| Description |
xxi, 474 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Boy from Geraldton--Lawyer or Padre?--Prosecutor--Crown advocate, church moderator and family man--Solicitor-General--High Court--Mabo and more--President--Royal Commission, reconciliation and rights--Bringing them home--In the eye of the storm--Advocate till the end--Serious retirement and the man |
| Summary |
Orphaned as a child and brought up by a housekeeper, Sir Ronald left school at fourteen to earn a living as a messenger in the local Geraldton courthouse, before subsequently enjoying a meteoric rise in the legal profession to become a Justice in the highest court in Australia. Best known for Bringing Them Home (his moving and controversial 1997 report on the 'Stolen Generations' of Aboriginal children), Sir Ronald was also Crown Prosecutor in a number of high profile, important criminal and civil cases, including the trials of Eric Cooke (the last man hanged in Western Australia), John Button and Darryl Beamish |
| Analysis |
Australia. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - Biography |
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Human rights workers - Australia - Biography |
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Judges - Australia - Biography |
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Lawyers - Australia - Western Australia - Biography |
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Murdoch University - Presidents - Biography |
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Uniting Church in Australia - Presidents - Biography |
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Wilson, Ronald, Sir, 1922- |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 439-458 |
| Subject |
Wilson, Ronald Darling, Sir, 1922-2005
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Wilson, Ronald Darling, Sir., 1922-2005
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Wilson, Ronald, Sir, 1922-
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Wilson, Ronald, Sir, f2-
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Australia. High Court. Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen and others
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Australia. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission -- Biography.
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Australia. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
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Murdoch University -- Presidents -- Biography.
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Murdoch University. Chancellor (1980-1995 : Wilson) -- Biography
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Uniting Church in Australia -- Presidents -- Biography.
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Judges -- Australia -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2007534801 |
| ISBN |
9780980296419 (paperback) |
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