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From 1995 to 1998 Sir William Kearney was an acting judge of the [[Supreme Court of New South Wales]] under an exchange agreement.<ref>[http://jca.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2005-French_Paper.pdf Justice Robert French, Judicial Conference of Australia 2005 Colloquium Papers Judicial Exchange – Debalkanising the Courts, 4 September 2005] . Retrieved 25 June 2017</ref> |
From 1995 to 1998 Sir William Kearney was an acting judge of the [[Supreme Court of New South Wales]] under an exchange agreement.<ref>[http://jca.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2005-French_Paper.pdf Justice Robert French, Judicial Conference of Australia 2005 Colloquium Papers Judicial Exchange – Debalkanising the Courts, 4 September 2005] . Retrieved 25 June 2017</ref> |
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He is married to Jessie Kearney, who was a Green Party candidate for Port Darwin in the 1990 Northern Territory General Election. Her father<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=i9rHAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT292&lpg=PT292&dq=luther+yung+australia+chinese+friendship+society&source=bl&ots=keTKRvcDNW&sig=ACfU3U2fXglc5jX7gzl7EjpSaWC-PcTtOA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjN_u2yz_jjAhVS4nMBHZ-9BMwQ6AEwAXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=luther%20yung%20australia%20chinese%20friendship%20society&f=false|title=Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia|last=Fitzgerald|first=John|date=2012|publisher=UNSW Press|isbn=9781742240503|language=en}}</ref> was the second President of The Australia China Friendship Society<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://acfs.com.au/nt/our-history/|title=Our History – ACFS Northern Territory Branch|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>, and she was President of its Northern Territory Branch. Her grandfather was a member of [[Sun Yat-sen|Sun Yatsen]]’s first cabinet. Her uncle was the journalist Vivian Yung Chow.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=VCUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=vivian+yung+australia+chinese&source=bl&ots=HWoprIfZRr&sig=ACfU3U3nmNEO0EIUpDk8uuDkGPq8jgqeZA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8qpSS0PjjAhWW7nMBHYeDBWoQ6AEwBHoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=vivian%20yung%20australia%20chinese&f=false|title=Australians in Shanghai: Race, Rights and Nation in Treaty Port China|last=Loy-Wilson|first=Sophie|date=2017-02-24|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781317631842|language=en}}</ref> She herself was a social worker and member of the Red Cross<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kearney|first=Jessie|last2=Giese|first2=Diana|date=1996|title=Lady Jessie Kearney interviewed by Diana Giese|url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2869720|journal=Post-war Chinese Australians oral history project}}</ref>. |
He is married to Jessie Kearney, who was a Green Party candidate for Port Darwin in the 1990 Northern Territory General Election. Her father<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=i9rHAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT292&lpg=PT292&dq=luther+yung+australia+chinese+friendship+society&source=bl&ots=keTKRvcDNW&sig=ACfU3U2fXglc5jX7gzl7EjpSaWC-PcTtOA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjN_u2yz_jjAhVS4nMBHZ-9BMwQ6AEwAXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=luther%20yung%20australia%20chinese%20friendship%20society&f=false|title=Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia|last=Fitzgerald|first=John|date=2012|publisher=UNSW Press|isbn=9781742240503|language=en}}</ref> was the second President of The Australia China Friendship Society<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://acfs.com.au/nt/our-history/|title=Our History – ACFS Northern Territory Branch|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>, and she was President of its Northern Territory Branch. Her grandfather was a member of [[Sun Yat-sen|Sun Yatsen]]’s first cabinet. Her uncle was the journalist Vivian Yung Chow.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=VCUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=vivian+yung+australia+chinese&source=bl&ots=HWoprIfZRr&sig=ACfU3U3nmNEO0EIUpDk8uuDkGPq8jgqeZA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8qpSS0PjjAhWW7nMBHYeDBWoQ6AEwBHoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=vivian%20yung%20australia%20chinese&f=false|title=Australians in Shanghai: Race, Rights and Nation in Treaty Port China|last=Loy-Wilson|first=Sophie|date=2017-02-24|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781317631842|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newtheatrehistory.org.au/wiki/index.php/Person_-_Vivian_Chow|title=Person - Vivian Chow - New Theatre History Wiki|website=newtheatrehistory.org.au|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> She herself was a social worker and member of the Red Cross<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kearney|first=Jessie|last2=Giese|first2=Diana|date=1996|title=Lady Jessie Kearney interviewed by Diana Giese|url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2869720|journal=Post-war Chinese Australians oral history project}}</ref>. |
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He and his wife retired to Northland in New Zealand. |
He and his wife retired to Northland in New Zealand. |
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Revision as of 15:40, 10 August 2019
Sir William John Francis Kearney KBE[1] (born 1935) is a retired Australian judge who served with distinction in Papua New Guinea and the Northern Territory.
