Margaret Jean White AO FAAL (born 4 June 1943) is a former Supreme Court of Queensland justice—the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Queensland.
She has also previously served as a law lecturer at the University of Queensland.
[1][2] In August 2016, White was appointed joint Commissioner with Mick Gooda for the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, replacing Brian Ross Martin.
[3] White became an inaugural member of the revived Women's Royal Australian Naval Service Reserve (WRANSR) in 1968.
[1] White was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2013 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to the judiciary and the law, through leadership in administration, contributions to education and law reform, and to the community of Queensland.