Andrew can be contacted on a.godwin@unimelb.edu.au. Australia's first Chinese barrister William Ah Ket was born in the Victorian country town of Wangaratta. The eldest daughter, Melaan, married Len 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. That in itself was an "impressive feat", says Reynah Tang, the founding president of the Asian-Australian Lawyers' Association. 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. "William Ah Ket's contribution to diversity in the legal profession" The Hon Susan Kiefel AC Chief Justice of Australia I am pleased to speak this evening and honoured to present the William Ah Ket Scholarship for 2019. William was survived by his wife Gertrude Victoria (nee Bullock) and four children Dr. William, Stanley, Melaan and Toylaan. After the formalities conclude, enthusiastic discussion ensues among the guests about William and his legacy and includes a combination of questions and observations: How is it that William Ah Ket is not more widely known?; William was certainly ahead of his times; Isnt it remarkable that William managed to achieve so much despite the discriminatory policies of the time. His mother, Hing Ung, had bound feet and spoke no English. 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. His father Mah Ket had arrived in Australia in the 1850s, during the gold rush era, and his mother in the 1860s. Their eldest son William Ket MBBS became Deputy Superintendent Liu in Sydney who both obtained generous financial support he signed the Bar Roll in 1904 and became the first Chinese 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. 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. "And if nobody had stood up, like William Ah Ket, to protest against them then they might've passed.". at Saturday's race-meetings in Melbourne, never missing his to Australia, William Ah Ket was appointed as Acting Consul-General "She never saw her children raised, she never was never able to live in the community like her husband or anything," Vivienne says. 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. [3] He was neither appointed Silk nor a judge. Your help would be greatly appreciated. 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".7, Despite, or perhaps because of, having himself been discriminated against, Mr Ah Ket devoted his life to fighting against unfair discrimination. Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. community during the early years of Federation. 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. William's father, Mah Ket, was one of Australia's earliest tobacco farmers. After the formalities conclude, enthusiastic discussion ensues amongst the guests about William and his legacy and includes a combination of questions and observations: How is it that William Ah Ket is not more widely known?; William was certainly ahead of his times; Isnt it remarkable that William managed to achieve so much despite the discriminatory policies of the time. migrated from Canton in the 1850s, and when the Gold Rush was a founding member and Grand Master of the East Caulfield My father, William Ah Ket rose to prominence in the 1900s-1930s 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. View William Webb's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Make a life-giving gesture 2Helen Penrose,To Build a Firm: The Maddocks Story (Maddocks, 2010), 11. 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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 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. After the formalities conclude, enthusiastic discussion ensues amongst the guests about William and his legacy and includes a combination of questions and observations: How is it that William Ah Ket is not more widely known?; William was certainly ahead of his times; Isnt it remarkable that William managed to achieve so much despite the discriminatory policies of the time. William was educated in Wangaratta, and on gaining his matriculation 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 the state of Victoria.3. Ah Kets legal team successfully proved that the Chinese man was not an employee of the laundry but instead a boarder at the laundry and that he had simply been ironing his own shirt! 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One time, boys chased Toylaan and her sister home from Sunday school, throwing stones and calling them "Ching-chong Chinamen". would provide all Australians with a better knowledge of the or a night of comedy at the Tivoli with Stiffy & Mo. 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. Asian Australians have played a vital role in the legal profession since the late 1800s, starting with the first barrister of Chinese origin to join the independent bar in Victoria, William Ah Ket. 10William Ah Ket Scholarship 2019, Program (9 October 2019). Occasionally their We should have done Medicine.[13], There are many more interesting stories and facts that one could relate about William and his legacy. Victoria, and the increasing protests of influential clergymen Parliament for the new Republic in 1912. [4], Despite, or perhaps because of, having himself been discriminated against, Mr Ah Ket devoted his life to fighting against unfair discrimination. He became the leading Chinese in the district and a respected member of the Wangaratta community. respect, not only within his legal fraternity, but within His father had arrived in Victoria in 1855 and after some years on the goldfields established one of the earliest . 