Thomas Ian Pauling (born 13 December 1946) is an Australian lawyer and a former

Administrator of the Northern Territory The Administrator of the Northern Territory is an official appointed by the Governor-General of Australia to represent the government of the Commonwealth in the Northern Territory, Australia. They perform functions similar to those of a state gov ...

Career

Born in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Pauling was educated at

Drummoyne Boys' High School Drummoyne Boys' High School (abbreviation:DBHS) is a former high school in the Inner West (Sydney), inner western Sydney suburb of Drummoyne, New South Wales, Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia. It was a boys high school operated by the New Sou ...

, and graduated with a

Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

(LLB) from the

Sydney Law School Sydney Law School (informally Sydney Law or SLS) is the law school at the University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university. Sydney Law School began a full program of legal instruction in 1890 following the appointment of its first dean, having ...

(Syd). He was admitted to the

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in 1969, and worked for the NSW Public Solicitor. In March 1970, he moved to Darwin in the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...

, where he practised as a

barrister A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include taking cases in superior courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching law and ...

and lived in Fannie Bay. He was made a

Queen's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel (Post-nominal letters, post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of ...

(QC) in 1984, and was Solicitor-General of the Northern Territory from 1988 to 2007. In September 2007, he was appointed

, replacing

Ted Egan Edward Joseph Egan (born 6 July 1932) is an Australian folk musician and a former public servant who served as Administrator of the Northern Territory from 2003 to 2007. Early life Egan was born in Coburg, Victoria, moving to the Northern Terr ...

. He was sworn in by the

Governor-General of Australia The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.Michael Jeffery Major General Philip Michael Jeffery, (12 December 1937 – 18 December 2020) was a senior Australian Army officer and vice-regal representative. He was the 28th governor of Western Australia from 1993 to 2000, and the 24th governor-general of ...

, on 9 November 2007. His term expired on 31 October 2011 when

Sally Thomas Sally Gordon Thomas (born 7 August 1939) is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, serving from 1992 to 2009. She was appointed to the Court on 10 August 1992 and was the first woman to be appointed a Judge of the Cou ...

was sworn in as the first female Administrator of the Northern Territory. In the

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of 2008, Pauling was appointed an

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for his significant services to the

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- Officer of the Order of Australia

References

External links

Website of the Northern Territory Administrator
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pauling, Tom 1946 births Living people Administrators of the Northern Territory Solicitors-General of the Northern Territory Australian barristers University of Sydney alumni Officers of the Order of Australia Knights of Grace of the Order of St John Australian King's Counsel