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WOOTTEN, John Halden


Chairman 1976-1980


Born: 19 December 1922
 
John Wootten
 
Supreme Court Judge (NSW): 1973-1983
Queen’s Counsel: 1966
Admitted to Bar (NSW): 1949
University of New South Wales: Dean and Foundation Professor of Law, 1969-1973; Hon Visiting Professor of Law, since 1988
Australian School of Pacific Administration: Senior Lecturer in Law, 1946-1951
New South Wales Institute Technology: Chancellor, 1980-1988; Deputy Chancellor, 1978-1980; Member of Council, 1975-1978
Native Title Tribunal: Deputy President, 1994-1997
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission: Commissioner, 1988-1991
Australian Conservation Foundation: President, 1984-1988
Australian Press Council: Chairman, 1984-1986
ANZAAS: President, 1974-1975
Aboriginal Legal Service: President, 1970-1973
Law Association for Asia and Western Pacific: Secretary General, 1967-1973
New Guinea Committee Law Council Australia: Chairman, 1966-1968; Member, 1963-66
Honours: AC, 1990
 
Previous Chairman
(C L D Meares)

 
Go to the History part of this website for more information on the history of the Commission.




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