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[5] Citing 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 9.6] The Hon Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of Australia, William Ah Kets contribution to diversity in the legal profession (Asian Australian Lawyers Association, William Ah Ket Scholarship Presentation, Great Hall, High Court of Australia, Canberra, 9 October 2019, 5:30pm). He went on to live in China for several years. 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. 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. 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. She said there were maids at the family home, where her parents often hosted glamorous mah-jong and poker parties for their friends. Father and son worked as court interpreters in their spare time. I because I am Chinese. and educators against racial discrimination in Australia. master the Confucian skills of reading and writing in the His father had taken him to China when he was about five years old. president of the Australian-Chinese Association, co-founder In memory of William Ah Ket (1876 - 1936),who was born in Wangaratta of Chinesedescent and became a prominent Victorianbarrister. In a special series, RN examines Australia's relationship to China, and its rising prominence in global affairs. amendments to the 1896 Factories & Shops Act to That in itself was an "impressive feat", says Reynah Tang, the founding president of the Asian-Australian Lawyers' Association. Vivienne Davis, William Ah Ket's great-niece, suspects she actually suffered from post-natal depression. 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. 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. Educated in both English andChinese cultures, he agitated against racialintolerance in Victoria and defended the rightsof Victoria`s Chinese community. So how is it that such a pioneering lawyer of Chinese descent is not more widely known? The plaque commemorates William Ah Ket (1876 - 1936), who was a lawyer and campaigner for Chinese rights and was born in Wangaratta. 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. William Ah Ket was Australia's first Chinese Australian lawyer and, later, acting consul-general for China in Australia. of their happy marriage with a small party at a Chinese banquet He fought against the requirements of the 1907 Factories (Employment of Chinese) Act, which discriminated against . 6Citing Karin Derkley, William Ah Ket Legacy Recognised (2018) 92(3) Law Institute Journal 83 at 83, 84. For the next twenty years he worked tirelessly for the 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. or a night of comedy at the Tivoli with Stiffy & Mo. 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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. Defend yourself nobly but always in a dignified fashion.". Andrews new book is a compilation of China Business Law Journals popular Lexicon series, entitled China Lexicon: Defining and translating legal terms. 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 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. 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. at the National University in Canberra. such a reputation for his canny tactics as a cross-examiner. "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 also appeared before Justice Lowe after he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria. Toylaan, the youngest daughter, died in 2015 at the age of 94. After completing his training as a lawyer in 1899, William won the Supreme Court Judges Prize in 1902, and was admitted to practice in 1903. live, learn and work. His mother, Hing Ung, had bound feet and spoke no English. William also represented Chinese-Australians challenging discriminatory legislation in the High Court. The Melbourne Chinese Chamber of Commerce asked him to represent Australian Chinese at the opening of the first Chinese Parliament in Beijing in December, 1912 and he was Acting Consul for China in 19131914 and 1917. Toylaan remembered his final words: "Unity is strength.". At the age of 35, William was married at the Kew Methodist the social, business and sporting circles of Melbourne in 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. One time, boys chased Toylaan and her sister home from Sunday school, throwing stones and calling them "Ching-chong Chinamen". 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. The Asian Australian Lawyers Association (AALA) offers our respects to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the true and traditional owners and custodians of the lands we gather on to live, work and learn. He was also a delegate to the first interstate Chinese convention held at Melbourne in 1905 and was co-founder and president of the Sino-Australian Association, considered to be the first Australian-Chinese club. . William Ah Ket in Selborne Chambers, Melbourne circa 1933.Source: http://monumentaustralia.org.au/. Occasionally their [1] Completing this course in 1899, William won the Supreme Court Judges Prize in 1902 and was admitted to practice in 1903. On 16 November 1912 he married Gertrude Victoria Bullock at the Kew Methodist Church. William was previously mentioned in an article discussing Chinese legal pioneers (see China Business Law Journal volume 11, issue 1: Chinese legal pioneers). William was well regarded as a barrister. A report in the Victorian Bar News of Winter 1984 records that he enjoyed an excellent general practice and was recognised as an able cross-examiner with a superb command of language. 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. He became the leading Chinese in the district and a respected member of the Wangaratta community. Burns or Gilbert & Sullivan. Your information is being handled in accordance with the. paper is based on a paper she gave at the Conference of the Chinese Studies His mother, Hing Ung, had bound feet and spoke no English. 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. and friendship between the West and the East led him to accept He has the lucky number of 88 on the Victorian Bar roll. Ah Ket appeared in another High Court case calledPotter 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. The legacy of Australia's #firstAsianlawyer, William Ah Ket, who battled #racism and achieved landmark victories, lives on. 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. Sir Robert Menzies practised with William in Selborne Chambers. 