Justice Mary Gaudron

High Court of Australia

Member of the Council of the Society

Mary Genevieve Gaudron was appointed to the High Court in February 1987. At the time of her appointment she was Solicitor-General of New South Wales.

She graduated from the University of Sydney as a Bachelor of Arts in 1962 and as a Bachelor of Laws in 1965.

She was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1968. In 1981 she became a Queen's Counsel.

From 1974 to 1980 she was a Deputy President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission. In 1979 she was appointed first chairperson of the Legal Services Commission of New South Wales.