Lincoln Crowley is an Australian lawyer, who was sworn in a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 13 June 2022, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to be appointed as a State or Territory justice.[1]

Lincoln Crowley
Crowley in 2020
Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Assumed office
13 June 2022
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
EducationJames Cook University (LL.B.), Queensland University of Technology (Legal Practice Course, University of New England (B.A.)

Justice Crowley grew up in Charters Towers, Queensland, attending high school there in the 1980's. His father was one of the Australian Defense Force's first Indigenous majors.[2] Crowley studied at James Cook University, graduating in 1996 with a Bachelor of Laws, and in 1999 was awarded a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from Queensland University of Technology.[3][4][5]

Admitted to the legal profession in both Queensland and New South Wales, Justice Crowley became a barrister on 10 August 2007,[6] and took silk (appointed Queen's Counsel) on 22 November 2018.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Lincoln Crowley sworn in as nation's first Indigenous supreme court judge". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ Silk, Marty (13 June 2022). "Australia's first Indigenous Supreme Court judge sworn in". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. AAP. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  3. ^ Smee, Ben (27 May 2022). "Lincoln Crowley appointed Australia's first Indigenous supreme court justice". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Mr Lincoln Crowley QC". James Cook University. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ^ "QUT congratulates Supreme Court alumni appointments". Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. ^ Silk, Marty (13 June 2022). "Indigenous Supreme Court judge sworn in". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Mr Lincoln Crowley QC". Bar Association of Queensland. Retrieved 13 June 2022.