Australia, by putting into practice his personal philosophy The Australian Dictionary of Biography notes the following in its entry on William Ah Ket: Ah Ket built up a healthy practice at the Victorian Bar, specialising in civil law. Prior to completing his tertiary studies at Melbourne University, William received a full primary and secondary education in Wangaratta's public schools. We will never satisfy our ambitions. He was also the acting consul-general for China in 1913-14 and in 1917. arts, sciences, and history of the Chinese people. "William Ah Ket is in his teens at this time and he's being brought up to be a smart, educated young man, so he would've seen all this going on.". to Australia, William Ah Ket was appointed as Acting Consul-General member of Melbourne's See Yup Society. Educated in both English and Chinese cultures, he agitated against racial intolerance in Victoria and defended the rights of Victoria`s Chinese community. He joined the Victorian Bar in 1904, reading with Stewart McArthur who later went on to be a Supreme Court judge and became the first Chinese barrister to practise in Melbourne. "Rumpole" of the Victorian Supreme Court, gaining "If you think about someone who's a first-generation Australian trying to break into a white, Anglo-Saxon dominated legal profession, it would've taken a fair bit of work to build up his reputation, get to be known and respected," he says. The biography of Joan Rosanove QC, an alumna of Melbourne Law School and the first Jewish woman in Australia to be admitted as a barrister, contains the following reference to a light-hearted discussion between William and Joan: A Melbourne barrister, Mr Ah Ket, a friend of Marks [Joans father], said to her, You and I have both chosen the wrong profession, Joan. So begins the biography of William Ah Ket [] in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. "Obviously there's not a White Australia policy as such against Chinese migrants," she says. light opera or a Gladys Moncrief musical . English-born forebears had migrated to Australia from Cheshire the Consul-General for China, Dr. W.P. William Ah Ket - A Life of Diversity and Service Andrew Godwin* William Ah Ket (1876-1936), barrister, was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, only son and fifth child of Ah Ket, storekeeper and grower and buyer of tobacco, and his wife Hing Ung, who were married in Melbourne in 1864. "There was definitely a fresh wave of discrimination that was being put in place," she says. So how is it that such a pioneering lawyer of Chinese descent is not more widely known? [1][2] His daughter Melaan was the mother of the guitarist John Williams. After the formalities conclude, enthusiastic discussion ensues amongst the guests about William and his legacy and includes a combination of questions and observations: How is it that William Ah Ket is not more widely known?; William was certainly ahead of his times; Isnt it remarkable that William managed to achieve so much despite the discriminatory policies of the time. He was a sound lawyer and a good advocate. Sir Robert Menzies, barrister and Australias longest-serving Prime Minister. 14See Toylaan Ah Ket, William Ah Ket - Building Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936 (paper delivered at the Conference of the Chinese Studies Association in Australia held at Macquarie University on 5 July 1995), available at https://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/5/5/1/public/stories/wahket.htm. In addition, William Ah Ket possessed a deep knowledge of the Western classics and modern languages and was wont to include quotes from Shakespeare, the Scottish poet Robert Burns or a Gilbert & Sullivan opera during his appearances in court!17. 16Isabel Carter,Woman in a Wig: Joan Rosanove, QC (Lansdowne Press, 1970), 13. During his career Ah Ket battled the harsh effects of the White Australia Policy in 1908. Ah Kets legal team successfully proved that the Chinese man was not an employee of the laundry but instead a boarder at the laundry and that he had simply been ironing his own shirt! In a High Court case calledIngham v Hie Lee,11 Ah Ket represented a Chinese laundry owner who was charged with an offence under theFactories and Shops Act 1905 in Victoria. [11] See Toylaan Ah Ket, William Ah Ket - Building Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936 (paper delivered at the Conference of the Chinese Studies Association in Australia held at Macquarie University on 5 July 1995), available at https://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/5/5/1/public/stories/wahket.htm. William Ah Ket (1876-1936), barrister, was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, only son and fifth child of Ah Ket, storekeeper and grower and buyer