Justice margaret nyland biography of alberta
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Justice margaret nyland biography of alberta
Margaret Nyland
Australian lawyer (born 1942)
Margaret Jean NylandAM (born November 1942) is an Australian lawyer, who was a judge of the District Court of South Australia from 1987 until 1993 when she was appointed to the Supreme Court of South Australia.
Nyland retired in 2012.[1]
Early life and education
Nyland was born in 1942 in Adelaide, South Australia. Her mother was an egg wiper, later becoming a tent, sail and flag maker. Her father, John Johnson (Jack) Nyland was a boilermaker then taxi driver, later becoming the State Secretary of the Transport Workers Union (SA).[2] Nyland went to Gilles Street Primary School and the Adelaide Girls High School.
Nyland had determined her choice of career at a young age, writing "lawyer" on each occasion the school asked to list her intended occupation.[1] Nyland received a Commonwealth Scholarship which enabled her to study law at the University of Adelaide,[2] where one of her lecturers