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Farewell for Australia's first Greek woman to have served in Supreme Court


The Honourable Justice Anthe Philippides (second from left) had her Valedictory Ceremony on Thursday. Photo: Helen Zahos
25 April 2021 2:55pm
The Honourable Justice Anthe Philippides, the first woman of Hellenic heritage to be admitted as a barrister in Queensland and to attain silk in Australia, was farewelled from her stellar judicial career in a fitting valedictory at the Supreme Court of Queensland on Thursday.
With her daughter in the audience, and the rest of her family on video link – her mother Ioanna, her sister Athena and their family in the US and her son – the Hon Philippides sat looking at a crowd of distinguished guests, and many colleagues from the legal profession all there to pay homage to the trailblazer. ....

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