biography
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Deane, Sir William (Patrick)
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| lived:
| (1931– )
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| biography:
| Governor-general of Australia (1996–2001), born in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, SE Australia. He studied arts and law at the University of Sydney, Trinity College Dublin, and the Hague Academy of International Law. On his return to Australia, he was called to the Sydney bar, became a QC, and was made a judge in the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1977), the Federal Court Bench (1977), and the Australian High Court (1982). He replaced Bill Hayden as governor-general. While he was expected to be a non-activist figurehead, he was outspoken on a number of issues, including the issue of reconciliation with Australian's indigenous population. |
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