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SIR REDMOND BARRY
SUPREME COURT JUDGE, STATE LIBRARY VIC., NED KELLY TRIAL
1813 -1880
Redmond Barry was born 7 June 1813 & was the 5th child of 13 children, born to Major-General Henry Green Barry, of Ballyclough, County Cork Ireland & Phoebe Drought, daughter of John Armstrong Drought & Letita Head. Barry was educated at a military school, Hall Place, near Bexley, in Kent. He Returned to Ireland in 1829 & unable to obtain a military commission, as he was seeking, he continued his studies. He had an interest in translating classical authors into English verse & reading old & new material, he gained a knowledge of a variety of subjects.
Redmond entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1832, graduating 3 years later, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1835. He was then called to the bar in Dublin. After his father's death, Barry sailed for Sydney, arriving in
New South Wales in April 1837, where he was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. Spending two years in Sydney, Barry then moved to Melbourne, arriving at the new Port Phillip Settlement on November 13 1839.
He later became commissioner of the Court of Requests, and after 1851, when the colony of Victoria was formed, from the Port Phillip district, breaking away from New South Wales, he became the first Solicitor-General of Victoria, with a seat in both the Legislative and Executive Councils.
In 1852, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, later serving as acting Chief Justice & Administrator of the Government. Barry was noted for his service to the community & convincing the state Government to invest money into public works, he was instrumental in the foundation of the Royal Melbourne Hospital (1848), the University of Melbourne (1853) & the State Library of Victoria (1854). He served as the first Chancellor of the university until his death and was also president of the trustees of the State Library.
Barry was the judge in the Eureka Stockade treason trials in the Supreme Court in 1855. The 13 miners were all acquitted. He represented Victoria at the London International Exhibition of 1862 and at the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1860, and a Knight Commander of the Order of
St Michael & St George (KCMG) in 1877. Barry laid the foundations of the Supreme Court Library Melbourne
As a legislator he promoted the Parliamentary Library and organised Gov. Sir Charles Hotham, to lay the foundation stones of University of Melbourne, Melbourne Public Library , Sunbury Industrial School (later Sunbury Lunatic Asylum, now Sunbury training centre) – all on the same day in 1854.
Sir Redmond Barry virtually single-handedly planned the Melbourne Public Library building and its contents. He had a 'hands-on' approach with book selection & acquisitions, even getting his hands dirty shelving books for the Library's 1856 opening.
In 1862 also,1877-78 he travelled to Europe, England & America, purchasing goods for University, Law & Public Libraries also the Art Gallery. On the return from his trips, it was apparent that he was suffering from diabetes & it had affected his system. As Board of Trustees Chairman he was responsible for establishing Mobile libraries & supporting extended library hours.
September of 1870 he "acquired" Marcus Clarke as Public Library Trustees clerk (later secretary), who until his death in 1881 worked as sub-librarian. Despite Barry's ill health, he ignored his doctor's advice to rest & continued with his duties.
Surprisingly enough, Barry never married, but had 4 children to Louisa Barrow, all of whom he acknowledged and supported.
In October 1878, at Beechworth court, Barry presided over a case in which Mrs Ellen Kelly (King) and two men were accused of aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a Victoria Police constable named Alexander Fitzpatrick. After sentencing Mrs Kelly to three years with hard labour, Barry said, 'if your son
Ned were here I would make an example of him for the whole of Australia – I would give him fifteen years'. In 1880, Barry presided at the final trial of her son, Ned Kelly, who was tried and convicted of murdering three other Victoria Police constables. The trial and sentencing have since been the subject of many
articles and books by lawyers and historians.
When Barry sentenced Kelly to death by hanging, Barry uttered the customary words "May God have mercy on your soul". and According to the transcripts, Kelly's reply was- "I will go a little further than that & say, I will see you there when I go". Barry was troubled by a carbuncle on his neck, then only 12 days after the execution of Ned Kelly, Barry died himself, on Nov.23 1880, from what the doctors described as 'congestion of the lungs and a carbuncle in the neck'.
