Sir Roslyn Foster Bowie Philp
KBE (27 July 1895 – 19 March 1965) was appointed as a judge to the
Supreme Court of Queensland
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, which is the
highest ranking court in the
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. He served as a puisne judge 4 May 1939 until 8 February 1956. He served as a senior puisne judge from 9 February 1956 until his death in March 1965.
Philp, Sir Roslyn Foster Bowie (1895 - 1965)
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Philp's father was the journalist and author James Philp
James Philp (ca. 1860 – 28 June 1935) was Scottish-born Australian journalist and author, the one who drafted the rules of the Dawn and Dusk Club of which Australian writer Henry Lawson was a prominent member. After writing for New Zealand new ...
.
See also
* Judiciary of Australia
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* List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Queensland, , include:
* Chief Justice of Queensland
* Judges of the Court of Appeal
* Judges
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See also
* Judiciary of Australia
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References
The ancestry of Sir Roslyn Foster Bowie Philp
The Bowie/Philp Story tracing the family from Scotland to Australia via New Zealand.
Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland
1965 deaths
Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1895 births
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