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{{short description|Governor-General of Australia from 2008 to 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Dame Quentin Bryce | honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100|sep=,|AD|CVO|FAAL|FASSA}} | image = Estonian Ambassador H.E. Mr Andres Unga presents his credentials to the Governor-General of Australia H.E. Ms Quentin Alice Louise Bryce. 28.03.2013 (8596664099) (cropped).jpg | caption = Bryce in 2013 | office = 25th [[Governor-General of Australia]] | monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] | primeminister = [[Kevin Rudd]]<br/>[[Julia Gillard]]<br/>[[Tony Abbott]] | term_start = 5 September 2008 | term_end = 28 March 2014 | predecessor = [[Michael Jeffery (Australian Army officer)|Michael Jeffery]] | successor = [[Sir Peter Cosgrove]] | office1 = 24th [[Governor of Queensland]] | monarch1 = Elizabeth II | premier1 = [[Peter Beattie]]<br/>[[Anna Bligh]] | term_start1 = 29 July 2003 | term_end1 = 29 July 2008 | predecessor1 = [[Peter Arnison]] | successor1 = [[Penelope Wensley]] | birthname = Quentin Alice Louise Strachan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{marriage|[[Michael Bryce]]|1964|2021|end=died}} | children = 5, including [[Chloe Shorten|Chloe]] | relatives = [[Bill Shorten]] (son-in-law) | alma_mater = [[University of Queensland]] | website = | signature = Quentin Bryce signature 2012.svg }} '''Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce''', {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100|sep=,|AD|CVO}} (nΓ©e '''Strachan'''; born 23 December 1942) is an Australian academic who served as the 25th [[Governor-General of Australia]] from 2008 to 2014. She is the [[List of elected and appointed female heads of state|first woman]] to have held the position, and was previously the 24th [[Governor of Queensland]] from 2003 to 2008.<ref name="Pollard2008">Pollard (13 April 2008)</ref> Born in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Bryce was raised in [[Ilfracombe, Queensland|Ilfracombe]], with her family subsequently living in a number of country towns around Australia. She attended the [[University of Queensland]], where she completed a Bachelor of Arts and a [[Bachelor of Laws]], becoming one of the first women accepted to the Queensland [[Bar council|Bar]]. In 1968, Bryce became the first woman appointed as a faculty member of the law school where she had studied, and in 1978 she joined the new [[National Women's Advisory Council]] (later National Women's Consultative Council and then Australian Council for Women).<ref>{{cite web | title=National Women's Consultative Council. (1984β1992)| website=[[Trove]] | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/571504?c=people | access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> This was followed by appointment to a number of positions, including the first director of the Queensland Women's Information Service, the Queensland Director of the [[Australian Human Rights Commission|Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission]], and the Federal [[Sex Discrimination Commissioner]] in 1988. Her services to the community saw her appointed an [[Officer of the Order of Australia]] in 1988, and a [[Companion of the Order of Australia]] and [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Dame of the Order of St John of Jerusalem]] in 2003. In 2011, [[Elizabeth II]] invested Bryce as a [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] at [[Government House, Canberra|Government House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.gov.au/program.php/view/id/2732/title/governor-generals-investiture-departure-of-her-majesty-the-queen-and-his-royal-highness-the-duke-of-edinburgh-from-canberra-credentials-state-dinner-in-honour-of-the-president-and-commander-in-chief-of-the-armed-forces-of-the-federal-republic-of-nigeria|title=Governor-General's Investiture; Departure of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh from Canberra; Credentials; State Dinner in Honour of the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria|publisher=Australian Government|year=2011|access-date=27 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227141008/http://www.gg.gov.au/program.php/view/id/2732/title/governor-generals-investiture-departure-of-her-majesty-the-queen-and-his-royal-highness-the-duke-of-edinburgh-from-canberra-credentials-state-dinner-in-honour-of-the-president-and-commander-in-chief-of-the-armed-forces-of-the-federal-republic-of-nigeria|archive-date=27 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Bryce was appointed Governor of Queensland in 2003. Although concerns were raised by some over her time in the office, her five-year term was going to be extended until 2009. However, on 13 April 2008, it was announced by Prime Minister [[Kevin Rudd]] that Bryce was to become the next Governor-General of Australia. The decision was generally well-received and on 5 September 2008 Bryce was sworn in, succeeding Major General [[Michael Jeffery (Australian Army officer)|Michael Jeffery]] and becoming the first woman to hold the office.<ref>{{cite news|title=Australia gets first woman Governor General|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-gets-first-woman-governor-general-20080905-4a36.html|access-date=13 November 2011|newspaper=The Age|date=5 September 2008|agency=Australian Associated Press|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419051756/http://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-gets-first-woman-governor-general-20080905-4a36.html|archive-date=19 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Bryce's tenure was not without criticism.<ref>Monarchists decry Governor-General Quentin Bryce's support for a republic, Radio Australia, 23 November 2013</ref> In an unprecedented move for an incumbent governor-general, Bryce made public comments in November 2013 widely interpreted as supporting an Australian republic and same-sex marriage.<ref name="ra_monarchists">"[http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-11-23/monarchists-decry-governorgeneral-quentin-bryces-support-for-a-republic-coalition-says-issue-not-a-p/1224364 Monarchists decry Governor-General Quentin Bryce's support for a republic] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204065349/http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-11-23/monarchists-decry-governorgeneral-quentin-bryces-support-for-a-republic-coalition-says-issue-not-a-p/1224364 |date=4 December 2013 }}", [[Radio Australia]], 23 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.</ref> She was succeeded by General [[Peter Cosgrove|Sir Peter Cosgrove]] as governor-general on 28 March 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pm.gov.au/media/2014-02-24/governor-general-designate-be-sworn |title=Governor-General Designate to be sworn in | Prime Minister of Australia |access-date=2014-02-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227130617/http://www.pm.gov.au/media/2014-02-24/governor-general-designate-be-sworn |archive-date=27 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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