Australia, James Sheen Dowling, Judges, Biography, Australian Biography 

"Written in 1890, James Sheen Dowling's Reminiscences provide unpretentious glimpses of middle-class life in 19th-century New South Wales. They are an entertaining, valuable and occasionally humorous record of our colonial past. Migrating here in 1828 when his father was appointed a judge in New South Wales, James Sheen Dowling went to school in Sydney and paints vivd pictures of life in the city and suburbs in the 1830's. After a decade in England, he returned to practise as a barrister in 1845. He was appointed Police Magistrate of Sydney during the goldrush, promoted to Crown Prosecutor of the colony, and then to District Court judge in 1859. For the next 30 years, he intersped life in Sydney with regular tours of New South Wales on circuit. Occasionally, there are trips overseas. He writes in unaffected, entertaining fashion of the many places he visited and people he met. He gives first-hand accounts of ceremonial events, such as his father's opening of the first Circuit Courts at Maitland and Norflk Island, and historical curiosities such as the abortive colony of North Australia, and includes biographical portraits of several leading figures." - Voila 

Editor's note
Preface
Chapter 1 - Appointment of Mr Justice Dowling...
Chapter 2 - Sent to school...
Chapter 3 - Mr Justice Dowling presides at the first Circuit Court held at Maitland...
Chapter 4 - My rambles through old Sydney
Chapter 5 - Chief Justice Forbs
Chapter 6 - Chief Justice Dowling...
Chapter 7 - Mr Justice Stephen...
Chapter 8 Voyage to England in 1836...
Chapter 9 - Return to colony...
Chapter 10 - Appointed police magistrate...
Chapter 11 - Courts of Quarter sessons in 1857 and 1858...
Chapter 12 - Parramatta...
Chapter 13 - General view of Courts...
Chapter 14 - Leave for England...
Chapter 15 - Personal incidents wen travelling to Dubbo, Moruya, Eden, Dugog, Penrith, Paterson and Young...
Chapter 16 - Resided at Bathurst...
Chapter 17 - St James Church...
Chapter 18 - Sir James Martin
Chapter 19 - Honolulu...
Chapter 20 - New Zealand...
Chapter 21 - Receive addresses from both branches of the profession...
Biographical reference
Index 

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"Published by the Federation Press with the assistance of the Law Foundation of New South Wales."
Includes bibliographical references and index.