Sir Reginald Allfree Smithers (born 1903 in
Echuca
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,
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– died January 1994)
was an
Australian
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lawyer
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and
judge
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.
Smithers educated at
Melbourne Grammar School
(Pray and Work)
, established = 1849 (on present site since 1858 - the celebrated date of foundation)
, type = Independent, co-educational primary, single-sex boys secondary, day and boarding
, denominatio ...
. Admitted to the Bar in 1929, he was appointed a King's Counsel in 1951. was a judge of the
Federal Court of Australia
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from 1 February 1977 to 30 September 1986.
Smithers was the
Chancellor
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of
La Trobe University
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from 1972 to 1980.
He was knighted in the 1980 New Year Honours for service to law.
References
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1903 births
1994 deaths
20th-century Australian judges
People educated at Melbourne Grammar School