Margaret White (judge)
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4 June 1943
Margaret White | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland | |
| In office 2 April 1992 – 3 June 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margaret Jean Broderick 4 June 1943 Hamilton, Victoria, Australia |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 2013 |
Margaret Jean White AO FAAL (born 4 June 1943) is an Australian jurist. She is a former Supreme Court of Queensland justice—the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Queensland. White was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1992 and was elevated to an Appeals Court Justice in 2010 until retirement in 2013. She has also previously served as a law lecturer at the University of Queensland.[1][2]
White was educated at the Cabra Dominican Convent, Adelaide and graduated Bachelor of Laws at the University of Adelaide in 1966.[2]
Royal commission
In August 2016, White was appointed joint Commissioner with Mick Gooda for the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, replacing Brian Ross Martin.[3]
