of Germany's fascism and Japan's expanding military aggression and Cambridge respectively. Wangaratta Primary School, which William Ah Ket attended as a child.Source: Andrew Godwin. Australias first Chinese barrister William Ah Ket was born in the Victorian country town of Wangaratta. Celebrating Asian Australian Lawyers: From William Ah Ket to Today, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ah-ket-william-4979, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd81c6e4b074b4a339bb2e/t/, https://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/5/5/1/public/stories/wahket.htm, https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/145813/2/Morrison%20Oration%2002.pdf. for China in Melbourne in 1913-14 and again in 1917. Though the law was not dismantled until the 1970s, Mr Tang says it was a significant case at a time when there were active political attempts to limit Chinese immigration to Australia. "If you think about someone who's a first-generation Australian trying to break into a white, Anglo-Saxon dominated legal profession, it would've taken a fair bit of work to build up his reputation, get to be known and respected," he says. In the lecture, William reflected on whether there was a real difference between the culture of the East and that of the West and drew parallels between Western culture and Confucianism. Sir Robert Menzies practised with William in Selborne Chambers. 10William Ah Ket Scholarship 2019, Program (9 October 2019). 16Isabel Carter, Woman in a Wig: Joan Rosanove, QC (Lansdowne Press, 1970), 13. Chinese people. light opera or a Gladys Moncrief musical . William Ah Ket fought social prejudice in and out of court. Guineas and the Melbourne Cup, where he was recognised as [1] Completing this course in 1899, William won the Supreme Court Judges Prize in 1902 and was admitted to practice in 1903. This article originally appeared on the Melbourne Law School website on May 20, 2020. 15William Ah Ket, Eastern Thought, with special reference to Confucius (Second Morrison Lecture, 3 May 1933), available at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/145813/2/Morrison%20Oration%2002.pdf. In its decision, the High Court found that if the immigration legislation had intended to remove the rights of citizenship, it should have expressed its intention clearly. Their eldest son William Ket MBBS became Deputy Superintendent Fast forward 90 years to 9 October 2019 when an audience of some 50 persons are gathered in the Great Hall of the High Court of Australia to attend the third award ceremony for the William Ah Ket Scholarship a scholarship established by the Asian Australian Lawyers Association in 2017 and supported by Maddocks. Cheong to an end the legal career of a truly remarkable Chinese gentleman of their happy marriage with a small party at a Chinese banquet He made several successful submissions opposing the Victorian The legacy of Australia's #firstAsianlawyer, William Ah Ket, who battled #racism and achieved landmark victories, lives on. In the past we have borne all the costs associated with maintaining the website but we are now having difficulties in paying the monthly expenses. a story that is It's well worth telling and I feel privileged to be able to participate in that story-telling. [4], Despite, or perhaps because of, having himself been discriminated against, Mr Ah Ket devoted his life to fighting against unfair discrimination. The views and Even though the laws he fought against no longer exist, she says Australia continues to treat new migrant groups with suspicion. In the 1900s William Ah Ket along with other leaders of the established their home at No.1 Dandenong Road, Malvern where [12] William Ah Ket, Eastern Thought, with special reference to Confucius (Second Morrison Lecture, 3 May 1933), available at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/145813/2/Morrison%20Oration%2002.pdf. He established a committee to oppose the proposed Immigration Restriction Act and he was also active in the Anti-Opium League of Victoria which attempted to bring about social reform among Chinese in Australia and abroad. Your help would be greatly appreciated. He was an excellent after-dinner speaker, a prominent Freemason and a keen punter and golfer. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), abc.net.au/news/william-ah-ket-the-first-chinese-australian-barrister/10160198. Each August since 2017, the William Ah Ket Scholarship committee has accepted applications for the most outstanding research paper on a topic dealing with equality, diversity, and the legal profession or the law from legal trainees, graduates, final year students and lawyers with less than five years of practice. In addition to lobbying against discriminatory legislation, such as the Immigration Restriction Bill of 1901, William appeared in many cases that we would describe today as public interest cases. His father had taken him to China when he was about five years old. Father and son worked as court interpreters in their spare time. Despite his high profile and achievements, it would seem that others were advanced while he was not. Th my scam n ni ng r xc phm g cu. Ah Ket appeared in another High Court case called Potter v Minahan,[9] where he represented a man born in Australia of a Chinese father and a white Australian mother. William Ah Ket (1876-1936), barrister, was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, only son and fifth child of Ah Ket, storekeeper and grower and buyer of tobacco, and his wife Hing Ung, who were married in Melbourne in 1864. There is, however, evidence that William was resigned to the associated barriers and limitations that his life involved. Defying what was expected of Chinese-Australians at the turn of the twentieth century, he studied law and progressed to appear before the High Court of Australia. 