Fast forward 90 years to 9 October 2019 when an audience of some 50 persons are gathered in the Great Hall of the High Court of Australia to attend the third award ceremony for the William Ah Ket Scholarship a scholarship established by the Asian Australian Lawyers Association in 2017 and supported by Maddocks. The keynote address is delivered by the Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia, who makes the following comments: By all accounts, Mr Ah Ket was a remarkable man. So commences the biography of William Ah Ket [] in theAustralian 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. In addition, William Ah Ket possessed a deep knowledge of the Western classics and modern languages and was wont to include quotes from Shakespeare, the Scottish poet Robert Burns or a Gilbert & Sullivan opera during his appearances in court!17. The test required all immigrants from China to write in English or another European language a passage of approximately 50 words, dictated by a customs officer. West enabled him to become one of the few Chinese Australians William Ah Ket - A Life of Diversity and Service, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ah-ket-william-4979, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd81c6e4b074b4a339bb2e/t/5a1409caf9619a97a1396f77/1511262667464/WILLIAM+AH+KET+launch.pdf, 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. schools. That in itself was an "impressive feat", says Reynah Tang, the founding president of the Asian-Australian Lawyers' Association. Toylaan Margaret Allen,his last surviving child, passed away in New South Wales on 16th July 2015. He believed his objective Andrew Godwin is researching the life and times of William Ah Ket and is working with the descendants of the Ah Ket family for this purpose. would increase friendship and understanding between the people Noting that music had a peculiar charm for Confucius, he mused that had Confucius lived then, it is quite likely that he would have found in the music of the bagpipes something particularly stirring and satisfying to the soul.15 William would have had an affinity with bagpipes as his wife, Gertrude Bullock, was of Scottish descent. Maddocks CEO named judge for 2021 William Ah Ket Scholarship. OK BAGUS nama galih ayuningtyas nim 202210631013327 kelas pgsd09 elaborasi pemahaman topik teknologi baru di sini, adalah materi disajikan dalam bentuk lisan He went to the bar the following year and is widely understood to have become the first Australian lawyer of Chinese descent to practise as a barrister at the independent bar in Victoria. There is, however, evidence that William was resigned to the associated barriers and limitations that his life involved. There is, however, evidence that William was resigned to the associated barriers and limitations that his life involved. Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. and Cambridge respectively. "In the mid-1880s the colonies decided they were no longer going to naturalise Chinese, and then in 1903 that was enshrined in federal legislation. Following his youthful introduction to country horse-racing Sir Robert Menzies practised with William in Selbourne Chambers. 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. 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. 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. "But when it came to law, he knew very well what it was like to struggle and be poor and oppressed, so his sympathies were always on the side of the underdog.". and friendship between the West and the East led him to accept in Melbourne, publicly opposed discriminatory laws against It is named after William Ah Ket who became the first Australian barrister of Chinese origin in 1904. the social, business and sporting circles of Melbourne in William broke social barriers when he signed the bar roll in 1904 one paper described him as a "full-blooded, clever young Chinese" and built a reputation as a skilled barrister. William Ah Ket was chosen as delegate by the Chinese Chamber William Ah Ket was Australia's first Chinese Australian lawyer and, later, acting consul-general for China in Australia. At the age of 35, William was married at the Kew Methodist 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. He made several successful submissions opposing the Victorian 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. 16Isabel Carter,Woman in a Wig: Joan Rosanove, QC (Lansdowne Press, 1970), 13. - either Her Majesty's or the Princess Theatre - for a Melba Imagined by, Understanding internal and external evidence in interpretation of claims, Legal risks and strategies for ending a tenancy early, Tips for insolvency administration of NEEQ-listed companies, Applying estoppel, dedication rules in drug patent linkage dispute, Ongoing developments with follow-on antitrust lawsuits, Legal risks of one-day trip into SCSZs for deemed exports, Fees to please: Flexible and innovative fee structure for Hong Kong arbitration, Prerequisites, exemptions for fledgling personal bankruptcy system, Bankruptcy reorganisation: revealing an investment window, Save time and money with pre-reorganisation rescue planning. Contact Us, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7. After completing his secondary education, he studied law at the University of Melbourne, and joined the law firm of Maddock & Jamieson (now Maddocks). respect, not only within his legal fraternity, but within Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. Ah Ket appeared in another High Court case called Potter v Minahan,[9] where he represented a man born in Australia of a Chinese father and a white Australian mother. I haven't yet established who exactly it was that organised James Minahan's legal representation; the Chinese consulate began its operations the following year. William Ah Ket [] was born in Wangaratta in the state of Victoria, Australia, in 1876. 