George Higinbotham
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George Higinbotham was a politician and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian colony, later state, of Victoria.
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Statue of Higinbotham outside the Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
William Stawell
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Sir William Foster Stawell KCMG was a British colonial statesman and a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. Stawell was the first Attorney-General of Victoria, serving from 1851
George Higinbotham
…Bourke Boroughs, resigning in January 1876. In 1880 Higinbotham was appointed a puisne judge of the Supreme Court, and in 1886, on the retirement of Sir William Stawell, he was promoted to the office of chief justice. Higinbotham was appointed president of the International Exhibition held in Melbourne in 1888–1889…
Stawell in 1872
Eureka stockade battle