Murray, Kemeri Anne (1932 - )

Kemeri Murray attended Adelaide University, graduating in 1953 in Law and 1954 in Arts. She studied piano under Raymond O'Connell while doing articles at Vaughan, Porter and English, a well known South Australian Law firm. After being admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of South Australia she transferred to Brian Magarey and was offered a partnership, making her the first married woman to be offered a partnership in South Australia. In 1973 she was offered a position on the Bench with the District Court of South Australia, thus becoming the second woman judge in South Australia. A member of the Flinders University Council, in 1978 she was appointed to the Advisory Council for Inter-Government Relations.

• Burchett, Kemeri (married name)

Events

1955	Admitted Barrister and Solictor with the South Australian Supreme Court
10 September 1955	Married Eric Murray, they had 2 children
1956 - 1973	Partnership with Giles Magarey & Lloyd, South Australia
1973 - 1976	Judge at the District Court, South Australia
1974 - 1996	Council member of Flinders University, South Australia
1975	Chairman South Australian Community Welfare Advisory Committee of Non-Accidental Injury to Children
1975 - 1976	Chairman of the Interim Bread Industry Authority
1975 - 1978	Chairman of the Church of England Commission of Marriage
1976	Judge of the Family Court of Australia, Adelaide Registry
1977	Awarded Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal
1978 - 1992	Member of the Church of England Commission of Social Responsibilities
1980	Member of the Diocesan Committee of Society Questions
1980 - 1984	Member of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Inter-Government Relations
1980 - 1986	Member of the Board of Management at Flinders Medical Centre
1982	Member of the Diocesan Committee of Society Questions
1982	Judge Administrator of the Adelaide Registry
1982 - 1985	Chairman of the Sex Discrimination Board, South Australia
1984 - 1988	Member of the Management committee at the Institute of Study Learning Difficulties
1984 - 1996	Representative Governor of the Flinders Medical Research Foundation
1986 - 1992	Chairman of the Church of England Commission of Women's Issues
1988	Governor of the Medical Foundation at the University of Adelaide
1994	Member of the Multicultural Forum of the South Australian Government
1995	Appointed Dame Commander Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem
1995 - 1996	Alternate Chairman of the Media Council of Australia for the Alcoholic Beverages Advertising Code Council
1996 - 2000	Alternate Chairman of the Helpmann Academy
1997	Companion at Flinders University, South Australia
1998 - 1999	Chairman of the Commonweath Club
1999	Companion of the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund

Membership

• Lyceum Club (Adelaide) Incorporated (1922 - )

Conference Papers

• Murray, K. A. (Kemeri Ann), 1932-, 'Children and the courts : ideals and reality', in Rights of the Child Conference in Canberra, Australian Government Social Welfare Commission, Queanbeyan, N.S.W., November 1974, p. 25. [ Details... ]

Lectures

• Murray, K. A. (Kemeri Ann), 1932- (ed.), Yesterday's tomorrow : where goes the family, Mothers' Union, Diocese of Melbourne, Melbourne, 24th October 1979, 13 pp. [ Details... ]

Newspaper Articles

• Lloyd, Paul, 'I feel fulfilled administering justice', Advertiser, Weekend Supplement, 17 August 2002, p. 3. [ Details... ]

See also

• De Micheli, Catherine and Herd, Margaret (eds), Who's who in Australia 2003, 39 edn, Crown Content, North Melbourne, 2003, 2201 pp. [ Details... ]
• Lofthouse, Andrea (ed.), Who's who of Australian women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW), 1982, 504 pp. [ Details... ]
• National Council of Women of South Australia, Greater than their knowing: a glimpse of South Australian women 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, Netley, SA, 1986, 310 pp. [ Details... ]
• South Australia. Community Welfare Advisory Committee, Report of the Community Welfare Advisory Committee Enquiry into Non-accidental Physical Injuries to Children in South Australia., Murray, K. A. (Kemeri Ann), 1932-, Community Welfare Advisory Committee, Adelaide, 41 pp. [ Details... ]