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. * Associate Director (Asian Commercial Law), Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School. With paternal ancestry from Taishan, southern China, Ah Ket was Australia's first barrister of Asian heritage or ethnicity. youthful experience in 'bridging' the two worlds of East and 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. by Sir Colin MacKenzie and were brought to fruition through He was a sound lawyer and a good advocate". to an end the legal career of a truly remarkable Chinese gentleman Ah Ket was born in Wangaratta in 1876 and died in 1936. He acquired a considerable reputation as a negotiator of settlements. [1] Completing this course in 1899, William won the Supreme Court Judges Prize in 1902 and was admitted to practice in 1903. in Little Bourke Street or attending one of the city theatres Felvons 1. barrister to practice in Melbourne. I am proud to have been part of this fantastic initiative. Williamwas born on June 20 1876, in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. OK BAGUS nama galih ayuningtyas nim 202210631013327 kelas pgsd09 elaborasi pemahaman topik teknologi baru di sini, adalah materi disajikan dalam bentuk lisan On 16 November 1912 he married Gertrude Victoria Bullock at the Kew Methodist Church. 1901. 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". William Ah Ket [] was born in Wangaratta in the state of Victoria, Australia, in 1876. 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. 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. "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. Ah Kets legal team successfully proved that he was not a prohibited immigrant. specifically exclude the Chinese from gaining a livelihood in Chisholm Street. 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. his tertiary studies at Melbourne University, William received William Ah Ket was Australia's first barrister of Asian heritage or ethnicity, born in Victoria in 1876. He is also believed to be the first Chinese barrister to practise in Australia. The Inaugural G.E. Fast forward 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 and supported by Maddocks. the social, business and sporting circles of Melbourne in He joined the ranks of barristers 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 the state of Victoria. 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. Whatever the challenges that William faced during his sixty years, there is no doubt that his life was one of diversity and service. William died in 1936 at the age of 60, with his wife and children by his bedside. practice in Selbourne Chambers alongside such famous neighbours theatre-goers during the "Gay 20s" before the Depression. William Ah Ket (, 20 June 1876 - 6 August 1936) was a noted Australian barrister. James_Michael, Hm qua, lc 22:28. 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. For the next twenty years he worked tirelessly for the 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. Email: cha@latrobe.edu.au. La Trobe University 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. On top of that work, William also had to deal with racism. 4The Melbourne University Magazine, Volume 1, Number 1, 1907, 20. Morrison Lecture was given in 1932 by In the 1970 book The Measure of the Years by Australia's longest-serving prime minister, Robert Menzies, he referred to his colleague and friend Ah Ket as "a phenomenon at the Victorian Bar" but that "a certain prejudice among clients against having a Chinese barrister to an extent limited his practice . the subject of 'Reconciliation between Eastern and Western Fulfilling his father's wishes, William studied law at the University of Melbourne. He has the lucky number of 88 on the Victorian Bar roll. The marginalised group has shifted but it's not that distant.". He joined the Victorian Bar in 1904, reading with Stewart McArthur who later went on to be a Supreme Court judge and became the first Chinese barrister to practise in Melbourne. [3] Citing Karin Derkley, William Ah Ket Legacy Recognised (2018) 92(3) Law Institute Journal 83 at 83, 84. Chinese people. He was born in Victoria in 1876, the only son among six daughters He was a leading activist in the campaigns for equal rights for Chinese-Australians at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment ran deep. Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. Andrews new book is a compilation of China Business Law Journals popular Lexicon series, entitled China Lexicon: Defining and translating legal terms. 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. Neither of us will ever be made a judge, you because you are a woman. and friendship between the West and the East led him to accept master the Confucian skills of reading and writing in the 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. Chinese under the umbrella of the White Australia Policy, '14 Williams focus on reconciliation is reflected in the Second Morrison Lecture that he delivered in 1933. William Ah Ket [] was born in Wangaratta in the state of Victoria, Australia, in 1876. At that time, people born in Australia were British citizens by right, regardless of their parents origins. William was born in 1876, in the north-east Victorian town of Wangaratta one of eight children. He fought against the requirements of the 1907 Factories (Employment of Chinese) Act, which discriminated against . 