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</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Linda Marion Dessau</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1953-05-08</span>) </span>8 May 1953<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 71)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/East_Melbourne,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="East Melbourne, Victoria">East Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria, Australia">Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Tony Howard</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1982)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2 sons</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St_Catherine%27s_School,_Toorak" title="St Catherine's School, Toorak">St Catherine’s School</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Jurist, barrister</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Linda Marion Dessau</b> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of Australia">AC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Royal Victorian Order">CVO</a></span></span></span> (born 8 May 1953<sup id="cite_ref-vicbarnews_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vicbarnews-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is an Australian jurist and barrister who served as the 29th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria" title="Governor of Victoria">Governor of Victoria</a> from 2015 to 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-swornin_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swornin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is the first female and the first <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Jewish_governors_of_Australia" title="List of Jewish governors of Australia">holder of the office</a>. She was previously a judge of the <a href="/wiki/Family_Court_of_Australia" title="Family Court of Australia">Family Court of Australia</a> from 1995 to 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-famcourt_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famcourt-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Dessau&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dessau was born in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Victoria, on 8 May 1953, the youngest of four children. Her father, John Dessau, arrived in Melbourne from Poland in 1929. At first he took on factory work, but later he became a businessman. He married Sybil, who was born in Melbourne.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dessau spent time in Israel as a young woman, including several months as a <a href="/wiki/Kibbutz" title="Kibbutz">kibbutznik</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sdot_Yam" title="Sdot Yam">Sdot Yam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dessau was educated at <a href="/wiki/St_Catherine%27s_School,_Toorak" title="St Catherine's School, Toorak">St Catherine's School, Toorak</a>, matriculating at the age of sixteen. She graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">Bachelor of Laws</a> with Honours from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a> in 1973 as its youngest law graduate.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_career">Legal career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Dessau&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legal career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dessau was admitted to practise as a solicitor and barrister in 1975. She worked as associate partner with Melbourne-based family law firm Wisewoulds, later practising as a barrister in family law matters for four years. In 1982 she moved to <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> and took up an appointment as <a href="/wiki/Crown_counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown counsel">crown counsel</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Legal_Department_(Hong_Kong)" title="Legal Department (Hong Kong)">Legal Department</a>. She was subsequently appointed senior crown counsel and prosecuted criminal jury trials and appeals.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dessau returned to Australia in 1985 and the following year was appointed as a magistrate with the <a href="/wiki/Magistrates%27_Court_of_Victoria" title="Magistrates' Court of Victoria">Magistrates' Court of Victoria</a>. She was supervising magistrate of the court's civil and family division until her appointment to the <a href="/wiki/Family_Court_of_Australia" title="Family Court of Australia">Family Court of Australia</a> in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Community_service">Community service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Dessau&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Community service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dessau was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Commission" title="AFL Commission">AFL Commission</a> in November 2007, the second woman ever appointed to the Commission, and attracted speculation that she might become the first female Chair of the Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-barrett_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barrett-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon Football Club</a>, and in 1997 she started, and was the inaugural chair of, the Essendon Women's Network, which for more than a decade has maintained a strong presence in the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">grand final week</a> calendar.<sup id="cite_ref-aflcomm_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aflcomm-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was appointed to the board of the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Festival">Melbourne Festival</a>, of which she became president in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-melbfest_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-melbfest-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dessau was a member of the Council of Trustees of the <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Victoria" title="National Gallery of Victoria">National Gallery of Victoria</a> from August 2013, resigning on 27 March 2015 following the announcement of her appointment as Governor.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Awarding Dessau an honorary doctorate in 2022, Melbourne's <a href="/wiki/La_Trobe_University" title="La Trobe University">La Trobe University</a> described her as "an inspiring pioneer and role model for women in leadership through her judicial appointments and in her numerous community roles in service of others."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor">Governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Dessau&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With an eight-year term, Dessau is the longest-serving governor of Victoria since 1974, when <a href="/wiki/Rohan_Delacombe" title="Rohan Delacombe">Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe, KCMG KCVO KBE CB DSO</a> concluded an eleven year term.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Announcing a three-year extension to her five year term in 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Victoria" title="Premier of Victoria">Premier of Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Andrews" title="Daniel Andrews">Daniel Andrews</a>, said of Dessau and her husband, <i>“Through their tireless work they have wonderfully represented and celebrated our diverse community and its achievements at home and internationally, while making Government House a more open, accessible and inclusive place.”</i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 November 2021, Dessau succeeded Queensland governor <a href="/wiki/Paul_de_Jersey" title="Paul de Jersey">Paul de Jersey</a> as the longest-serving incumbent state governor. Although she had received a commission to act as <a href="/wiki/Administrator_(Australia)" title="Administrator (Australia)">Administrator of the Commonwealth</a> in the absence of the <a href="/wiki/Governor-general_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-general of Australia">governor-general of Australia</a> following her appointment in 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was only after becoming the longest-serving state governor in 2021 that she was routinely called on to fulfill that role.