[Portrait of John Vincent Barry, aged 38, September 1941.] [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 2652237
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [1941]
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.7 x 15.4 cm.
- Series:
- Sir John Vincent Barry photograph collection.
- Summary:
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Photographs include portraits of Sir John Barry and his family and members of the legal fraternity.
- Biography/History:
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Barry was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1926. He joined the A.L.P. in 1939 and unsuccessfully stood for the Federal seat of Balaclava in 1943. In 1947 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria and in his early years on the bench specialised in criminal law. He led 2 delegations to United Nations congresses on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders. In 1960 he was appointed chairman of the U.N. congress that examined short-term imprisonment. Throughout his career he wrote extensively on criminal law for books and journal articles.
- Notes:
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- Condition: good.
- Part of a collection of photographs lent to the Library by Sir John Barry's family.
- Inscriptions: "Barry, J.V. -Collection. John Vincent Barry. September 1941 Aged 38. Barry Collection" --caption on negative bag.
- Title from inscription on negative bag.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136602477
- Related Material:
- Related material: Sir John Vincent Barry papers National Library of Australia Manuscripts section MS 2505
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This belongs to the Sir John Vincent Barry photograph collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1941
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