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Stanley Burbury

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Burbury was admitted to practise law in 1933 and joined the firm of Simmons, Wolfhagen, Simmons, and Walch. He was admitted to partnership in 1937, before establishing his own firm Burbury and Dixon in 1944. He was appointed
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for an early recall of parliament. He rejected the petition after consultation with Holgate on the grounds that the situation could "only be resolved by constitutional procedures on the floor of the House".
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Burbury was appointed as Tasmania's first Australian-born governor in 1973. While in office as chief justice, he had previously spent several periods as
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Burbury's mother died two months after his birth and he was returned to Tasmania to be raised by his aunt Ada Mary Lakin in
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In 1967 Burbury was appointed by the federal government to lead a second royal commission into the
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from 1948 to 1955 and was involved in the controversial dismissal of philosophy professor
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at a young age, leaving him with a lifelong limp. He completed his secondary education at
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In 1934, Burbury married Pearl Barren; the couple had no children. They retired to
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In 1978, Burbury's initial five-year term was extended by three years. During the
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in Hobart, where he was a prize-winning student. He went on to study law at the
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by the state government. He was a vice-warden of the University of Tasmania's
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Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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in the Australian Capital Territory is named after Stanley Burbury.
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Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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from 1973 to 1982, the state's first Australian-born governor.
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after his term as governor ended. He died on 24 April 1995 at
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to the crossbench, he was petitioned by a majority of the
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during gaps between appointments. In that role he granted
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Australian Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Index

The Honourable
KCMG
KCVO
KBE
QC
Governor of Tasmania
Elizabeth II
Eric Reece
Bill Neilson
Doug Lowe
Harry Holgate
Edric Bastyan
James Plimsoll
Chief Justice of Tasmania
John Morris
Guy Green
Perth
Hobart
Alma mater
University of Tasmania
KCMG
KCVO
KBE
Chief Justice of Tasmania
Governor of Tasmania
Perth
Western Australia
Perth Mint
Hobart
poliomyelitis

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