of tobacco, and his wife Hing Ung, who were married in Melbourne in 1864. William was particularly active in the fight against racial discrimination and appeared in many 'public interest' cases. Andrew Godwin is researching the life and times of William Ah Ket and is working with the descendants of the Ah Ket family for this purpose. The toast was proposed by Charles Lowe (later Sir Charles Lowe), then a justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and subsequently Chancellor of Melbourne University between 1941 and 1954, and was also supported by Justice Owen Dixon of the High Court and Professor Kenneth Bailey, then Dean of Melbourne Law School.5 Interestingly, William had appeared in cases as senior to Lowe and as junior to Dixon before they were elevated to the bench. His father had arrived in Victoria in 1855 and after some years on the goldfields established one of the earliest tobacco-farms on the King River. In a passage that is still recognised as current law in Australia, Justice OConnor stated as follows: It is improbable that the legislature would overthrow fundamental principles, infringe rights, or depart from the general system of law, without expressing its intention with irresistible clearness [10], Despite the bamboo ceiling that William must have encountered during his life and career, it appears that his mission was to remove barriers and, as his daughter Toylaan Ah Ket wrote, to implement his personal philosophy of building bridges between the East and West.'[11]. Liu in Sydney who both obtained generous financial support "Winning the inaugural William Ah Ket Scholarship brings me great pride and satisfaction, owing to the scholarship's underlying purpose of fostering the development and promotion of cultural diversity in the Australian legal profession. such as the Dictation Test and Limitation of Residence. of Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital. After the formalities conclude, enthusiastic discussion ensues among the guests about William and his legacy and includes a combination of questions and observations: How is it that William Ah Ket is not more widely known?; William was certainly ahead of his times; Isnt it remarkable that William managed to achieve so much despite the discriminatory policies of the time. Association in Australia held at Macquarie University on 5 July 1995. William Ah Ket (1876-1936), lawyer and campaigner for Chinese rights, was born in Wangaratta, Victoria. and educators against racial discrimination in Australia. He was an alumnus of the University of Melbourne. Morrison Lecture was given in 1932 by 7Citing Sir Robert Menzies, The Measure of the Years (Cassell Australia, 1970) at 249. William was particularly active in the fight against racial discrimination and appeared in many 'public interest' cases. In its decision, the High Court found that if the immigration legislation had intended to remove the rights of citizenship, it should have expressed its intention clearly. Fulfilling his father's wishes, William studied law at the University of Melbourne. William had 4 sisters: Alberta Young (born Ah Ket) and 3 other siblings. Their father said "the boys were teasing her and boys tend to do that". Your information is being handled in accordance with the. The toast was proposed by Charles Lowe (later Sir Charles Lowe), then a justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and subsequently Chancellor of Melbourne University between 1941 and 1954, and was also supported by Justice Owen Dixon of the High Court and Professor Kenneth Bailey, then Dean of Melbourne Law School.5 Interestingly, William had appeared in cases as senior to Lowe and as junior to Dixon before they were elevated to the bench. N. Mantova, utca. His mother, Hing Ung, had bound feet and spoke no English. This article contains content that is not available. Despite his high profile and achievements, it would seem that others were advanced while he was not.6 He was neither appointed Silk nor a judge. William was born in the Victorian country town of Wangaratta in 1876, the son of Mah Ket, who arrived from Canton during the gold rush, and his wife Hing Ung. Andrew can be contacted ona.godwin@unimelb.edu.au. Fast forward to 9 October 2019 when an audience of some 50 persons are gathered in the Great Hall of the High Court of Australia to attend the third award ceremony for the William Ah Ket Scholarship a scholarship established by the Asian Australian Lawyers Association and supported by Maddocks. He was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, the only son and fifth child of Mah Ket and Hing Ung. in Australia ended, he settled in Wangaratta to raise his William was born in 1876, in the north-east Victorian town of Wangaratta one of eight children. Prior