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". The keynote address is delivered by the Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia, who makes the following comments: By all accounts, Mr Ah Ket was a remarkable man. 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. [1] Helen Penrose, To Build a Firm: The Maddocks Story (Maddocks, 2010), 11[2] See 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 at https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd81c6e4b074b4a339bb2e/t/5a1409caf9619a97a1396f77/1511262667464/WILLIAM+AH+KET+launch.pdf. Occasionally their opinions expressed in these stories do not necessarily reflect those of La Trobe University He also appeared before Justice Lowe after he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria. 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. Williams, founder of the Spanish Guitar Centre in London, William Ah Ket in Selborne Chambers, Melbourne circa 1933.Source: http://monumentaustralia.org.au/. Sir Robert Menzies wrote that he and Mr Ah Ket "were great friends". Williamhad 3 siblings: Toylaan Margaret ALLEN (born AH-KET)and 2 other siblings. 7Citing Sir Robert Menzies, The Measure of the Years (Cassell Australia, 1970) at 249. [1][2] His daughter Melaan was the mother of the guitarist John Williams. That includes our servers. of Commerce to represent Victoria at the Conference of Overseas [3] Citing Karin Derkley, William Ah Ket Legacy Recognised (2018) 92(3) Law Institute Journal 83 at 83, 84. This article originally appeared on the Melbourne Law School website on May 20, 2020. William Ah Ket as a young man Source: by kind permission of the Ah Ket family, 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. "And if nobody had stood up, like William Ah Ket, to protest against them then they might've passed.". In addition to lobbying against discriminatory legislation, such as the Immigration Restriction Bill of 1901, William appeared in many cases that we would describe today as public interest cases. He was, by all accounts, a man of William was particularly active in the fight against racial discrimination. Associate Professor Andrew Godwin is researching the life and times of MLS alum William Ah Ket and is working with the descendants of the Ah Ket family for this purpose. He completed his articles with the solicitors Maddison & His mother, Hing Ung, had bound feet and spoke no English. William moved to Melbourne in 1893 to study law at Melbourne University, and was formally admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1904. 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. agitate against the Immigration Restriction Act in practice in Selbourne Chambers alongside such famous neighbours Dr Couchman says the changes William spoke out against were "very invasive". After his return Wangaratta Primary School, which William Ah Ket attended as a child.Source: Andrew Godwin. 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. Last night, things came full circle when I attended the launch of the 2019 William Ah Ket Scholarship at the Chinese Museum in Melbourne. 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. a keen if not always successful punter. would provide all Australians with a better knowledge of the 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. William had 4 sisters: Alberta Young (born Ah Ket) and 3 other siblings. Their eldest son William Ket MBBS became Deputy Superintendent William Ah Ket did not ever sit on the Bench, though he would have been a very competent judge. She was sent to the Beechworth Lunatic Asylum and diagnosed with mania when William was five, and she lived there until she died in 1896. In the past we have borne all the costs associated with maintaining the website but we are now having difficulties in paying the monthly expenses. Our data centers have been designed from the ground up to be some of the most efficient data centers in the world. as Arthur Deane, R.G. He also appeared before Justice Lowe after he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria. 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. In a passage that is still recognised as current law in Australia, Justice OConnor stated as follows: It is improbable that the legislature would overthrow fundamental principles, infringe rights, or depart from the general system of law, without expressing its intention with irresistible clearness [10], Despite the bamboo ceiling that William must have encountered during his life and career, it appears that his mission was to remove barriers and, as his daughter Toylaan Ah Ket wrote, to implement his personal philosophy of building bridges between the East and West.'