Harry Gibbs
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The Right Honourable Sir Harry Gibbs GCMG, AC, KBE, QC |
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| 8th Chief Justice of Australia | |
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In office 12 February 1981 – 5 February 1987 |
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| Nominated by | Malcolm Fraser |
| Appointed by | Zelman Cowen |
| Preceded by | Sir Garfield Barwick |
| Succeeded by | Sir Anthony Mason |
| Justice of the High Court of Australia | |
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In office 4 August 1970 – 12 February 1981 |
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| Appointed by | John Gorton |
| Preceded by | Sir Frank Kitto |
| Succeeded by | Sir Gerard Brennan |
| Personal details | |
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7 February 1917 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 25 June 2005 (aged 88) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE, QC (7 February 1917 – 25 June 2005) was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1981 to 1987 after serving as a member of the High Court between 1970 and 1981. He was known as one of Australia's leading federalist judges although he presided over the High Court when decisions such as Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen in 1982 and Commonwealth v Tasmania expanded the powers of the Commonwealth at the expense of the states. Gibbs dissented from the majority verdict in both cases. On 3 August 2012, the Supreme Court of Queensland Library opened the Sir Harry Gibbs Legal Heritage Centre. It is the only legal heritage museum of its kind in Queensland and features a permanent exhibition dedicated to the life and legacy of Sir Harry Gibbs.
Harry Talbot Gibbs was educated at the Ipswich Grammar School and later at Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland, where he was President of the University of Queensland Union. He graduated from the latter with a Bachelor of Arts with honours in 1937 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1939. The same year he was admitted to the bar, but his legal career was interrupted by World War II and he served in the Australian Military Forces from 1942 to 1945 and in the Second Australian Imperial Force in Papua New Guinea, attaining the rank of Captain. He married Muriel Dunn in 1944 and the couple had three daughters and a son, (Barbara, Mary, Margaret and Harry).
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