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Philip Opas
Philip Henry Napoleon Opas AM OBE QC (24 February 1917 – 25 August 2008) was an Australian barrister. He was best known for his unsuccessful attempts to prevent the execution of Ronald Ryan, the last Australian person to be legally executed. Early life Opas was born in Melbourne on 24 February 1917. He was the oldest of five children born to Sarah () and Joseph Henry Opas; his father was an accountant. He was of Portuguese-Jewish descent. Opas grew up in the suburb of St Kilda, attending Melbourne Church of England Grammar School until the age of 15. He was subsequently apprenticed to Roy Schilling as a law clerk and went on to complete the degree of Bachelor of Laws at the University of Melbourne. In 1939, Opas enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served in New Guinea during World War II and retained an involvement with the military after the war's end, serving as judge advocate-general and reaching the rank of air commodore in the Air Force Reserve. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Monahan
Sir Robert Vincent Monahan Queen's Counsel, QC (11 April 1898 – 10 May 1975) was an Australian lawyer and judge who served on the Supreme Court of Victoria from 1955 to 1970.Charles Francis,Monahan, Sir Robert Vincent (1898–1975), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 2000. Monahan was born in Swan Hill, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, to Mary Frances (''née'' Nolan) and Patrick Martin Monahan. He attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat, before going on to study law at the University of Melbourne. Monahan was admitted to the bar in 1923, and opened his own chambers in 1931. He developed a reputation as one of Melbourne's leading personal injury lawyer, personal injury and criminal defence lawyers. Monahan appeared in over 100 murder trials, and only one of his clients was ever executed. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1947. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
