Early Life
Chapman was born in Kangaroo Island. One of seven children, Chapman attended Parndana Area School, and later attended Pembroke School in Adelaide following the departure of her mother at age 12. She studied a law degree at the University of Adelaide and graduated in 1979 as a barrister.
Chapman's father, Ted, was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian House of Assembly. A Liberal moderate, Ted was a member of the Steele Hall-led Liberal Movement faction in the 1970s and Agriculture Minister in the David Tonkin government. As a young girl, Chapman assisted her father in Liberal campaigns for office.
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