McDonald, Colin

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Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsAcademics - LawGenderMaleHistoryColin McDonald KC was first admitted as a solicitor in Victoria in 1975. He undertook articles of clerkship with Russell Kennedy and Cook where he continued to work until 1977. During 1978 to 1979 Colin was an Associate to Justice McGarvie of the Victorian Supreme Court. He worked at the Victoria Bar from 1980 to 1981 where he read with Frank Vincent, now Justice Vincent of the Victorian Supreme Court.

Colin moved to the Territory in November 1981 to practice law. He commenced work as a solicitor with the North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service in December 1981 and worked there until May 1984. Colin has been at the Northern Territory Independent Bar since May 1984. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel on 24 January 1997.

His committee involvement has included the position of inaugural president of the Criminal Lawyers Association, former president of the NT Bar Association, and member of the Australian Indonesia Institute between 1989 to 1994. McDonald also contributed two chapter's to Ruth Campbell's 1977 publictation 'A History of the Melbourne Law School 1857 to 1973'

Source: William Forster Chambers - Colin McDonald KC https://williamforster.com/members/colin-mcdonald-qc/ accessed on 3 January 2023

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Interview with Sir Zelman Cowen in Melbourne at the Law School

Interview with Sir George & Lady Paton

Interview taken on 16 January 1975 with Sir George Paton

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[2022.0037] COLIN MCDONALD INTERVIEWS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE LAW SCHOOL BOOK

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[Small box of notes and citations]

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