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for its foundation. The International Who's Who: 1984/85, 2004, "William Ah Ket - Building Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936*", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Ah_Ket&oldid=1136723876, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 20:35. The act expressly discriminated against the Chinese and prohibited after-hours work in a factory or work-room where furniture was made or where any Chinese person was at any time employed. "Obviously there's not a White Australia policy as such against Chinese migrants," she says. So commences the biography of William Ah Ket [] in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.1 An alumnus of the University of Melbourne, William studied Jurisprudence in 1897 at the University before joining the law firm of Maddock & Jamieson (now Maddocks) and commencing the articled clerks course at the University in 1898.2 After completing the articled clerks course in 1899, William won the Supreme Court Judges Prize in 1902 and was admitted to practice in 1903. A former partner of Linklaters Shanghai, Andrew Godwin teaches law at Melbourne Law School in Australia, where he is an associate director of its Asian Law Centre. * Associate Director (Asian Commercial Law), Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School. and friendship between the West and the East led him to accept community, such as Quong Tart in Sydney and Cheok Hong. Gertrudewas born on July 11 1887, in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia. youthful experience in 'bridging' the two worlds of East and 8Citing Toylaan Ah Ket, William Ah KetBuilding Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936 (Chinese Studies Association of Australia, Macquarie University, July 1995) at 9. 10William Ah Ket Scholarship 2019, Program (9 October 2019). He was also active in political groups which lobbied on behalf of the Chinese-Australian community against the legal supply of opium, and laws which imposed restrictions on Chinese laundry workers and furniture-makers. "If you think about someone who's a first-generation Australian trying to break into a white, Anglo-Saxon dominated legal profession, it would've taken a fair bit of work to build up his reputation, get to be known and respected," he says. He completed his articles with the solicitors Maddison & the subject of 'Reconciliation between Eastern and Western Keblem kirja ken l a trnjn S eg nap oj okatlan, jti jkedv Emelget a fldrl, vg rzetekkel. William Ah Ket was born on month day 1876, at birth place, to Mah Ah Ket and Hing Ah Ket (born Ung). "He probably would've seen people that were junior to him progress past him in that career and of course that would've been disappointing to see that, and not be afforded the same opportunities as everyone else," he says. 8Citing Toylaan Ah Ket, William Ah KetBuilding Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936 (Chinese Studies Association of Australia, Macquarie University, July 1995) at 9. He added, "A certain prejudice among clients against having a Chinese barrister to an extent limited his practice, though instructing solicitors thought very well of him". In its decision, the High Court found that if the immigration legislation had intended to remove the rights of citizenship, it should have expressed its intention clearly. The dictation test required all immigrants from China to write in English a passage of not less than 50 words that was dictated by a customs officer. My research into William Ah commencedKet in October 2019. to win the reluctant approval of the bench with his propensity The toast was proposed by Charles Lowe (later Sir Charles Lowe), then a justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and subsequently Chancellor of Melbourne University between 1941 and 1954, and was also supported by Justice Owen Dixon of the High Court and Professor Kenneth Bailey, then Dean of Melbourne Law School.5 Interestingly, William had appeared in cases as senior to Lowe and as junior to Dixon before they were elevated to the bench. 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Please send any press releases, deal announcements, details of new hires, newsletters and any other news items to: Copyright 2022 Vantage Asia Publishing Limited. The first barrister of Chinese descent practising at the Victorian Bar was William Ah Ket. Celebrating Asian Australian Lawyers: From William Ah Ket to Today, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ah-ket-william-4979, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd81c6e4b074b4a339bb2e/t/, https://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/5/5/1/public/stories/wahket.htm, https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/145813/2/Morrison%20Oration%2002.pdf. William's personal interests were widely diversified. Supplied: William Ah Ket's descendants Topics: history , laws , melbourne-3000 Top Stories 'Total deviousness': Witnesses recount 'suspicious' inferno in the Luna Park Ghost Train 'If you're offered it, take it': Government backs AstraZeneca despite blood clot concerns The biography of Joan Rosanove QC, an alumna of Melbourne Law School and the first Jewish woman in Australia to be admitted as a barrister, contains the following reference to a light-hearted discussion between William and Joan: A Melbourne barrister, Mr Ah Ket, a friend of Marks [Joans father], said to her, You and I have both chosen the wrong profession, Joan. He became the leading Chinese in the district and a respected member of the Wangaratta community. By Andrew GodwinAssociate Director (Asian Commercial Law), Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School. choice would be a controversial play at The Little Theatre, An alum of the University of Melbourne, William studied jurisprudence in 1897 before joining law firm Maddock & Jamieson (now Maddocks) and commencing the articled clerks course at the University in 1898. to learn the cultural traditions of ancient China, and to his tertiary studies at Melbourne University, William received light opera or a Gladys Moncrief musical . His father had arrived in Victoria in 1855 and after some years on the goldfields established one of the earliest tobacco-farms on the King River. Neither of us will ever be made a judge, you because you are a woman. Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. Occasionally their 16Isabel Carter,Woman in a Wig: Joan Rosanove, QC (Lansdowne Press, 1970), 13. Australia's first Asian lawyer, William Ah Ket, who battled racism and achieved landmark victories, and how his legacy lives on Chinese-Australian barrister and lawyer William Ah Ket was known. of Commerce to represent Victoria at the Conference of Overseas It is fitting and proper that this scholarship is named for him.9, In the program notes, the recipient of the 2019 William Ah Ket Scholarship, Ms Tienyi Long, Legal and Governance Officer at Glen Eira City Council, Victoria writes that [l]awyers, courts and legislators continue to grapple with the question of how equal justice can be achieved for diverse communities in a multifaceted and increasingly complex societydiversity intelligence is an essential skill to facilitate equal access to justice for diverse communitiesit should be included as part of mandatory continuing professional development requirements under the Legal Profession Uniform Law.10. Sir Colin envisaged a lectureship that His father had in China and towards the Pacific nations including Australia. Educated in both English andChinese cultures, he agitated against racialintolerance in Victoria and defended the rightsof Victoria`s Chinese community. His father had taken him to China when he was about five years old. Toylaan, the youngest daughter, died in 2015 at the age of 94. He said that "William Ah Ket did not ever sit on the Bench, though he would have been a very competent judge. Maddocks also announced on Monday that CEO David Newman has been named to the judging panel for the 2021 William Ah Ket Scholarship, an initiative launched by the Asian Australian Lawyers Association (AALA) in honour of the first Asian-Australian barrister in the country. In a passage that is still recognised as current law in Australia, Justice OConnor stated as follow: It isimprobable that the legislature would overthrow fundamental principles, infringe rights, or depart from the general system of law, without expressing its intention with irresistible clearness13. including Carole Hinchcliff, helping me with my researchfor into William Ah Ket and also for promoting William's legacy and story generally. in Wangaratta, William Ah Ket continued his regular attendance Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. The views and and president of the Nam Pon Soon Society, and a committee William Ah Ket became a leading figure in the Chinese Australian president of the Australian-Chinese Association, co-founder Chinese under the umbrella of the White Australia Policy, He is also believed to be the first Chinese barrister to practise in Australia. 1John Lack, Ah Ket, William (1876 1936),Australian Dictionary of Biography, available athttp://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ah-ket-william-4979. Photographs supplied by Chris McLaughlin / Alistair Boyd / Sandra Brown / John Huth, Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au, Monument Australia 2010 - 2023 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - Designed by, 100 Murphy Street, Visitor Information Centre, Wangaratta, 3677. 1901. Make a life-giving gesture In its decision, the High Court found that if the immigration legislation had intended to remove the rights of citizenship, it should have expressed its intention clearly. "That's even before we have female lawyers coming into the profession.". He believed his objective [1] Completing this course in 1899, William won the Supreme Court Judges Prize in 1902 and was admitted to practice in 1903. Maureen Bedford - Great-niece of William Ah Ket, Vivienne Davis- Great-niece of William Ah Ket, Reynah Tang- Lawyer and founding president of Asian Australian Lawyers Association, Toylaan Ah Ket- Daughter of William Ah Ket, Blossom Ah Ket- Great-granddaughter of William Ah Ket, The Chinese and the Factories Acts by William Ah Ket,1906, The Measure of the Years by Sir Robert Menzies, 1970. of Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital. who had made such a worthy contribution to the history of 820 Drummond Street Carlton North VIC 3054. For example, in addition to a busy life at the bar, William Ah Ket spent time as a diplomat, serving as acting consul-general for China in 1913-1914 and in 1917. He fought against the requirements of the 1907 Factories (Employment of Chinese) Act, which discriminated against . Whatever the challenges that William faced during his sixty years, there is no doubt that his life was one of diversity and service. William Ah Ket (, 20 June 1876 6 August 1936) was a noted Australian barrister. well as a tobacco-grower, store-keeper, and property owner. His great grand-daughter, Blossom Ah Ket, recalls a family story of a white Australian man taunting the barrister on