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Grace Crivellaro

Indigenous woman makes history in chief magistrate role

A Canberra judge has become the first Aboriginal woman to hold a chief magistrate role in Australia. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

A Canberra judge has made history after becoming the first Aboriginal woman in Australia to be appointed to a superior court.

Proud Kamilaroi woman Justice Louise Taylor will take up her appointment as chief magistrate of the ACT Magistrates Court from May.

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