Laurence Street
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The Honourable Sir Laurence Street AC KCMG QC |
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| 14th Chief Justice of New South Wales | |
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In office 28 June 1974 – 1 November 1988 |
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| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir John Kerr |
| Succeeded by | Murray Gleeson |
| Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales | |
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In office 28 June 1974 – 1 November 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Leslie Herron |
| Succeeded by | Murray Gleeson |
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| Born |
3 July 1926 Sydney, New South Wales 
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| Nationality | Australian |
Sir Laurence Whistler Street AC, KCMG, QC (born 3 July 1926) is an Australian jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He was the third generation of the Street family to have served New South Wales in this role.
Street is the son of a New South Wales Supreme Court Chief Justice. His father Sir Kenneth Street was Chief Justice between 1950 and 1960 following in the footsteps of Sir Laurence's grandfather, Sir Philip Whistler Street. His mother Jessie Street was renowned for her work for Aboriginal and women's rights. She "masterminded the formation of the Aboriginal Rights Organisation, which led to the successful referendum held in 1967". His sister Philippa married the Australian Test cricketer and journalist Jack Fingleton.
Street attended the Cranbook School in Bellevue Hill. After a stint in the Royal Australian Navy, he studied law at the University of Sydney. Street became a barrister at the New South Wales Bar in 1951. As a barrister he practised extensively in equity, commercial law and maritime law.
In 1965 he was appointed judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court in the Equity Division. In 1974, at age 47, Street became the state's second-youngest Chief Justice (Sir Alfred Stephen was 42 when appointed Chief Justice in 1844). In 1976 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG). He retired in 1988 and was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1989.
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