Sir Redmond Barry is buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery & despite his great contributions to the public of Victoria, he will long be remembered for 'The Kelly case!'
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redmond_Barry
http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/barry-sir-redmond-2946
Redmond entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1832, graduating 3 years later, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1835. He was then called to the bar in Dublin. After his father's death, Barry sailed for Sydney, arriving in
New South Wales in April 1837, where he was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. Spending two years in Sydney, Barry then moved to Melbourne, arriving at the new Port Phillip Settlement on November 13 1839.
He later became commissioner of the Court of Requests, and after 1851, when the colony of Victoria was formed, from the Port Phillip district, breaking away from New South Wales, he became the first Solicitor-General of Victoria, with a seat in both the Legislative and Executive Councils.
In 1852, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, later serving as acting Chief Justice & Administrator of the Government. Barry was noted for his service to the community & convincing the state Government to invest money into public works, he was instrumental in the foundation of the Royal Melbourne Hospital (1848), the University of Melbourne (1853) & the State Library of Victoria (1854). He served as the first Chancellor of the university until his death and was also president of the trustees of the State Library.
Barry was the judge in the Eureka Stockade treason trials in the Supreme Court in 1855. The 13 miners were all acquitted. He represented Victoria at the London International Exhibition of 1862 and at the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1860, and a Knight Commander of the Order of
St Michael & St George (KCMG) in 1877. Barry laid the foundations of the Supreme Court Library Melbourne
As a legislator he promoted the Parliamentary Library and organised Gov. Sir Charles Hotham, to lay the foundation stones of University of Melbourne, Melbourne Public Library , Sunbury Industrial School (later Sunbury Lunatic Asylum, now Sunbury training centre) – all on the same day in 1854.
Sir Redmond Barry virtually single-handedly planned the Melbourne Public Library building and its contents. He had a 'hands-on' approach with book selection & acquisitions, even getting his hands dirty shelving books for the Library's 1856 opening.
In 1862 also,1877-78 he travelled to Europe, England & America, purchasing goods for University, Law & Public Libraries also the Art Gallery. On the return from his trips, it was apparent that he was suffering from diabetes & it had affected his system. As Board of Trustees Chairman he was responsible for establishing Mobile libraries & supporting extended library hours.
September of 1870 he "acquired" Marcus Clarke as Public Library Trustees clerk (later secretary), who until his death in 1881 worked as sub-librarian. Despite Barry's ill health, he ignored his doctor's advice to rest & continued with his duties.
Surprisingly enough, Barry never married, but had 4 children to Louisa Barrow, all of whom he acknowledged and supported.
In October 1878, at Beechworth court, Barry presided over a case in which Mrs Ellen Kelly (King) and two men were accused of aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a Victoria Police constable named Alexander Fitzpatrick. After sentencing Mrs Kelly to three years with hard labour, Barry said, 'if your son
Ned were here I would make an example of him for the whole of Australia – I would give him fifteen years'. In 1880, Barry presided at the final trial of her son, Ned Kelly, who was tried and convicted of murdering three other Victoria Police constables. The trial and sentencing have since been the subject of many
articles and books by lawyers and historians.
When Barry sentenced Kelly to death by hanging, Barry uttered the customary words "May God have mercy on your soul". and According to the transcripts, Kelly's reply was- "I will go a little further than that & say, I will see you there when I go". Barry was troubled by a carbuncle on his neck, then only 12 days after the execution of Ned Kelly, Barry died himself, on Nov.23 1880, from what the doctors described as 'congestion of the lungs and a carbuncle in the neck'.
Sir Redmond Barry is buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery & despite his great contributions to the public of Victoria, he will long be remembered for 'The Kelly case!'
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redmond_Barry
http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/barry-sir-redmond-2946
1. Judge & Chancellor
2. Big Wigs
3. The System
4. The State Library of Victoria
5. County Cork, Ireland
6. Ned Kelly & The Old Melbourne Gaol
7. Legacies
2. Big Wigs
3. The System
4. The State Library of Victoria
5. County Cork, Ireland
6. Ned Kelly & The Old Melbourne Gaol
7. Legacies
Judge & Chancellor
Redmond Barry as Chancellor of the
University of Melbourne Photographer- Thomas Chuck, La Trobe Picture Collection http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue Sir Menzies Campbell, Chancellor of the
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A Chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus. In most Commonwealth (or former Commonwealth) nations, the chancellor is usually a ceremonial figurehead.
