1 August - 1905 - Australia's First Lady At Law

Australia On This Day

Jul 31, 202118:15Society & Culture

REPEAT: On this day in 1905, Flos Greig became Australia’s first female lawyer — but before she could practice the law she had to change it via an act of parliament. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

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