Sally Thomas
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The Honourable Sally Thomas AC |
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| Administrator of the Northern Territory | |
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In office 31 October 2011 – 30 October 2014 |
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| Deputy | Pat Miller |
| Preceded by | Tom Pauling |
| Succeeded by | John Hardy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 August 1939 Cambridge, England |
| Spouse(s) | Ted Rowe |
| Domestic partner | Duncan McNeill |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Sally Gordon Thomas AC (born 7 August 1939) is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, serving from 1992 to 2009. She was appointed to the Court on 10 August 1992 and was the first woman to be appointed a Judge of the Court. She was sworn in as the first female Administrator of the Northern Territory in October 2011. One of her first engagements in the role was to welcome Barack Obama, the President of the United States, to Darwin during his visit in November 2011.
Thomas was born in Cambridge, England on 7 August 1939, to Geoffrey A and Mary G Thomas. Her family relocated to Sydney, New South Wales in 1947. She attended Hornsby Girls' High School and eventually commenced work as a solicitor in New South Wales in 1963.
Thomas and her husband Ted Rowe relocated to Darwin in 1978 after she was appointed as a Magistrate. She was appointed Chief Magistrate in 1986 and held that position until she was appointed to the Supreme Court bench in 1992. Thomas retired on 6 August 2009.
She was President of the Australian Stipendiary Magistrates Association from 1988 to 1990.
She has a strong interest in the tertiary education of Territorians and was Deputy Chairman of the Northern Territory College of Queensland University and then a Member of the then Northern Territory University Council from 1989 to 2003. In 2003 the Northern Territory University changed its name and became part of the expanded Charles Darwin University. She was appointed to the Council of Charles Darwin University and elected Deputy Chancellor, and she was appointed Chancellor of the University on 1 January 2010. Upon the completion of her second term as Chancellor, she announced Neil Balnaves would succeed her as Chancellor of the University.
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