5 Law Students Society Dinner to Sir Harrison Moore, Farrago 5(5), April 23, 1929. In addition, the gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of memorabilia about him. In addition, he had the advantage Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. second Morrison Lecture was delivered by William Ah Ket on Despite Ah Ket's legal nous, he still faced prejudice, often from his own clients. [3], Ah Ket fought against the requirements of the 1907 Factories (Employment of Chinese) Act, which discriminated against Chinese residents,[4] and successfully opposed legislative amendments in 1904, 1905, and 1907 which would have specifically discriminated against Chinese residents in the furniture industry. The keynote address is delivered by Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia, the Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, who makes the following comments: By all accounts, Mr Ah Ket was a remarkable man. the Consul-General for China, Dr. W.P. would increase friendship and understanding between the people They had two sons (William and Stanley) and two daughters (Melaan and Toylaan). On returning to Australia, he was threatened with deportation when he failed the dictation test that the law required "prohibited immigrants" to take. English-born forebears had migrated to Australia from Cheshire N. I because I am Chinese. William was educated in Wangaratta, and on gaining his matriculation Prior to completing his tertiary studies at Melbourne University, William received a full primary and secondary education in Wangaratta's public schools. schools. the subject of 'Reconciliation between Eastern and Western The marginalised group has shifted but it's not that distant.". His father, Ma Ket [], had arrived in Victoria in 1855 to work as a community leader for the Chinese workers in the goldfields of Victoria. We should have done Medicine.16, There are many more interesting stories and facts that one could relate about William and his legacy. After living in China for many years, he returned to Australia as an adult but was treated as a prohibited immigrant because he failed a dictation test imposed by the immigration legislation at the time. Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. One case he was involved in successfully challenged the Immigration Restriction Act better known as the White Australia policy in 1908. He served his articles under Richard Cross of the firm then known as Maddock & Jamieson (now Maddocks) in 1903. Indeed, as his daughter Toylaan noted in a paper on her father, this was an issue that he was passionate about, having been involved in forming a committee to agitate against the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 and the unreasonable conditions imposed, such as the infamous dictation test. At that time, people born in Australia were British citizens by right, regardless of their parents origins. in Wangaratta, William Ah Ket continued his regular attendance In its decision, the High Court found that if the immigration legislation had intended to remove the rights of citizenship, it should have expressed its intention clearly. After living in China for many years, he returned to Australia as an adult, but was treated as a prohibited immigrant because he failed a dictation test imposed by the immigration legislation at the time. Asian Australians have played a vital role in the legal profession since the late 1800s, starting with the first barrister of Chinese origin to join the independent bar in Victoria, William Ah Ket. [3] He was neither appointed Silk nor a judge. Andrew and MLS would be delighted if any readers have information about William that they would like to share. Victoria 3086 Ah Kets legal team successfully proved that the Chinese man was not an employee of the laundry but instead a boarder at the laundry who had simply been ironing his own shirt! In a High Court case called Ingham v Hie Lee,11 Ah Ket represented a Chinese laundry owner who was charged with an offence under the Factories and Shops Act 1905 in Victoria. 9The Hon Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of Australia, William Ah Kets contribution to diversity in the legal profession (Asian Australian Lawyers Association, William Ah Ket Scholarship Presentation, Great Hall, High Court of Australia, Canberra, 9 October 2019, 5:30pm). Masonic Lodge No.123 and held life-membership of the MCG so His father had arrived in Victoria in 1855 and after some years on the goldfields established one of the earliest tobacco-farms on the King River. William was born in 1876, in the north-east Victorian town of Wangaratta one of eight children. The Melbourne Chinese Chamber of Commerce asked him to represent Australian Chinese at the opening of the first Chinese Parliament in Beijing in December, 1912 and he was Acting Consul for China in 19131914 and 1917. agitate against the Immigration Restriction Act in [11] See Toylaan Ah Ket, William Ah Ket - Building Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936 (paper delivered at the Conference of the Chinese Studies Association in Australia held at Macquarie University on 5 July 1995), available