Patricia Hackett

She died as Dr Buller Murphy on 16 April 1965 at her home, also called "Lordello", in Kilsyth, Victoria, and was buried in Karrakatta, Western Australia.

Hackett began law studies at the University of Adelaide in 1925 without having passed in Latin, which was then a pre-requisite, and applied to enter her articles while deferring this examination.

[6] In 1933, as junior to Llandaff Brisbane Mathews (1896–1954), Hackett defended Salem Macksad, a Syrian storekeeper of Gilbert Street, who was accused of murdering his neighbour Richard Joseph Supple, with whose wife he had an illicit relationship.

This has been cited as the first time in Australia a woman lawyer has defended a male accused of a capital crime,[7] but appears to be the only high-profile case with which she was professionally involved.

[9] Her last sojourn on the island was cut short by the Pearl Harbor attack of 1941, when she and many other Australians including Mrs. Ragnar Hyne and Mrs. W. H. Baddeley, wife of the Bishop of Melanesia, were evacuated.

The venue, seating 150 persons, was previously a sales showroom with an entrance on Claridge Arcade and stage access from Rundle Street via a narrow right-of-way.

[12] She created a minor furore in September 1934 after receiving an adverse critique in The Advertiser over her performance in Geza Silberer's play Caprice.

In 1944, following her appearance in Gild the Mask Again, Max Harris wrote in On Dit (the University of Adelaide student newspaper) a strident critique of Patricia's histrionic style: We have now seen Miss Hackett as a Biblical dame, Virgin Mary, a Moon Woman, Salome, a Grey Sword, Queen Elizabeth, and a Renaissance wife.

Australia Theatre, Angas Street The Torch theatre, Gawler Place At Adelaide University's "The Hut" theatre, Patricia directed:[26] She gathered around her a dedicated and faithful group of disciples, including Hedley Cullen (1915–1994), a well-known baritone, Nancy Cullen (best known as a mezzo-soprano), Don Dunstan, Francis Flannagan (1912–), Mary Patricia "Patsy" Flannagan (1914–), Francis Gargaro, best known as Frank Gargro (1920– ), Ron Haddrick, Max Height, Audine Leith (née Cheek), Peter Leith, Kevin Manser (1925–2001), Stella Sobels (1900–1993), John Taylor, Iris Thomas and Lionel Williams.

Dubbed "Mocatta House", and whose history includes development by wine and distillation pioneer Wilhelm Nitschke,[31] it was controversially sold in 1994, as later were the artworks.

[37] The Patricia Hackett Prize, endowed in her memory, has been awarded by the University of Western Australia to the best original contribution to Westerly each year since 1965.