University of New England, Australia Alumni - Julie Sutton, James Goldrick, Reginald Golledge, Charles Clarke, Karunasena Kodituwakku (Paperback)

Chapters: Julie Sutton, James Goldrick, Reginald Golledge, Charles Clarke, Karunasena Kodituwakku, John Quiggin, Gavan O'connor, Hamish Thomas Umphelby Jamieson, Phil Cullen, Canning Fok, Gayla Reid. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Julie Sutton, JP (born. 1937) is a New South Wales politician, elected as a Councillor of Warringah Council and was previously Mayor of Warringah from 1995-1996 and 2002-2003. Sutton was born in Australia in 1937, growing up in Newcastle on the New South Wales Central Coast. Sutton was educated at Newcastle Girls' High School, and the Universities of Newcastle, New England and Macquarie completing a Master of Arts (Hons.) and a Diploma of Education, becoming a teacher. She taught French, German and English at Raymond Terrace High School (Now Hunter River High School) and Newcastle Girls. Moving to Sydney in 1965, Sutton became a Teacher of English and Modern Languages at The Forest High School, Davidson High School and Killarney Heights High School from 1965-1986. She married, which was later dissolved, and had 3 sons. In 1980 Sutton stood for election in D Riding of Warringah Shire Council and on 20 September 1980, she became the first female Councillor of Warringah Council. She served the council until it was dismissed in December 1985 by the Wran Government following supposed discrepancies in council planning decisions. However, following a successful legal challenge against the government by the NSW Fraud Ombudsman, it was subsequently found that there was no evidence of corruption to support the dismissal, and that the elected councillors were denied natural justice and were both unfairly and unlawfully dismissed". When the council was returned on 14 March 1987 after the local elections, Sutton was elected as ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24456266