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One brief interval : a memoir / by Edward Woodward.
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Publication details:
Melbourne : The Miegunyah Press, 2005.
Record id:
25611
Author:
Series:
Miegunyah volumes.
Subject:
Woodward, Albert Edward, -- Sir, -- 1928-.
Judges -- Australia -- Biography.
Contents:
Acknowledgements
1928 to 1949: At first the infant
And then the schoolboy
The war years
And then the lover
Byway 1: then a soldier
The 1950s: First steps in the law and matrimony
Called to the Bar
Byway 2: my short political career
Life at the Bar to 1957
Inquiries and Royal Commissions 1955-62
Obscenity 1957-69
The 1960s: Moving into industrial law
Byway 3: law of torts lectures 1962-70
National Wage Cases 1962-65
Taking silk and appearing for the Commonwealth
The recognition of Aboriginal land rights
The stevedoring industry 1965-72
Byway 4: family affairs
The 1970s: My final years at the Bar
And then the Justice
Byway 5: the landowner
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Land Rights in the Northern Territory 1973-74
The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
ASIO: out of the blue
Nailing my colours to the mast
The back corridors of power
The proper role of ASIO
Liaising with other intelligence services
The new accountability
Byway 6: family affairs
The 1980s: Under attack: the Royal Commission into Australian Meat Industry 1981-82
My return to the Federal Court
Byway 7: community work
The 1990s: Tricontinental Royal Commission 1991-93
A new role: chancellor of the University of Melbourne
The balancing act
On David Pennington and finding his replacement
On Alan Gilbert and his initiatives
Shaking hands
Controversies for the Council
Final years a chancellor
Into the twenty-first century: The sixth stage
Family affairs to 2004
Byway 8: blind alleys
On reflection.
Note:
Inlcudes index.
ISBN:
0522851630
Phys. description:
xii, 310 p.