Legal History of Queensland : the Supreme Court fire of 1968 / The Hon Richard Chesterman.

Brisbane : Supreme Court Library Queensland, 2016

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Queensland. -- Supreme Court.

In the early hours of a cold Brisbane morning in 1968, David Bertram Brooks entered the unlocked front door of Queensland's historic Supreme Court. Resentful of the police and the justice system for his frequent arrests, Brooks made his way to the judges' chambers and set the building alight. In the days following the fire, judges, their associates, members of the legal profession and law students from The University of Queensland diligently searched through the charred rooms to salvage books, court records, artworks and personal effects.

Open access

The Hon Richard Chesterman AO RDF QC, 'Legal History of Queensland: the Supreme Court fire of 1968', 2016 Selden Society Lecture 6 given at the Banco Court, Brisbane, 24 Nov 2016

1 online resource (57 minutes, 16 seconds) : YouTube video

1 online paper (20 pages) : PDF