Chancellors of the University of Melbourne
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chancellors "The Chancellor is head of the University. He is consulted on all public matters relative to its welfare, and he is also Conservator of its privileges. The power of conferring degrees is vested in him: this he may exercise either personally when present or by his depute when absent, with the advice of the doctors and masters of the University"
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Wigs and Robes in the Courtroom
Very few people in Australia outside of the legal profession wear professional work attire based on standards that were developed in the 1600's. The rules surrounding dress code are complex and vary from state to state, from court to court, and even within the same courtroom. Wigs and robes were originally worn in England as a way to distinguish the legal profession from other members of society. In the 1600s, uniforms of the legal profession began to be codified, and this followed into the colonies. At first, there were questions about the practicality of heavy robes in our warm climate, but tradition prevailed in Australia shortly after colonisation. In other modern countries such as Canada, the US and many parts of Europe, wigs and robes have not formed part of the traditional garb of barristers and judges for a long time, if ever. Even countries that did have the robe and wig, such as Ireland and New Zealand, have now abolished the requirement. http://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/wigs-and-robes-in-the |
Barrister's wig
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They must get awfully hot?
Wigs & Robes even in the Bahamas!
And Hong Kong!
One Size Fits All!
Germany
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List of Judges of the Supreme Court Vic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Judges Justices of the High Court List http://australianpolitics.com/constitution-aus Judicial History 101:
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'Bigwigs'
George Frideric Handel (1685–1749)
Between King Louis XIV of France and the King of England, periwigs became a necessity for the courts of both nations.
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The periwig/peruke (shortened to wig) was a vital fashion piece of upper-class French and British households. In the ancient cultures of Egypt and Greece, wigs were used for the protection they offered from the sun and as a status symbol. King Louis XIII of France, was said to have popularized wigs with the French court, because of his premature balding. Wigs were also a protection from lice, but could be often infested with lice, but were removable for comfort. The periwig became the most popular style of the 17th century for men, and many famous portraits of the era contain noble or royal men resplendent in their periwig.
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Briefs and Papers: Sketches of the Bar and the Press By Thomas Wemyss Reid, Charles Russell Baron Russell of Killowen 1872
Sir Longrobe Bigwig, Mr. Redtape..... https://books.google.com.au/books If you wore a wig, you had enough money to buy one, so you must have been an important person
The Old Curiosity Shop: And Reprinted Pieces By Charles Dickens 1868
The Bigwig Family in- Nobody's Name https://books.google.com.au/books?id=08U Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
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John Leslie, 7th Earl and 1st Duke of Rothes
Henry Wise (1653-1738) Gardener to Queen Anne
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Statue of Sir Redmond Barry, out front of the
State Library of Victoria Swanston St, Melbourne At present, the Records for the Melbourne General Cemetery are not available online.
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College Crescent, Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville
http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/leg THE FUNERAL OF SIR REDMOND BARRY http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5984512 |
The System
Knights Bachelor List
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honour system. It's the most basic rank of a man who's been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry.
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The Honour System
https://www.gov.uk/honours/types-of-honours Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael & St George List
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The Court of Requests was a minor equity court in England & Wales. It first became a formal tribunal under Henry VII, hearing cases from the poor & his servants. The District Courts Act 1858 (NSW) established District Courts instead. Oldbury 'Court of Requests' (court house & prison)
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The Solicitor-General
Is the second law officer of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Chief Justice of Australia is the informal title for the presiding justice of the High Court of Australia & the highest ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia.
Bachelor of Arts- The first academic degrees were all law degrees in medieval universities. The Bachelor's degree originated at the University of Paris, whose system was implemented at Oxford and Cambridge. The "arts" designation of the degree traditionally signifies that the student has undertaken a certain amount of study of the classics.