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/La_Trobe_University" title="La Trobe University">La Trobe University's</a> 2022 honorary doctorate citation said, "As Governor, she has carried out her constitutional responsibilities and ceremonial duties with distinction and worked tirelessly in the community and international engagement activities."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dessau is one of five Jews to have served in a viceregal capacity in Australia, after governors-general <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Isaacs" title="Isaac Isaacs">Sir Isaac Isaacs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zelman_Cowen" title="Zelman Cowen">Sir Zelman Cowen</a>, and governors <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Nathan" title="Matthew Nathan">Sir Matthew Nathan</a> (Queensland) and <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Samuels" title="Gordon Samuels">Gordon Samuels</a> (New South Wales).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2016, Dessau was embroiled in an expenses scandal, which saw her personally repay the expenses of lunches at a <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Ramsay" title="Gordon Ramsay">Gordon Ramsay</a> restaurant (<a href="/wiki/P%C3%A9trus_(restaurant)" title="Pétrus (restaurant)">Pétrus</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Harrods" title="Harrods">Harrods</a>, which had originally been paid by the Victorian taxpayer.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, the level of expenses for capital works and ongoing maintenance requested by Dessau were alleged to be excessive, and a former <a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Melbourne" title="Government House, Melbourne">Government House</a> employee told the <i><a href="/wiki/Herald_Sun" title="Herald Sun">Herald Sun</a></i> that the working environment there was "toxic".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the expiration of her term on 30 June 2023, she was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Gardner" title="Margaret Gardner">Margaret Gardner</a>, the then-vice chancellor of Monash University.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time as announcing Professor Gardner as the 30th Governor of Victoria, the Premier thanked Dessau "<i>for her outstanding leadership and compassion during some of our state’s most challenging times. The Governor and her husband Anthony Howard AM KC have supported, represented and championed our diverse community with grace and dedication.”</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Dessau&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dessau is married to Anthony Howard, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of Australia">AM</a>, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a>, a former judge of the <a href="/wiki/County_Court_of_Victoria" title="County Court of Victoria">County Court of Victoria</a>. They were married in 1982 and have two sons.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021 their son Ollie became engaged to Lauren Thurin, the granddaughter of billionaire property developer <a href="/wiki/John_Gandel" title="John Gandel">John Gandel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Dessau&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-weight: normal; background-color: #6C488F; color: #fff;"><span style="font-size:80%">Viceregal styles of</span><br /><b><span class="fn">Linda Dessau<br />(2015–2023)</span></b></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badge_of_the_Governor_of_Victoria.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Badge_of_the_Governor_of_Victoria.svg/50px-Badge_of_the_Governor_of_Victoria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Badge_of_the_Governor_of_Victoria.svg/75px-Badge_of_the_Governor_of_Victoria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Badge_of_the_Governor_of_Victoria.svg/100px-Badge_of_the_Governor_of_Victoria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="235" data-file-height="439" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(manner_of_address)" class="mw-redirect" title="Style (manner of address)">Reference style</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Her Excellency the Honourable</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spoken style</th><td class="infobox-data">Your Excellency</td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Orders</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> 14 June 2010: <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of Australia">Member of the Order of Australia</a> (AM) "For service to the judiciary, particularly through contributions in the area of family law policy and practice, and to the community."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> 26 January 2017: <a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of Australia">Companion of the Order of Australia</a> (AC) "For eminent service to the people of Victoria through leadership roles in the judiciary, to the advancement of economic ties and business relationships, and as a supporter of charitable, sporting and arts organisations."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> 11 February 2016: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_John_(chartered_1888)" title="Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)">Dame of the Order of St John</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Royal_Standard_of_Australia_%281962%E2%80%932022%29.svg/23px-Royal_Standard_of_Australia_%281962%E2%80%932022%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Royal_Standard_of_Australia_%281962%E2%80%932022%29.svg/35px-Royal_Standard_of_Australia_%281962%E2%80%932022%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Royal_Standard_of_Australia_%281962%E2%80%932022%29.svg/46px-Royal_Standard_of_Australia_%281962%E2%80%932022%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span> 1 January 2023: <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Royal Victorian Order">Commander of the Royal Victorian Order</a> (CVO)<sup id="cite_ref-CVO_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVO-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Organisations</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> 1994: <a href="/wiki/Churchill_Fellowship" class="mw-redirect" title="Churchill Fellowship">Churchill Fellowship</a>. She travelled to the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom to study strategies employed to reduce delay within the court system.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)"><img alt="Victoria (state)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> 2018: <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Honour_Roll_of_Women" title="Victorian Honour Roll of Women">Victorian Honour Roll of Women</a> by the Victorian State government.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Appointments</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> 2015–2023: Colonel of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victoria_Regiment" title="Royal Victoria Regiment">Royal Victoria Regiment</a>.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> 2015–2023: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_John_(chartered_1888)" title="Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)">Deputy Prior of the Order of St John</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Dessau&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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December 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=La+Trobe+University&rft.atitle=Governor+of+Victoria+receives+Honorary+Doctorate&rft.date=2022-12-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latrobe.edu.au%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2022%2Frelease%2Fgovernor-of-victoria-receives-honorary-doctorate&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALinda+Dessau" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Dessau&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://governor.vic.gov.au/victorias-governor/biography/her-excellency-the-hon-linda-dessau-am">Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AM</a></li> 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