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Lauch of "Guardian of Your Rights: A History of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties"

3 March 2009
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

  • Speech by The Honourable Justice Peter D Applegarth
  • Speech by The Honourable Kerry Shine MP

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Serving their Country

30 June 2008
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

'Military Commissions - Should Australia have some?' by the Hon Justice H G Fryberg

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The Constitution Founders

12 June 2008
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

  • 'A Founding Father - Sir Samuel Griffith and the Australian Constitution' by the Hon Chief Justice Paul de Jersey
  • 'In Celebration of the Constitution' by the Hon Justice Patrick A Keane

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Judges on the Screen poster

Judges on the Screen: Popular Culture and the Representation of Judges

21 September 2007
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by the Hon Justice Glenn Martin

Queensland’s only Naval Prize Case

20 July 2007
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Oration by the Hon BH McPherson CBE

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Youth Advocacy Centre Celebrates 25 Years!

13 October 2006
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Oration by Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor of Queensland

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Trustees' statutory leasing powers and the execution of King Charles I poster

Trustees' statutory leasing powers and the execution of King Charles I

5 May 2006
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Professor W.A. Lee
Queensland Supreme Court Equal Treatment Benchbook

Queensland Supreme Court Equal Treatment Benchbook

15 March 2006
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Oration by the Hon Jon von Doussa QC, President Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
A Woman's Place poster

Launch of "A Woman's Place - 100 Years of Queensland Women Lawyers"

9 November 2005
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Birth of the Common Law poster

Birth of the Common Law

22 September 2005
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Professor R.C. van Caenegem

The Commission is a Different Place - the Origins of the Federal Arbitration System

16 September 2005
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Glenn Martin SC

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Lord Atkin poster

Lord Atkin - His Queensland Origins and Legacy

26 August 2005
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Gerard Carney
Music Masters in the Law poster

Music Masters in the Law

29 April 2005
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Hon Justice J.B. Thomas AM
Dundalli poster

Dundalli - ruthless murderer or resistance fighter? a story of racial conflict and Aboriginal resistance in 1840s Queensland

25 February 2005
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Stephen Sheaffe
Queensland Judges on the High Court

Queensland Judges on the High Court

3 December 2003
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Her Excellency the Governor of Queensland Ms Quentin Bryce AC

The Quartercentenary of Sir Walter Raleigh's Trial

21 November 2003
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Mr Anthony Morris QC

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"In Search of Steele Rudd" Opening Address

22 August 2003
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Associate Professor Richard Fotheringham

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Queensland’s Contribution to the High Court poster

Queensland’s Contribution to the High Court

29 March 2003
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Seminar exploring the contribution to Australian jurisprudence made by Queensland judges formerly on the High Court of Australia, notably Sir Samuel Griffith, KCMG GCMG (1903-19), Sir Harry Gibbs GCMG AC KBE (1981-87), and Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE (1995-98). It also celebrated the work of three Puisne Justices: Sir William Webb KBE (1946-58), Sir Charles Powers (1913-29) and the Hon Justice Ian Callinan (1998-present).

"Shaping Queensland: The Douglas, Lilley and Macrossan Families and the Contribution to Law, Politics and Society" Opening Address

28 February 2003
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

  • Introduction by Mr Robert Gotterson QC
  • Address by Mr Cedric E K Hampson AO RFD QC

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A Summer of Cricket: Snapshots of the Game poster

The gentleman's game: was it really cricket?

8 November 2002
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

  • Lecture by Mr Roger Traves
  • Commentary by Mr Ian Healy

The Queensland Criminal Code: From Italy to Zanzibar, Antecedents and Descendents - An Exploration of Ideas

19 July 2002
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Oration by the Rt Hon Sir Harry Gibbs GCMG AC KBE, former Chief Justice of Australia

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Human Rights Exhibition Closing Remarks

5 March 2002
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Oration by Ms Cherie Booth QC

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Early books on equity and their value in 21st Century Australia

20 July 2001
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Hon Mr Justice P W Young, Chief Judge in Equity at the Supreme Court of NSW

South African Judges and Human Rights

4 July 2001
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Hon Justice Ralph Zulman, Supreme Court of Appeal, South Africa

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Sir Samuel Griffith

Sir Samuel Griffith: The Law and the Constitution

31 March 2001
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Inaugural seminar held as part of the Court's Centenary of Federation celebrations. This gathering was attended more than a hundred members of the legal fraternity. Speakers including former Chief Justices of Australia and Queensland, current judges of the Supreme and High Courts and Australian legal scholars of high standing dealt with a great variety and depth of subject matter, covering some areas of Griffith's work not previously explored by scholars.

Q.S.G.Y. Lucinda Smoking Room replica

Official opening of the Q.S.G.Y. Lucinda Smoking Room replica

30 March 2001
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Oration by Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Bolton AO
Sir Noel Power SBS

Hong Kong - The Phoenix, Law and Life to the Handover and Beyond

16 February 2001
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Sir Noel Power SBS

Women in the Law in Queensland

24 November 2000
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

  • Welcoming address by Hon Paul de Jersey AC
  • Oration by Mrs Quentin Bryce AO

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Crises in Parliamentary Government

6 October 2000
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Hon Emeritus Professor K W Ryan CBE RFD QC

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Books In My Life

25 August 2000
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

Address by Hon Justice Ian Callinan, High Court of Australia

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The Supreme Court Library Rare Books Room Official Opening

11 February 2000
Banco Court, Level 2, Supreme Court

  • Welcoming remarks by the Hon Chief Justice Paul de Jersey
  • Speech by His Excellency the Governor of Queensland, Major General Peter Arnison AO
  • Inaugural oration by the Rt Hon Sir Harry Gibbs GCMG AC KBE

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