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The first Chief Justice of Australia, Sir Samuel Griffith, is administered the judicial oath at the first sitting of the High Court, Victoria 1903
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State Library of Victoria
July 1853 Competition for building on the two acre
Swanston Street site. The 1859 Joseph Read design for the State Library with a dome on top of the Russell Street entrance, that was to house the art gallery and museum. Melbourne's never built http://www.walkingmelbourne.com/forum/viewtopic The library holds over 2 million books & 16,000 serials, including the diaries of the city's founders, John Batman, John Pascoe Fawkner, the folios of Captain James Cook, R.N., also the original armour of Ned Kelly. July 1860 Travelling Library scheme inaugurated (ended 1900). The State Library of Victoria: Chronology 1853–2003 http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latro STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA WEBSITE http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover BURKE & WILLS SLV FEATURE http://burkeandwills.slv.vic.gov.au/content/guide STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Library_of_Vic |
The decision in 1853 to build a state library for Victoria was made by Lieutenant Governor Charles La Trobe & Mr Justice Redmond Barry.
https://urban.melbourne/culture/2013/05/21/state Plans for the original annexe (above) were scaled back due to the money running out and the annexe, to house a new museum were gradually built during the Interwar years in an austere stripped classical style. Established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, the State Library Victoria is Australia's oldest public library & one of the 1st free public libraries in the world. The library opened in 1856, with a collection of 3,800 books chosen by Mr Justice Barry.
The library complex also held the State's Gallery & Museum until the National Gallery of Victoria moved to St Kilda Road in the late 1960's & the current Melbourne Museum was built in the Carlton Gardens in the 1990s |
The old Melbourne Museum, part of the same building as the Sate Library
The beautiful La Trobe Reading Room.
The New National Gallery of Victoria, in St. Kilda.
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Now the Redmond Barry Reading Room
The New Melbourne Museum, without the old character & charm, located in the Carlton Gardens Melbourne, Australia, adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building.
The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Victoria
Professor Harriet Edquist on Sir Redmond Barry's role in establishing the Library 1:50
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Cork, Ireland
County Cork Pictures
http://www.ihpc.ie/ihpc/Main/county.asp 1610: John Speed's map of Corcke city
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Map 5. West Cork
Grand Jury Map of County Cork 1811
Grand Juries were established in the eighteenth century to determine whether there was a good case for a criminal prosecution to take place. Later they took over some of the functions that are now carried out by county councils. Bridge building, road maintenance, and the building of fever hospitals were some of the duties carried out by Grand Juries. The poor law unions took over most of these functions in 1840 and county councils took over any remaining fiscal and administrative functions after the Local Government Act of 1898.
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Ned Kelly
& The Old Melb. Gaol
& The Old Melb. Gaol
The Old Melbourne Gaol is a museum and former prison located on Russell Street, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It consists of a bluestone building and courtyard, and is located next to the old City Police Watch House and City Courts buildings. (Wikipedia)
Ned Kelly being lead to the gallows in the Old Melbourne Gaol.
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Old Melbourne Gaol- A Ghost story!
3:55 The Old Magistrates Court is on the site of the original Supreme Court of Victoria where Ned Kelly was sentenced to death by Judge Barry in 1880.
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CAPTURE OF NED KELLY.
The Australasian Melbourne 3 July 1880 NED KELLY IN GAOL
Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate NSW Thursday 21 October 1880 |
NED KELLY
Border Watch Mount Gambier 11 Aug 1880 Accused Ellen Kelly (Ned's mother)
Received a long sentence for her alleged crime of aiding & abetting an attempted murder. Ellen was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment by Judge Redmond Barry, who 2 years later, also sentenced Ned to hang http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kelly-4912 Ned Kelly in Beechworth Police Court c.1880
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TRIAL OF NED KELLY
Camperdown Chronicle Vic. Tuesday 2 Nov 1880
Camperdown Chronicle Vic. Tuesday 2 Nov 1880
Continue reading
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/34471300?
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/34471300?
Execution of Michael Magee. He was the first man executed in South Australia, for shooting Sheriff Smart.