5 Law Students Society Dinner to Sir Harrison Moore, Farrago 5(5), April 23, 1929. William's personal interests were widely diversified. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover William's . [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. He was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, the only son and fifth child of Mah Ket and Hing Ung. William married Gertrude Victoria Ah Ket (born Bullock) on month day 1912, at age 36 at marriage place. 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 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. NOTE: The author, Toylaan Ah Ket, is the daughter of William Ah Ket. First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we N. Three years later, the untimely death of William Ah Ket brought 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. community, such as Quong Tart in Sydney and Cheok Hong. He also appeared before Justice Lowe after he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria. Despite Ah Ket's legal nous, he still faced prejudice, often from his own clients. 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]. 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. Contact Us, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7. Your information is being handled in accordance with the. Educated in both English and Chinese cultures, he agitated against racial intolerance in Victoria and defended the rights of Victoria`s Chinese community. 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. of Germany's fascism and Japan's expanding military aggression By Andrew GodwinAssociate Director (Asian Commercial Law), Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School. 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. Sir Robert Menzies wrote that he and Mr Ah Ket "were great friends". Dear Monument Australia visitors, we are a self-funded, non-profit organisation, dedicated to recording monuments throughout Australia. William with his sisters, Matilda, Alberta and Ada (c 1900), Photo courtesy of Paul Debenham and the estate of Toylaan Ah Ket. 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. 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. "He played the game of affluence and gambling and carding and living it up," she recalled. We should have done Medicine.16, There are many more interesting stories and facts that one could relate about William and his legacy. Sir Robert Menzies wrote that he and Mr Ah Ket "were great friends". the efforts of William Ah Ket in Melbourne and William J. 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. Despite his high profile and achievements, it would seem that others were advanced while he was not. The story of William Ah Ket, the first Chinese-Australian barrister. 9The 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 believed his objective a story that is It's well worth telling and I feel privileged to be able to participate in that story-telling. Less is known about another person - Wu Ting Fang. such as the Dictation Test and Limitation of Residence. Chinese called by Dr. Sun Yat Sen to attend the first National 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. William Ah Ket was educated at Wangaratta High School and was also taught at home by a Chinese tutor. 10William Ah Ket Scholarship 2019, Program (9 October 2019). Neither of us will ever be made a judge, you because you are a woman. 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. eyewitness of the Test matches between England and Australia. Williams, founder of the Spanish Guitar Centre in London, 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. William's client, James Minahan, was born in Australia to an Anglo-Australian mother and Chinese father. recital, a Gilbert & Sullivan production, a Franz Lehar He was an alumnus of the University of Melbourne. That includes our servers. In a special series, RN examines Australia's relationship to China, and its rising prominence in global affairs. Sir Robert Menzies wrote that he and Mr Ah Ket "were great friends". He was a sound lawyer and a good advocate. Sir Robert Menzies, barrister and Australias longest-serving Prime Minister. 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. He went on to live in China for several years. 5 Law Students Society Dinner to Sir Harrison Moore, Farrago 5(5), April 23, 1929. 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. [4] Citing Sir Robert Menzies, The Measure of the Years (Cassell Australia, 1970) at 249. William Ah Ket in Selborne Chambers, Melbourne circa 1933.Source: http://monumentaustralia.org.au/. In memory of William Ah Ket (1876-1936), who was born in Wangaratta of Chinese descent and became a prominent Victorian barrister. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. 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. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. as Arthur Deane, R.G. Dr Couchman says the changes William spoke out against were "very invasive". Guidelines for the Lectureship had been initially proposed Please send any press releases, deal announcements, details of new hires, newsletters and any other news items to: Copyright 2022 Vantage Asia Publishing Limited. Prior to completing 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. 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. He died on 6 August 1936 of arteriosclerosis and renal failure at Malvern, Victoria. 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