Bishop grew up on an apple and cherry orchard in Basket Range . The year before she was born , it was burned to the ground in the Black Sunday bushfires . Bishop began her education at Basket Range Primary School and later attended St Peter 's Collegiate Girls ' School in Adelaide . She was the head prefect in her final year . Bishop went on to study law at the University of Adelaide . She worked two part-time jobs as a barmaid while at university — one at Football Park and one at a pub in Uraidla . She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1978
Black Sunday bushfires
Black Sunday bushfires
Julie Bishop