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Gowans was counsel assisting in the 1939 Bushfires Royal Commission at just 34.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rush |first=Jack |date=2019-06-01 |title=The more things change, the more they stay the same : Leonard Stretton, Gregory Gowans and the 1939 Bushfires Royal Commission |url=https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/agispt.20190712014073 |journal=Victorian Bar News |issue=165 |pages=56–59 |doi=10.3316/agispt.20190712014073}}</ref> He defended an RAAF pilot against a high profile mutiny charge in 1941.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1941-10-03 |title=R.A.A.F. COURTMARTIAL |work=Age |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209811097 |access-date=2022-11-28}}</ref> He twice assisted Labor Attorney General Doc Evatt, once in the unsuccessful attempt to nationalise the banks in 1948, and again in the successful High Court challenge to the Menzies' Government attempt to ban the Communist Party in 1950.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Omnia |date=2020-11-19 |title=Dealing with the King’s Enemies: The Drafting of the Communist Party Dissolution Bill 1950 |url=https://omnilogos.com/dealing-with-king-enemies-drafting-of-communist-party-dissolution-bill-1950/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=omnilogos.com |language=en-US}}</ref> He was made Kings Council in 1949. He was the Labor Party candidate for the state seat of Elsternwick in 1947, losing by a wide margin in a seat that Labor had not previously contested.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |date=28 November 2022 |title=The Thirty-Seventh Parliament Elected 8 November 1947 |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1947assembly.txt |access-date=28 November 2022 |website=AdamCarr.net}}</ref> Gowans appeared in the Privy Council in London on five occasions in the 1950s on constitutional and criminal law appeals.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rush |first=Jack |date=2019-06-01 |title=The more things change, the more they stay the same : Leonard Stretton, Gregory Gowans and the 1939 Bushfires Royal Commission |url=https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/agispt.20190712014073 |journal=VICTORIAN BAR NEWS |language=EN |doi=10.3316/agispt.20190712014073}}</ref> |
Gowans was counsel assisting in the 1939 Bushfires Royal Commission at just 34.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rush |first=Jack |date=2019-06-01 |title=The more things change, the more they stay the same : Leonard Stretton, Gregory Gowans and the 1939 Bushfires Royal Commission |url=https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/agispt.20190712014073 |journal=Victorian Bar News |issue=165 |pages=56–59 |doi=10.3316/agispt.20190712014073}}</ref> He defended an RAAF pilot against a high profile mutiny charge in 1941.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1941-10-03 |title=R.A.A.F. COURTMARTIAL |work=Age |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209811097 |access-date=2022-11-28}}</ref> He twice assisted Labor Attorney General Doc Evatt, once in the unsuccessful attempt to nationalise the banks in 1948, and again in the successful High Court challenge to the Menzies' Government attempt to ban the Communist Party in 1950.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Omnia |date=2020-11-19 |title=Dealing with the King’s Enemies: The Drafting of the Communist Party Dissolution Bill 1950 |url=https://omnilogos.com/dealing-with-king-enemies-drafting-of-communist-party-dissolution-bill-1950/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=omnilogos.com |language=en-US}}</ref> He was made Kings Council in 1949. He was the Labor Party candidate for the state seat of Elsternwick in 1947, losing by a wide margin in a seat that Labor had not previously contested.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |date=28 November 2022 |title=The Thirty-Seventh Parliament Elected 8 November 1947 |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1947assembly.txt |access-date=28 November 2022 |website=AdamCarr.net}}</ref> Gowans appeared in the Privy Council in London on five occasions in the 1950s on constitutional and criminal law appeals.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rush |first=Jack |date=2019-06-01 |title=The more things change, the more they stay the same : Leonard Stretton, Gregory Gowans and the 1939 Bushfires Royal Commission |url=https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/agispt.20190712014073 |journal=VICTORIAN BAR NEWS |language=EN |doi=10.3316/agispt.20190712014073}}</ref> |
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In 1960, Gough Whitlam praised Gowans' articles for |
In 1960, Gough Whitlam praised Gowans' articles for ''The Age'' on the rights of individuals accused of Communism.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ParlInfo - CRIMES BILL 1960 |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22hansard80/hansardr80/1960-11-22/0105%22;src1=sm1 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au}}</ref> |
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In 1961, Gowans was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria, where he served for 15 years. |
In 1961, Gowans was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria, where he served for 15 years. |
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Sir Urban Gregory Joseph Gowans KC (9 September 1904 – 1 April 1994) was an Australian lawyer and judge who served on the Supreme Court of Victoria from August 1961 to September 1976.
In 1904, Gowans was born in Boulder Western Australia to Hannah Gowans (nee Connolly) and James Gowans. His mother died when he was six years old having been accidentally poisoned by a splinter containing arsenic oxide — a by-product of the mining industry at that time. Gowans' father enrolled him and his four brothers at Christian Brothers College Kalgoorlie. Gowans won a scholarship to attend the University of Western Australia where he received a Bachelor of Arts, and a further scholarship from the University of Melbourne where he studied law[1].
Gowans was counsel assisting in the 1939 Bushfires Royal Commission at just 34.[2] He defended an RAAF pilot against a high profile mutiny charge in 1941.[3] He twice assisted Labor Attorney General Doc Evatt, once in the unsuccessful attempt to nationalise the banks in 1948, and again in the successful High Court challenge to the Menzies' Government attempt to ban the Communist Party in 1950.[4] He was made Kings Council in 1949. He was the Labor Party candidate for the state seat of Elsternwick in 1947, losing by a wide margin in a seat that Labor had not previously contested.[5] Gowans appeared in the Privy Council in London on five occasions in the 1950s on constitutional and criminal law appeals.[6]
In 1960, Gough Whitlam praised Gowans' articles for The Age on the rights of individuals accused of Communism.[7]
In 1961, Gowans was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria, where he served for 15 years.
On 1 January 1974, Gowans was knighted for distinguished service to the law.[8]
Gowans married Mona Ann Jane Freeman in 1937.[9]
Gowans' portrait, by Archibald Douglas Colquhoun, hangs in the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[10]
References
- ^ "ITEMS OF NEWS". Kalgoorlie Miner. 1926-12-30. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ Rush, Jack (2019-06-01). "The more things change, the more they stay the same : Leonard Stretton, Gregory Gowans and the 1939 Bushfires Royal Commission". Victorian Bar News (165): 56–59. doi:10.3316/agispt.20190712014073.
- ^ "R.A.A.F. COURTMARTIAL". Age. 1941-10-03. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ Omnia (2020-11-19). "Dealing with the King's Enemies: The Drafting of the Communist Party Dissolution Bill 1950". omnilogos.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ Carr, Adam (28 November 2022). "The Thirty-Seventh Parliament Elected 8 November 1947". AdamCarr.net. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Rush, Jack (2019-06-01). "The more things change, the more they stay the same : Leonard Stretton, Gregory Gowans and the 1939 Bushfires Royal Commission". VICTORIAN BAR NEWS. doi:10.3316/agispt.20190712014073.
- ^ "ParlInfo - CRIMES BILL 1960". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Victoria stays with January 1 honours". Canberra Times. 1974-01-01. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950
- ^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 1935 work: Gregory Gowans, Esq by A D Colquhoun". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-11-28.