Author: GALBALLY, ANN. Title: Redmond Barry. An Anglo-Irish Australian.
Description: First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 228; 20 pages of illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, name on front endpaper otherwise a fine copy. Carlton; Melbourne University Press; 1995. Sir Redmond Barry was the pre-eminent figure in Melbourne during the middle years nineteenth century. A Supreme Court judge for thirty years, he was the founding and sustaining force behind the University of Melbourne, the Supreme Court Library, the Public Library, the National Gallery and the Museum. As social and cultural benefactor, he stands alone.
Keywords: Australian biography Australia Redmond Barry Irish local Victorian history Melbourne supreme court judge law
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