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Dorothy Shea (librarian)

Dorothy Shea was an Australian librarian who was the Librarian of the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 1988 to 2016, president of the Australian Law Librarians' Association (ALLA) from 2004 to 2005, and the editor of the organisation's journal Australian Law Librarian from 2008 to 2012. She notably discovered and helped to preserve a large amount of original Tasmanian legislation.

Early life and education
Shea was born in Queensland and grew up on a farm on the bank of the Condamine River before moving to Toowoomba at age 16 to work for Southern Cross Windmills. After three years, she moved to Perth to start university. ==Career==
Career
At first, Shea worked as a teacher but said that "[i]t was not a success, either for the children or for me".