Name: Queensland Law Society
Time: 1873 - Current
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Category: Scholarly Society
Institution Category: Informing
Institution Group: Public Community Education
Coordinates: -27.4778616666667, 153.032388333333
Street Address: Brisbane City QLD 4000
Suburb: Brisbane City (CBD)
Sector: Professional
Local Study Area: Spring Hill-CBD-Fortitude Valley-New Farm (Inner City)
Study Stage: MBNH Stage 9 Local Study Areas
The Queensland Law Society originated as an informal meeting of solicitors in Brisbane, on the 7th of August 1873, and was formalised as the ‘Queensland Law Association’ in 1883. In 1927, it was incorporated under the current name, the “Queensland Law Society”. In 1941, during difficult years when many lawyers were called to war, the society first engaged a full-time employee, Beryl Donkin, as secretary and chief administrative officer. The society was enshrined by Act of Parliament in 1952.
Geographic Description 1: Inside The Green Belt
Geographic Description 2: Brisbane River
Geographic Description 3: Flood Plains (Major); High River Banks (still floods); Ridgeline (Slopes off Wickham Tce)
Further research is underway.
New secretary WOMAN FOR LAW JOB. The Courier-Mail, Friday 30 April 1954, p. 3. NLA Trove
