Anne Winckel grew up on a farm near the Coorong in South Australia, and she attended Meningie Area School from grade one to year twelve. Anne's father was a farmer who also loved to sail, and Anne regularly went fishing and sailing with her dad - often off Yorke Peninsula. Anne went to university to study Arts (because she loved literature and history) and Law (because her teachers said she talked so much!). Anne then became a high school teacher (teaching English, History and Legal Studies). Anne subsequently became a university lecturer, and despite qualifying to practise law, she later became a legal recruitment consultant. She eventually established her own legal and executive search firm, Delta Partners, in Melbourne. Prior to her career in recruitment, Anne lectured at various universities in South Australia and subsequently at the University of Melbourne. During her time within the Law Faculty at the University of Melbourne, Anne completed her Masters thesis by research in Constitutional Law. Throughout her academic career, Anne was involved in the Australian Republic Debate where she assisted in organising two Women's Constitutional Conventions. Anne was previously on the Board of Australian Women Lawyers.
