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Author Bennett, John Michael.

Title Sir William a'Beckett : first Chief Justice of Victoria, 1852-1857 / J.M. Bennett ; foreword, Michael Kirby
Published Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2001

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Description xiv, 130 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
regular print
Series Lives of the Australian Chief Justices
Lives of the Australian chief justices.
Contents 1. Running away from home -- 2. Moving to Melbourne -- 3. New colony: new chief justice -- 4. Eureka and beyond -- 5. A Sort of literary mania -- 6. Returning home
Summary Sir William a'Beckett: first Chief Justice of Victoria 1852 1857 (Lives of Australian Chief Justices)
Analysis Biography & autobiography (Victoria,Australia ) Courts & legal procedures
Biography & autobiography (Victoria,Australia ) Courts & legal procedures
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Tertiary/Undergraduate, General
Subject A'Beckett, William, 1806-1869.
Beckett, William, Sir, 1806-1869
Judges -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biography.
Biographies.
Author Kirby, M. D. (Michael Donald), 1939-
LC no. 2002392286
ISBN 1862874093 :