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State Library of New South Wales

Stacey Dowson and Mary Turco, Dowson Turco Lawyers,15/568–574 King Street, 21 Feruary 2013

a8817 Online No. 34

"At the firm’s core is a belief in equality for everyone."

Dowson Turco lawyers represent the LGBTQI community. It is well located, considering St Peters, Newtown, Erskineville and Enmore have the highest proportions of same-sex female couples in Sydney.

Ada Evans was Australia’s first female law graduate: she was awarded a Bachelor of Laws by the University of Sydney in 1902. However women couldn't practise law in Australia until 1918.

This law firm has its own resident Goth lawyer, who is known for her fierce shoe collection.