Frank Walker (Australian politician)
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The Honourable Frank Walker QC |
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| 41st Attorney General of New South Wales | |
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In office 14 May 1976 – 1 February 1983 |
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| Premier | Neville Wran |
| Preceded by | John Maddison |
| Succeeded by | Paul Landa |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Georges River |
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In office 19 September 1970 – 22 February 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Douglas Cross |
| Succeeded by | Terry Griffiths |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Robertson |
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In office 24 March 1990 – 2 March 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Barry Cohen |
| Succeeded by | Jim Lloyd |
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7 July 1942 Sydney |
| Died | 12 June 2012 (aged 69) Sydney |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Alma mater |
University of Sydney (L.L.B., L.L.M.) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, barrister |
Francis John Walker, QC (7 July 1942 – 12 June 2012) was an Australian politician and judge. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Georges River between 1970 and 1988 and subsequently a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Robertson between 1990 and 1996, both for the Australian Labor Party. During his parliamentary careers, Walker held a range of ministerial responsibilities. He was the first New South Wales Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and was responsible for some of the first legislation that recognized the obligation to financially compensate indigenous Australians for the loss of their land.
Walker was born in Sydney and spent early formative years with his father, a blacklisted communist, and Walker's brother in a jungle village in Papua New Guinea. Aged 12, the family moved to the New South Wales north coast regional centre of Coffs Harbour where he completed his secondary schooling. As a teenager, he was beaten by police for sitting with Aborigines in the segregated part of the local theatre. Walker developed early empathy for the budding Aboriginal rights movement.
He graduated from the University of Sydney in 1964, with an LLB, progressing to an LLM in 1969. An articled clerk from 1960 to 1965, a solicitor from 1965 to 1976 and a barrister from 1976 to 1988, he was appointed as a Queens Counsel in 1981.
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