Barbara Holborow

Barbara Holborow OAM (née Edmonds, 29 June 1930 – 23 May 2012) was an Australian magistrate in the New South Wales Children's Court.[2]

Barbara Holborow

OAM
Holborow in 2000
Born
Barbara Edmonds

(1930-06-29)29 June 1930[1]
Sydney, Australia
Died23 May 2012(2012-05-23) (aged 81)
Sydney, Australia

Birth and early life

Holborow was born on 29 June 1930. An only child, she was diagnosed with diabetes at thirteen.[3]

Career

Holborow became a lawyer at age 40, having completed her high school certificate and law degree while a working single mother,[3] and was appointed as a magistrate in the New South Wales Children's Court around 1982. During her time in the court, she was nicknamed "the children's champion" and worked for a number of issues.[4] These included a separate jail for first-time offenders aged 18 to 25, a "care court" and free legal aid for children.[5]

Later life and death

Holborow retired from the children's court in 1994 after 12 years and in 2012 was named New South Wales Senior Australian of the Year. She died on 23 May 2012 in her Sydney home at the age of 81.[6]

References
  1. Holborow, Barbara (March 2009) [first published 1997]. Neville, Cliff; Fife-Yeomans, Janet (eds.). Those Tracks on My Face (2nd ed.). Fremantle, Western Australia: Vivid Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 9780980597233.
  2. "Barbara Holborow". Australian Biography. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  3. "Barbara Holborow OAM". Australian of the Year Awards. 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  4. Vanovac, Neda (23 May 2012). "Children's champion Barbara Holborow dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  5. "'Kids' champion' Barbara Holborow dies at 81". ABC News. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  6. "Magistrate Barbara Holborow dies". news.com.au. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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