at https://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/5/5/1/public/stories/wahket.htm. The story of William Ah Ket is a significant one in the history of the Australian legal profession. [9] (1908) 7 CLR 277. Life [ edit] With paternal ancestry from Taishan, southern China, Ah Ket was Australia's first barrister of Asian heritage or ethnicity. The story of William Ah Ket, the first Chinese-Australian barrister. '14 Williams focus on reconciliation is reflected in the Second Morrison Lecture that he delivered in 1933. All rights reserved. respect, not only within his legal fraternity, but within We will never satisfy our ambitions. Toylaan Margaret Allen,his last surviving child, passed away in New South Wales on 16th July 2015. In a High Court case called Ingham v Hie Lee,[8] Ah Ket represented a Chinese laundry owner who was charged with an offence under the Factories and Shops Act 1905 in Victoria. The reason why the Chinese laundry owner had been charged was that a Chinese man had been found in the laundry between 9 and 10 pm at night ironing a shirt, apparently in breach of the after-hours work prohibition. community, such as Quong Tart in Sydney and Cheok Hong. Our data centers have been designed from the ground up to be some of the most efficient data centers in the world. His father had arrived in Victoria in 1855 and after some years on the goldfields established one of the earliest tobacco-farms on the King River. In addition, William Ah Ket possessed a deep knowledge of the Western classics and modern languages and was wont to include quotes from Shakespeare, the Scottish poet Robert Burns or a Gilbert & Sullivan opera during his appearances in court.[14]. could well be achieved if the Morrison Lectureship Foundation Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. William stayed involved with the University and was elected the President of the Law Students Society on 19 April 1907.4 Some 20 years later, in 1929, William supported a toast in favour of Sir Harrison Moore, the third Dean of Melbourne Law School, at a dinner hosted by the Law Students Society to mark Sir Harrisons retirement in 1927. Ah Ket was born in Wangaratta in 1876 and died in 1936. Occasionally their His father Mah Ket had arrived in Australia in the 1850s, during the gold rush era, and his mother in the 1860s. Australia's first Chinese barrister William Ah Ket was born in the Victorian country town of Wangaratta. "The borders of Australia have always been closed to people who aren't white Australians. Morrison Lecture was given in 1932 by "William Ah Ket's contribution to diversity in the legal profession" The Hon Susan Kiefel AC Chief Justice of Australia I am pleased to speak this evening and honoured to present the William Ah Ket Scholarship for 2019. The International Who's Who: 1984/85, 2004, "William Ah Ket - Building Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936*", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Ah_Ket&oldid=1136723876, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 20:35. He was, by all accounts, a man of His father, Ma Ket [], had arrived in Victoria in 1855 to work as a community leader for the Chinese workers in the goldfields of Victoria. "She never saw her children raised, she never was never able to live in the community like her husband or anything," Vivienne says. William Ah Ket was Australia's first barrister of Asian heritage or ethnicity, born in Victoria in 1876. Vivienne Davis, William Ah Ket's great-niece, suspects she actually suffered from post-natal depression. Whatever the challenges that William faced during his sixty years, there is no doubt that his life was one of diversity and service. Sir Robert Menzies practised with William in Selbourne Chambers. I because I am Chinese. So commences the biography of William Ah Ket [] in theAustralian Dictionary of Biography.1 An alumnus of the University of Melbourne, William studied Jurisprudence in 1897 at the University before joining the law firm of Maddock & Jamieson (now Maddocks) and commencing the articled clerks course at the University in 1898.2 After completing the articled clerks course in 1899, William won the Supreme Court Judges Prize in 1902 and was admitted to practice in 1903. Ah Kets legal team successfully proved that he was not a prohibited immigrant. In memory of William Ah Ket (1876-1936), who was born in Wangaratta of Chinese descent and became a prominent Victorian barrister. Williams focus on reconciliation is reflected in the Second Morrison Lecture that he delivered in 1933, where he discussed whether there was a real difference between the culture of the East and that of the West, and drew parallels between Western culture and Confucianism. He said that "William Ah Ket did not ever sit on the Bench, though he would have been a very competent judge. family. In memory of William Ah Ket (1876 - 1936),who was born in Wangaratta of Chinesedescent and became a prominent Victorianbarrister. Neither of us will ever be made a judge, you because you are a woman. He has the lucky number of 88 on the Victorian Bar roll. "And if nobody had stood up, like William Ah Ket, to protest against them then they might've passed.". Defend yourself nobly but always in a dignified fashion.". "William Ah Ket is in his teens at this time and he's being brought up to be a smart, educated young man, so he would've seen all this going on.". of the world's most talented classical guitarists. Supplied: William Ah Ket's descendants Topics: history , laws , melbourne-3000 Top Stories 'Total deviousness': Witnesses recount 'suspicious' inferno in the Luna Park Ghost Train 'If you're offered it, take it': Government backs AstraZeneca despite blood clot concerns The dictation test required all immigrants from China to write in English a passage of not less than 50 words that was dictated by a customs officer. His father had arrived in Victoria in 1855 and after some years on the goldfields established one of the earliest tobacco-farms on the King River. C. F. Yong, The Chinese in New South Wales and Victoria, 1901-1921 (Ph.D. thesis, Australian National University, 1966). William Ah Ket was a noted Australian barrister. So commences the biography of William Ah Ket [] in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.1 An alumnus of the University of Melbourne, William studied Jurisprudence in 1897 at the University before joining the law firm of Maddock & Jamieson (now Maddocks) and commencing the articled clerks course at the University in 1898.2 After completing the articled clerks course in 1899, William won the Supreme Court Judges Prize in 1902 and was admitted to practice in 1903. West enabled him to become one of the few Chinese Australians "He played the game of affluence and gambling and carding and living it up," she recalled. Fast forward to 9 October 2019 when an audience of some 50 persons are gathered in the Great Hall of the High Court of Australia to attend the third award ceremony for the William Ah Ket Scholarship a scholarship established by the Asian Australian Lawyers Association and supported by Maddocks. He completed his articles with the solicitors Maddison & His father had Ah Ket appeared in another High Court case calledPotter v Minahan.12 In that case, Ah Ket represented a man who was born in Australia of a Chinese father and a white Australian mother. The reason why the Chinese laundry owner had been charged was that a Chinese man had been found in the laundry between 9 and 10pm at night ironing a shirt, apparently in breach of the after-hours work prohibition. Their youngest kind of lectures at the Australian National University that William Ah Ket was chosen as delegate by the Chinese Chamber The eldest daughter, Melaan, married Len We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the He advocated and promoted peaceful coexistence. We will never satisfy our ambitions. The keynote address is delivered by the Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia, who makes the following comments: By all accounts, Mr Ah Ket was a remarkable man. He was also a delegate to the first interstate Chinese convention held at Melbourne in 1905 and was co-founder and president of the Sino-Australian Association, considered to be the first Australian-Chinese club. "Remembering William Ah Ket is about remembering these rights were fought for they weren't just given by the benevolent government," she says. ways of thinking, with particular reference to Confucius'. He supported the creation of a committee to That includes our servers. He fought against the requirements of the 1907 Factories (Employment of Chinese) Act, which discriminated against . "That's why his story's so important to us.". 10William Ah Ket Scholarship 2019, Program (9 October 2019). "Rumpole" of the Victorian Supreme Court, gaining Williamwas born on June 20 1876, in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. View William Webb's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Sir Robert Menzies wrote that he and Mr Ah Ket "were great friends". At that time, people born in Australia were British citizens by right, regardless of their parents origins. Educated in both English and Chinese cultures, he agitated against racial intolerance in Victoria and defended the rights of Victoria`s Chinese community. New and compelling histories from Australia and around the world. This article commemorates the life of William Ah Ket, Australias first barrister of Chinese descent. William Ah Ket did not ever sit on the Bench, though he would have been a very competent judge. community during the early years of Federation. Sir Robert Menzies wrote that he and Mr Ah Ket "were great friends". He died on 6 August 1936 of arteriosclerosis and renal failure at Malvern, Victoria. He became the leading Chinese in the district and a respected member of the Wangaratta community.. That in itself was an "impressive feat", says Reynah Tang, the founding president of the Asian-Australian Lawyers' Association. We should have done Medicine.16, There are many more interesting stories and facts that one could relate about William and his legacy. Noting that music had a peculiar charm for Confucius, he mused that had Confucius lived then, it is quite likely that he would have found in the music of the bagpipes something particularly stirring and satisfying to the soul.15 William would have had an affinity with bagpipes as his wife, Gertrude Bullock, was of Scottish descent. [13] Isabel Carter, Woman in a Wig: Joan Rosanove, QC (Lansdowne Press, 1970), 13. Australia, by putting into practice his personal philosophy ROMEO Ha az lom hzelked emnek Hinnem lehet, mindjrt rm knt rm. He is also believed to be the first Chinese barrister to practise in Australia. Chinese called by Dr. Sun Yat Sen to attend the first National The plaque commemorates William Ah Ket (1876 - 1936), who was a lawyer and campaigner for Chinese rights and was born in Wangaratta. 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