Skip to main content
  1. The Dictionary of Sydney
  2. Multimedia
  3. Marie Beuzeville Byles c1915

Marie Beuzeville Byles c1915

From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[c046270001 / MLMSS 7071]
(Mitchell Library)

Browse

  • Browse
    • Artefacts
    • Buildings
    • Events
    • Natural Features
    • Organisations
    • People
    • Places
    • Structures
    • Entries
    • Multimedia
    • Subjects
    • Roles
    • Contributors
Connections
Appears in
Byles, Marie
Subjects
English Feminism Legal profession Women
People
Byles, Marie

Footer

  • Home
  • About
  • Copyright
  • Contact

Footer Secondary

  • Contribute
  • Donate

State Library of New South Wales

Byles, Marie

Marie Byles overcame formal and informal obstacles in order to become Sydney's first practicing woman lawyer. She mentored other women in law, and became an advocate for women's rights in other fields, as well as an environmental activist and a writer about Buddhism.

English

Legal profession

Feminism

Women

Byles, Marie

Pioneering woman lawyer, bushwalker and Buddhist who gave endless opportunities to women in law as she had herself overcome many obstacles to her chosen career.

full record ยป