Lives of the Australian Chief Justices Sir William a'Beckett : first chief justice of Victoria 1852-1857
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1862874093
ISBN 13
9781862874091
DDC
347.0140
Category
Australia and New Zealand
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
xiv, 130 pages
Subject
Australian Biography
Series Name
Abstract
"In 1837 William a'Beckett, barrister, took his young family to Sydney in the colony of New South Wales. He left behind a repressed childhood, brutal schooling and an unyielding father said to be the model for Charles Dickens' Ralph Nickleby.
He had immediate, spectacular success at the Sydney bar, winning appointment as Resident Judge at Port Phillip (Melbourne) in 1846. He became the first Chief Justice of Victoria in 1852.
A leader of temperance movement a critic of the "excesses" of gold rush Melbourne, and an opponent of the demagoguery endemic in colonial politics, a'Beckett was fiercely criticized in the local press, most notably for bias in the Eureka trial over which he presided. This study shows the injustice of much of that and later criticism..."- Book jacket
He had immediate, spectacular success at the Sydney bar, winning appointment as Resident Judge at Port Phillip (Melbourne) in 1846. He became the first Chief Justice of Victoria in 1852.
A leader of temperance movement a critic of the "excesses" of gold rush Melbourne, and an opponent of the demagoguery endemic in colonial politics, a'Beckett was fiercely criticized in the local press, most notably for bias in the Eureka trial over which he presided. This study shows the injustice of much of that and later criticism..."- Book jacket
Description
Content:
1. Running away from home -- 2. Moving to Melbourne -- 3. New colony: new chief justice -- 4. Eureka and beyond -- 5. A Sort of literary mania -- 6. Returning home.
1. Running away from home -- 2. Moving to Melbourne -- 3. New colony: new chief justice -- 4. Eureka and beyond -- 5. A Sort of literary mania -- 6. Returning home.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xiv) and index.
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