List of people legally executed in Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_legally_executed_in_Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_legally_executed_in_Australia
THE EXECUTION OF EDWARD KELLY.
Argus Melbourne Frid 12 Nov 1880
Argus Melbourne Frid 12 Nov 1880
Kelly on trial in the Beechworth Courthouse
BEECHWORTH
Beechworth is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s.
Beechworth is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s.
Beechworth Lunatic Asylum Originally known as Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum, Beechworth is a decommissioned psychiatric hospital. Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum was the 4th such hospital to be built in Victoria & is one of the 3 largest. Closing in 1995 after 128 years of operation. Lunatic Asylums |
Legacies
Plaster bust of Sir Redmond Barry.
Nicholas John Caire, photographer, and Gilbert James, sculptor, 1883.
Nicholas John Caire, photographer, and Gilbert James, sculptor, 1883.
Marcus Clarke (1846-1881) and his contemporaries were among the last of those appointed before the notion of professional training had taken hold. English-born Clarke had completed his education at grammar school but wasn't trained for any career when he arrived in Melbourne in 1863.
He applied successfully for the position of Secretary to the Trustees of the Public Library, Museum & National Gallery in December 1869. Clarke's literary talents & associations were enough to win favour in the eyes of the Chairman of the Trustees Sir Redmond Barry, treating him as a protégé. Justice Redmond Barry presided over the
Eureka Stockade treason trials in the Supreme Court in 1855. The 13 miners were all acquitted. Remembering Eureka 160 years on http://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/home/contact The University of Melbourne
Under the direction of Sir Redmond Barry, Sir Charles Hotham, laid the foundation stone for the University of Melbourne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Melbou University of Melbourne Archives https://digitised-collections.unimelb University of Melbourne Map Collections https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au Special Collections https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu1343/146 Trinity College Dublin
Redmond entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1832, graduating 3 years later, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Trinity College, Dublin was created by royal charter in 1592. The Law School is Ireland's oldest and most prestigious. https://www.tcd.ie/about/history/ The Victorian Gold Rush financed the
construction of many grand public buildings. The Supreme Court exemplifies this through its Renaissance Revival Style on an imposing scale. Gold Exploration Supreme Court Library
Open to the legal profession & staff. Members of the public are welcome to visit the library with the permission of the librarian on duty. Parliamentary Library, Victoria
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Mentone's Street Names
Barry Street is small, but it is named after Sir Redmond Barry. Involved at the top level of Colonial Victoria’s early growth. He was foremost in a small group who founded Melbourne University, the State Library & the Art Gallery. He was also known as a benevolent man, contributing to many charitable causes. http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article Sir Charles Hotham
Sir Charles Hotham, born Nov. 14 1806, Dennington, U.K., was Lieutenant-Governor and later, Governor of Victoria, from June 1854 to Nov 1855. Under the direction of Sir Redmond Barry, Sir Charles Hotham, laid the foundation stones for the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Public Library (State Library) & the Sunbury Industrial School, all in the one day. Hotham's health was failing in 1855 and on 17 December he caught a chill while opening the Melbourne gasworks, then later died, December 31, 1855, in Melbourne http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hotham-sir-charles Sunbury Industrial School
The foundation stone was laid by Sir Charles Hotham, under Sir Barry's direction. http://www.portphillippioneersgroup.org.au/ppp Sunbury Asylum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbury_Asylum Parliamentary Papers Database Industrial schools reports & correspondence relative to industrial schools http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/vufind/Search The Sunbury Industrial School later became the Sunbury Lunatic Asylum & then the Sunbury Training Centre. Asylum records http://coraweb.com.au/asylum.htm
Hall Place
Hall Place is a part-Tudor, part Jacobean, country house on the outskirts of Bexley Village. The old Supreme Court was on the north-west
corner of Latrobe & Russell Streets, Melbourne. Constructed in 1842, it was as the Supreme Court of N.S.W. for the Port Phillip District until 1852, then from 1852-1884 the Supreme Court of Vic. & from 1884-1910 the Court of Petty Sessions. http://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/home Virtual Tour of Parliament House.
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