Garfield Barwick interviewed by Peter Coleman in the Law in Australian society oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 716652
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Barwick, Garfield, Sir, 1903-1997, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1995 Sept. 11
- 2 digital audio tapes (110 min.) ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in.
- Series:
- Law in Australian society oral history project.
- Summary:
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Rt Hon Sir Garfield Barwick, Chief Justice High Court of Australia, speaks of John Kerr's dismissal of the Whitlam Government in 1975, the debate over reserve powers, a Republic and the required Constitutional amendments, his period as Attorney-General, contrasting his matrimonial causes legislation with Murphy's later legislation, the Crimes Bill and the Petrov Royal Commission, being External Affairs Minister, the Dutch New Guinea issue, Sukarno, Diem and South Vietnam, Sihanouk and Cambodia, the Press, the Vietnam War and SEATO, Dean Rusk, the Telephone Interception Act, Sir Robert Menzies, Black Jack McEwen, the High Court and external affairs powers, High Court judicial review, appointment to the High Court, Lionel Murphy, Sir Owen Dixon, reviews of his book "A Radical Tory" by Sir Zelman Cowen, and Lee Kwan Yew.
- Biography/History:
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Barwick had a distinguished law and parliamentary career, was Chief Justice of the High Court 1964-81, Attorney-General 1958-63, Minister for External Affairs 1961-64, and held various other positions, incl. Chancellor of Macquarie University 1967-78 and Leader of the Australian Delegation to the United Nations between 1960 and 1964.
- Notes:
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- Recorded in North Turramurra, N.S.W.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-220607985
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Corrected transcript available (typescript, 37 leaves)
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