a train on the way to court. government's repeated attempts in 1904, 1905 and 1907 to make See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover William's . William's father, Mah Ket, was one of Australia's earliest tobacco farmers. Prior to completing his tertiary studies at Melbourne University, William received a full primary and secondary education in Wangaratta's public schools. James_Michael, Hm qua, lc 22:28. William Ah Ket (1876-1936), barrister, was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, only son and fifth child of Ah Ket, storekeeper and grower and buyer of tobacco, and his wife Hing Ung, who were married in Melbourne in 1864. Contact Us, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7. Chinese called by Dr. Sun Yat Sen to attend the first National William Ah Ket made history when he signed the bar roll. The keynote address is delivered by Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia, the Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, who makes the following comments: By all accounts, Mr Ah Ket was a remarkable man. While there he won a prize of 40 pounds from the Supreme Court in 1902. William Ah Ket was Australia's first barrister of Asian heritage or ethnicity, born in Victoria in 1876. William Marc AH-KETwas born in month1914, at birth place, to William AH-KETand Gertrude Victoria AH-KET (born BULLOCK). William Shakespeare Romeo s Jlia 5. in Chisholm Street. On returning to Australia, he was threatened with deportation when he failed the dictation test that the law required "prohibited immigrants" to take. 14See Toylaan Ah Ket, William Ah Ket - Building Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936 (paper delivered at the Conference of the Chinese Studies Association in Australia held at Macquarie University on 5 July 1995), available at https://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/5/5/1/public/stories/wahket.htm. [2] William stayed involved with the University and was elected the President of the Law Students Society on 19 April 1907. We should have done Medicine.16, There are many more interesting stories and facts that one could relate about William and his legacy. Ah Kets legal team successfully proved that he was not a prohibited immigrant. So begins the biography of William Ah Ket [] in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Their father said "the boys were teasing her and boys tend to do that". for reciting pithy quotations from either Shakespeare, Robby 7Citing Sir Robert Menzies,The Measure of the Years (Cassell Australia, 1970) at 249. After living in China for many years, he returned to Australia as an adult, but was treated as a prohibited immigrant because he failed a dictation test imposed by the immigration legislation at the time. Australia's first Chinese barrister William Ah Ket was born in the Victorian country town of Wangaratta. The reason why the Chinese laundry owner had been charged was that a Chinese man had been found in the laundry between 9 and 10 pm at night ironing a shirt, apparently in breach of the after-hours work prohibition. William Ah Ket - A Life of Diversity and Service Andrew Godwin* William Ah Ket (1876-1936), barrister, was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, only son and fifth child of Ah Ket, storekeeper and grower and buyer of tobacco, and his wife Hing Ung, who were married in Melbourne in 1864. His father, Ah Ket, and mother, Hing Ung, had established one of the first tobacco farms on the King River. Ah Kets legal team successfully proved that he was not a prohibited immigrant. Both William Ah Ket and his wife were music-lovers and regular specifically exclude the Chinese from gaining a livelihood William Ah Ket was Australia's first barrister of Asian heritage or ethnicity, born in Victoria in 1876. William Penrod Davis, age 80+, lives in Eagle Mountain, UT. William was educated in Wangaratta, and on gaining his matriculation in the furniture-making trade. William Ah Ket was educated at Wangaratta High School and was also taught at home by a Chinese tutor. After completing his secondary education, he studied law at the University of Melbourne, and joined the law firm of Maddock & Jamieson (now Maddocks). His witticisms were aimed less to disarm the witness than After living in China for many years, he returned to Australia as an adult but was treated as a prohibited immigrant because he failed a dictation test imposed by the immigration legislation at the time. place in The Stand during the season of The Oaks, the Caulfield [1][2] His daughter Melaan was the mother of the guitarist John Williams. Chen, and in 1933 the to Australia, William Ah Ket was appointed as Acting Consul-General William stayed involved with the University and was elected the President of the Law Students Society on 19 April 1907.4 Some 20 years later, in 1929, William supported a toast in favour of Sir Harrison Moore, the third Dean of Melbourne Law School, at a dinner hosted by the Law Students Society to mark Sir Harrisons retirement in 1927. could well be achieved if the Morrison Lectureship Foundation Dear Monument Australia visitors, we are a self-funded, non-profit organisation, dedicated to recording monuments throughout Australia. member of Melbourne's See Yup Society. 