The Honorable Justice Lincoln Crowley spoke at the 30th anniversary lecture of the Mabo High Court decision – a foundational day in the recognition of land rights for Indigenous Australians. The 3
A distinguished indigenous Australian lawyer has made legal history by becoming the first indigenous person to be appointed to the Supreme Court in the state of Queensland and thus Australia’s first indigenous Supreme Court Judge. Justice Lincoln Crowley was sworn in on Monday June 13, the first person of indigenous descent among 1333 persons appointed in the 163-year history of the Court. After his swearing-in, Justice Crowley, besides paying tribute …
Lincoln Crowley didn’t take legal studies classes at high school and doesn’t think he even knew the Supreme Court existed, “but I knew what was fair and what was not”.