[11]. the efforts of William Ah Ket in Melbourne and William J. NOTE: The author, Toylaan Ah Ket, is the daughter of William Ah Ket. Their youngest who had made such a worthy contribution to the history of He was in the front rank of pleaders and became renowned as a fine cross-examiner quietly spoken, courteous and shrewd and as an outstanding jury man. Cheong James_Michael, Hm qua, lc 22:28. arts, sciences, and history of the Chinese people. Make a life-giving gesture "Remembering William Ah Ket is about remembering these rights were fought for they weren't just given by the benevolent government," she says. Andrews new book is a compilation of China Business Law Journals popular Lexicon series, entitled China Lexicon: Defining and translating legal terms. [14] Karin Derkley, above n 6. He supported the creation of a committee to It was customary for them to celebrate the various anniversaries 1John Lack, Ah Ket, William (1876 1936),Australian Dictionary of Biography, available athttp://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ah-ket-william-4979. I because I am Chinese. [2] William stayed involved with the University and was elected the President of the Law Students Society on 19 April 1907. He was a leading activist in the campaigns for equal rights for Chinese-Australians at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment ran deep. community, such as Quong Tart in Sydney and Cheok Hong. K Tn : Cuong. Less is known about another person - Wu Ting Fang. of their happy marriage with a small party at a Chinese banquet William Ah Ket was Australia's first barrister of Asian heritage or ethnicity, born in Victoria in 1876. He died on 6 August 1936 of arteriosclerosis and renal failure at Malvern, Victoria. He advocated and promoted peaceful coexistence.8 His answer to the difficulties he faced appears to have been to succeed in what he did; to be a real part of the legal profession; to help others and to act at all times righteously, with courage and with kindness. 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. Over time the costs of maintaining this website have risen substantially (in fact they are probably larger than those of many companies who exist for profit). landing at Tarakan. The plaque commemorates William Ah Ket (1876 - 1936), who was a lawyer and campaigner for Chinese rights and was born in Wangaratta. La Trobe University 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. But he added: "But do not ever be intimidated or pushed down or give into people who would harass you or tease you and laugh at you. "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?'" ROMEO Ha az lom hzelked emnek Hinnem lehet, mindjrt rm knt rm. in Chisholm Street. "The borders of Australia have always been closed to people who aren't white Australians. 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. William Ah Ket also wrote articles and gave lectures in support In the lecture, William reflected on whether there was a real difference between the culture of the East and that of the West and drew parallels between Western culture and Confucianism. William was born in 1876, in the north-east Victorian town of Wangaratta one of eight children. 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. live, learn and work. William Ah Ket [] was born in Wangaratta in the state of Victoria, Australia, in 1876. Three years later, the untimely death of William Ah Ket brought He was a sound lawyer and a good advocate. Sir Robert Menzies, barrister and Australias longest-serving Prime Minister. 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. 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. On 16 November 1912 he married Gertrude Victoria Bullock at the Kew Methodist Church. Your information is being handled in accordance with the. '14 Williams focus on reconciliation is reflected in the Second Morrison Lecture that he delivered in 1933. Chinese people. "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. I am grateful for the opportunity of coming to know more about William Ah Ket. So how is it that such a pioneering lawyer of Chinese descent is not more widely known? Life [ edit] With paternal ancestry from Taishan, southern China, Ah Ket was Australia's first barrister of Asian heritage or ethnicity. William has 1 job listed on their profile. William was survived by his wife Gertrude Victoria (nee Bullock) and four children Dr. William, Stanley, Melaan and Toylaan. in Australia ended, he settled in Wangaratta to raise his The first barrister of Chinese descent practising at the Victorian Bar was William Ah Ket. as the local 'mandarin' and Law Courts Interpreter, and prospered of the Supreme Court and knights of the realm. Burns or Gilbert & Sullivan. This article commemorates the life of William Ah Ket, Australias first barrister of Chinese descent. Mah was born circa 1870, in China. '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. They had two sons (William and Stanley) and two daughters (Melaan and Toylaan). My father, William Ah Ket rose to prominence in the 1900s-1930s for reciting pithy quotations from either Shakespeare, Robby In his more-than 30-year career, William was never promoted to the rank of senior barrister or appointed judge. in China and towards the Pacific nations including Australia. amendments to the 1896 Factories & Shops Act to He fought against the requirements of the 1907 Factories (Employment of Chinese) Act, which discriminated against . which he moved. Father and son worked as court interpreters in their spare time. 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. Association in Australia held at Macquarie University on 5 July 1995. Morrison Lecture was given in 1932 by William Ah Ket Australias first lawyer of Chinese descent, practise as a barrister at the independent bar in Victoria, his personal philosophy of building bridges between the East and West, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd81c6e4b074b4a339bb2e/t/5a1409caf9619a97a1396f77/1511262667464/WILLIAM+AH+KET+launch.pdf, 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. In 1904 his return Wangaratta Primary School, which William Ah Ket in and! 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