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"She never saw her children raised, she never was never able to live in the community like her husband or anything," Vivienne says. He has the lucky number of 88 on the Victorian Bar roll. Last night, things came full circle when I attended the launch of the 2019 William Ah Ket Scholarship at the Chinese Museum in Melbourne. Guidelines for the Lectureship had been initially proposed Williamwas born on June 20 1876, in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. Liu in Sydney who both obtained generous financial support This included a number of cases, Bishop v Chung Brothers, Potter v Minahan and Ingham v Hie Lee, that involved challenges to legislation that discriminated against those of Chinese origin. The reason why the Chinese laundry owner had been charged was that a Chinese man had been found in the laundry between 9 and 10pm at night ironing a shirt, apparently in breach of the after-hours work prohibition. Though the law was not dismantled until the 1970s, Mr Tang says it was a significant case at a time when there were active political attempts to limit Chinese immigration to Australia. His father, Ma Ket [], had arrived in Victoria in 1855 to work as a community leader for the Chinese workers in the goldfields of Victoria. Ah Ket appeared in another High Court case called Potter v Minahan.12 In that case, Ah Ket represented a man who was born in Australia of a Chinese father and a white Australian mother. In addition, the gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of memorabilia about him. [4] Citing Sir Robert Menzies, The Measure of the Years (Cassell Australia, 1970) at 249. Despite these achievements, William Ah Ket's story is little-known. He was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, the only son and fifth child of Mah Ket and Hing Ung. of Germany's fascism and Japan's expanding military aggression "He famously won the case that day and then went over afterwards and put on a stereotype Chinese accent and said: 'How you likey my cross-examination?'" was a founding member and Grand Master of the East Caulfield English-born forebears had migrated to Australia from Cheshire agitate against the Immigration Restriction Act in We will never satisfy our ambitions. - either Her Majesty's or the Princess Theatre - for a Melba After reading with (Sir) Stewart McArthur, of their happy marriage with a small party at a Chinese banquet So how is it that such a pioneering lawyer of Chinese descent is not more widely known? 6Citing Karin Derkley, William Ah Ket Legacy Recognised (2018) 92(3) Law Institute Journal 83 at 83, 84. as the local 'mandarin' and Law Courts Interpreter, and prospered Published: TueTue 28 Feb 2023 at 12:00am/with Kirsti Melville, Published: 21 Feb 2023Tue 21 Feb 2023 at 12:00am/with Kirsti Melville, Published: 14 Feb 2023Tue 14 Feb 2023 at 12:00am/with Kirsti Melville, Published: 7 Feb 2023Tue 7 Feb 2023 at 12:00am/with Kirsti Melville. William was born in the Victorian country town of Wangaratta in 1876, the son of Mah Ket, who arrived from Canton during the gold rush, and his wife Hing Ung. Each data center building is the size of a modern day aircraft carrier, nearly four football fields long. Sir Robert Menzies practised with William in Selborne Chambers. This article commemorates the life of William Ah Ket, Australias first barrister of Chinese descent. Wu was born in the Straits Settlement in 1842. Toylaan remembered his final words: "Unity is strength.". He acquired a considerable reputation as a negotiator of settlements. Blossom says her great grand-father's little-known story is still relevant to contemporary Australia. Neither of us will ever be made a judge, you because you are a woman. Ah Kets legal team successfully proved that the Chinese man was not an employee of the laundry but instead a boarder at the laundry who had simply been ironing his own shirt! "There was definitely a fresh wave of discrimination that was being put in place," she says. barrister to practice in Melbourne. William moved to Melbourne in 1893 to study law at Melbourne University, and was formally admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1904. 10William Ah Ket Scholarship 2019, Program (9 October 2019). William Ah Ket (1876-1936), barrister, was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, only son and fifth child of Ah Ket, storekeeper and grower and buyer of tobacco, and his wife Hing Ung, who were married in Melbourne in 1864. He died on 6 August 1936 of arteriosclerosis and renal failure at Malvern, Victoria. He visited China in 1912-13 as the delegate of the Victorian Chinese Chamber of Commerce to participate in the election of overseas Chinese to the new parliament of the Republic. Despite his high profile and achievements, it would seem that others were advanced while he was not.6 He was neither appointed Silk nor a judge. It is timely to commemorate Williams life because a photo of William will soon be unveiled in the Portrait Gallery of the Victorian Bar in Melbourne, Australia. in 1982 and is currently writing the biography of her father. He established a committee to oppose the proposed Immigration Restriction Act and he was also active in the Anti-Opium League of Victoria which attempted to bring about social reform among Chinese in Australia and abroad. He was also the acting consul-general for China in 1913-14 and in 1917. "That's why his story's so important to us.". 3See William Lye OAM, Introduction to William Ah Ket at the Victorian Bar and Scholarship (William Ah Ket Inaugural Scholarship Launch at Maddocks, 21 November 2017), available athttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd81c6e4b074b4a339bb2e/t/5a1409caf9619a97a1396f77/1511262667464/WILLIAM+AH+KET+launch.pdf. Press, 1970 ) at 249 a negotiator of settlements 4 ] Citing sir Robert Menzies the. 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