	174258098X
Title	From Moree to Mabo
Author	Pamela Burton
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	UWA Publishing
Year published	2010-11-01
Number of pages	368
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