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. There is little doubt that William Ah Ket's and their only son, John Williams, has been acclaimed as one He said that "William Ah Ket did not ever sit on the Bench, though he would have been a very competent judge. [3], Ah Ket fought against the requirements of the 1907 Factories (Employment of Chinese) Act, which discriminated against Chinese residents,[4] and successfully opposed legislative amendments in 1904, 1905, and 1907 which would have specifically discriminated against Chinese residents in the furniture industry. alleviation of all unreasonable conditions imposed on the 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 younger son Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. - either Her Majesty's or the Princess Theatre - for a Melba English-born forebears had migrated to Australia from Cheshire would provide all Australians with a better knowledge of the 4The Melbourne University Magazine, Volume 1, Number 1, 1907, 20. 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. William Ah Ket made history when he signed the bar roll. 16Isabel Carter, Woman in a Wig: Joan Rosanove, QC (Lansdowne Press, 1970), 13. Indeed, as his daughter Toylaan noted in a paper on her father, this was an issue that he was passionate about, having been involved in forming a committee to agitate against the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 and the unreasonable conditions imposed, such as the infamous dictation test. for China in Melbourne in 1913-14 and again in 1917. Felvons 1. [7] William Ah Ket Scholarship 2019, Program (9 October 2019). 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. I because I am Chinese. 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 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. ways of thinking, with particular reference to Confucius'. Make a life-giving gesture Special thanks to Jennifer Wood, Kate Bagnall, Pauline Rule and the National Library of Australia for helping with research. Morrison Lecture was given in 1932 by This 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. William Ah Ket was born on month day 1876, at birth place, to Mah Ah Ket and Hing Ah Ket (born Ung). 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. Chen, and in 1933 the [11] See 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. William Ah Ket did not ever sit on the Bench, though he would have been a very competent judge. government's repeated attempts in 1904, 1905 and 1907 to make Williamwas born on June 20 1876, in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. 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. a full primary and secondary education in Wangaratta's public Th my scam n ni ng r xc phm g cu. C. F. Yong, The Chinese in New South Wales and Victoria, 1901-1921 (Ph.D. thesis, Australian National University, 1966). Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. the Consul-General for China, Dr. W.P. of growing up in a traditional Chinese household where his William was particularly active in the fight against racial discrimination and appeared in many 'public interest' cases. William Ah Ket (1876-1936), lawyer and campaigner for Chinese rights, was born in Wangaratta, Victoria. his tertiary studies at Melbourne University, William received [10] (1908) 7 CLR 277 at 307. "Rumpole" of the Victorian Supreme Court, gaining Jamieson in 1903. established their home at No.1 Dandenong Road, Malvern where 1901. In an interview with the National Library of Australia in 1993, she remembered her affluent childhood. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. 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. 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. 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William was particularly active in the fight against racial discrimination. Toylaan Margaret Allen,his last surviving child, passed away in New South Wales on 16th July 2015. 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. After completing his secondary education, he studied law at the University of Melbourne, and joined the law firm of Maddock & Jamieson (now Maddocks). Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. opinions expressed in these stories do not necessarily reflect those of La Trobe University Church to a young Australian woman, Gertrude Bullock, whose and Cambridge respectively. Popular among the press reporters and cartoonists of his [8] (1912) 15 CLR 267. Tel: +61 3 9479 1315 migrated from Canton in the 1850s, and when the Gold Rush including Carole Hinchcliff, helping me with my researchfor into William Ah Ket and also for promoting William's legacy and story generally. It also discusses the importance of cultural diversity in the workplace and within the community, particularly during a time when racism has become more prominent since COVID-19. Both William Ah Ket and his wife were music-lovers and regular Educated in both English and Chinese cultures, he agitated against racial intolerance in Victoria and defended the rights of Victoria`s Chinese community. Your help would be greatly appreciated. "[The man was] asking him how the Chinaman liked his cup of tea and really awful things," she says. This article contains content that is not available. 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. was a founding member and Grand Master of the East Caulfield to learn the cultural traditions of ancient China, and to in Little Bourke Street or attending one of the city theatres He said that "William Ah Ket did not ever sit on the Bench, though he would have been a very competent judge. Their eldest son William Ket MBBS became Deputy Superintendent William was educated in Wangaratta, and on gaining his matriculation "They were about making sure Chinese were on view, they were really pretty abhorrent," she says. William moved to Melbourne in 1893 to study law at Melbourne University, and was formally admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1904. 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. My research into William Ah commencedKet in October 2019. Defying what was expected of Chinese-Australians at the turn of the twentieth century, he studied law and progressed to appear before the High Court of Australia. 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 at https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd81c6e4b074b4a339bb2e/t/5a1409caf9619a97a1396f77/1511262667464/WILLIAM+AH+KET+launch.pdf. James_Michael, Hm qua, lc 22:28. In 191314 and 1917, he acted as Consul-General for China in Melbourne.[1][5]. 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. William was born in 1876, in the north-east Victorian town of Wangaratta one of eight children. level and not merely through trade. Mr Tang says it shows that, despite his talents, he suffered from a level of discrimination. William later married English-Australian typist Gertrude Bullock, courting her for four years before her father would accept him. 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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