Career
William Kearney was born in 1935. He graduated in law from the University of Sydney and University College London. He worked as a solicitor in New South Wales from 1959 before moving to Papua New Guinea (at that time a territory of Australia) in 1963, where he was a barrister and solicitor with the Papua New Guinea Government Legal Services 1963-72.[2] He was an official member of the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea and Executive Council 1972-73 and the Secretary of Law 1972-75. He held a dormant commission as High Commissioner of Papua New Guinea from 1973–75 and as Administrator in 1973.[3]
William Kearney was a member of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea 1976-82. In 1976 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government, for his services to the law in that country.[4][5] He was Chairman of the Parliamentary Salaries Tribunal from 1977–82, and Deputy Chief Justice 1980-82.[3] He was knighted in 1982 for services to law in Papua New Guinea, again on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government.[3][6][7]
In 1982 he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, serving until 1999.[3] He was also Aboriginal Land Commissioner 1982-87, and chairman of the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee 1982-90.[3] During his time as Commissioner, he had a prominent role in the Kenbi Land Claim.[8]
He was Deputy to the Administrator of the Northern Territory at the opening of the Parliament of the Northern Territory (7th Legislative Assembly) on 27 June 1994.[9]
From 1995 to 1998 Sir William Kearney was an acting judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales under an exchange agreement.[10]
He is married to Jessie Kearney, who was a Green Party candidate for Port Darwin in the 1990 Northern Territory General Election. Her father[11] was the second President of The Australia China Friendship Society[12], and she was President of its Northern Territory Branch. Her grandfather was a member of Sun Yatsen’s first cabinet. Her uncle was the journalist Vivian Yung Chow.[13][14] She herself was a social worker and member of the Red Cross[15].
He and his wife retired to Northland in New Zealand.
References
- ^ "Chief Ministers Reception to farewell Brendan Doran DFAT Director Darwin | The Stone Family in Australia". www.stonefamilyinaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2017
- ^ a b c d e Supreme Court of NT, Former Judges . Retrieved 25 June 2017
- ^ It's an Honour: CBE . Retrieved 25 June 2017
- ^ London Gazette, 12 June 1976 . Retrieved 25 June 2017
- ^ It's an Honour:Knight Bachelor. Retrieved 25 June 2017
- ^ London Gazette 49014
- ^ "The battle for Cox Peninsula - the Kenbi Land Claim 1975 - 2016". The Northern Myth. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ NT Parliament Hansard, 27 June 1994 . Retrieved 25 June 2017
- ^ Justice Robert French, Judicial Conference of Australia 2005 Colloquium Papers Judicial Exchange – Debalkanising the Courts, 4 September 2005 . Retrieved 25 June 2017
- ^ Fitzgerald, John (2012). Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia. UNSW Press. ISBN 9781742240503.
- ^ "Our History – ACFS Northern Territory Branch". Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Loy-Wilson, Sophie (24 February 2017). Australians in Shanghai: Race, Rights and Nation in Treaty Port China. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317631842.
- ^ "Person - Vivian Chow - New Theatre History Wiki". newtheatrehistory.org.au. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Kearney, Jessie; Giese, Diana (1996). "Lady Jessie Kearney interviewed by Diana Giese". Post-war Chinese Australians oral history project.
- Living people
- 1935 births
- Sydney Law School alumni
- Alumni of University College London
- Australian judges on the courts of Papua New Guinea
- Judges of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
- Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
- Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Australian Knights Bachelor
- Australian expatriates in Papua New Guinea