Justice Lionel Oscar Lukin (4 January 1868 — 1 June 1944)Lukin, Lionel Oscar (1868–1944)
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'' Retrieved 8 June 2012 was appointed as the first judge of the

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on 25 January 1934 and remained the sole Judge of the Court until November 1943 when he retired due to ill health.

Early life

Lukin was born in Condamine,

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, and was educated at schools in

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and

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(

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Judicial career

During his tenure on the Capital Territory Court, Lukin was also a Judge of the

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. This meant that he did not sit full-time on the Capital Territory Court. Additionally, Lukin was also a judge on the

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from 26 July 1910 until his retirement from the court on 18 July 1926. He preferred to reside in Brisbane and travelled to Rockhampton by train to discharge his duties. This allowed him to be a member of every Full Court. In 1929 Lukin was sitting as a judge on the

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, where he handed down a new award for timber workers reducing wages and increasing weekly hours from 44 to 48. This precipitated the

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which lasted for 5 months. Lukin died in 1944 and was buried in

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.Lukin, Lionel Oscar
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

Early life

Judicial career

References

See also