to completing William was born in the Victorian country town of Wangaratta in 1876, the son of Mah Ket, who arrived from Canton during the gold rush, and his wife Hing Ung. In addition to lobbying against discriminatory legislation, such as the Immigration Restriction Bill of 1901, William appeared in many cases that we would describe today as public interest cases. Fast forward 90 years to 9 October 2019 when an audience of some 50 persons are gathered in the Great Hall of the High Court of Australia to attend the third award ceremony for the William Ah Ket Scholarship a scholarship established by the Asian Australian Lawyers Association in 2017 and supported by Maddocks. He was a sound lawyer and a good advocate". A Paper on the Chinese and the Factories Acts, published in 1906, defended the rights of Chinese workers and factory owners against unfair legislation. Asian Studies Program in Little Bourke Street or attending one of the city theatres He was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, the only son and fifth child of Mah Ket and Hing Ung. choice would be a controversial play at The Little Theatre, recital, a Gilbert & Sullivan production, a Franz Lehar She was sent to the Beechworth Lunatic Asylum and diagnosed with mania when William was five, and she lived there until she died in 1896. Fax: +61 3 9479 1880 I because I am Chinese. He fought against the requirements of the 1907 Factories (Employment of Chinese) Act, which discriminated against . William Ah Ket (1876-1936), barrister, was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, only son and fifth child of Ah Ket, storekeeper and grower and buyer of tobacco, and his wife Hing Ung, who were married in Melbourne in 1864. 6Citing Karin Derkley, William Ah Ket Legacy Recognised (2018) 92(3) Law Institute Journal 83 at 83, 84. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. "They were about making sure Chinese were on view, they were really pretty abhorrent," she says. On top of that work, William also had to deal with racism. Victoria, and the increasing protests of influential clergymen "He probably would've seen people that were junior to him progress past him in that career and of course that would've been disappointing to see that, and not be afforded the same opportunities as everyone else," he says. of Germany's fascism and Japan's expanding military aggression Less is known about another person - Wu Ting Fang. joint Trusteeship with Sir Colin MacKenzie in the founding In addition to lobbying against discriminatory legislation, such as the Immigration Restriction Bill of 1901, William appeared in many cases that we would describe today as public interest cases. He has the lucky number of 88 on the Victorian Bar roll. Dear Monument Australia visitors, we are a self-funded, non-profit organisation, dedicated to recording monuments throughout Australia. Toylaan remembered his final words: "Unity is strength.". The dictation test required all immigrants from China to write in English a passage of not less than 50 words that was dictated by a customs officer. 3See William Lye OAM, Introduction to William Ah Ket at the Victorian Bar and Scholarship (William Ah Ket Inaugural Scholarship Launch at Maddocks, 21 November 2017), available athttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd81c6e4b074b4a339bb2e/t/5a1409caf9619a97a1396f77/1511262667464/WILLIAM+AH+KET+launch.pdf. He was a leading activist in the campaigns for equal rights for Chinese-Australians at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment ran deep. On 16 November 1912 he married Gertrude Victoria Bullock at the Kew Methodist Church. migrated from Canton in the 1850s, and when the Gold Rush amendments to the 1896 Factories & Shops Act to 820 Drummond Street Carlton North VIC 3054. that he could maintain his enthusiasm for cricket as a ball-to-ball of the George Ernest Morrison Memorial Lectureship in Ethnology Ah Ket appeared in another High Court case called Potter v Minahan,[9] where he represented a man born in Australia of a Chinese father and a white Australian mother. the subject of 'Reconciliation between Eastern and Western The younger son William was particularly active in the fight against racial discrimination and appeared in many 'public interest' cases. would provide all Australians with a better knowledge of the [1] Completing this course in 1899, William won the Supreme Court Judges Prize in 1902 and was admitted to practice in 1903. Neither of us will ever be made a judge, you because you are a woman. At the age of 35, William was married at the Kew Methodist respect, not only within his legal fraternity, but within of their happy marriage with a small party at a Chinese banquet Sir Robert Menzies practised with William in Selbourne Chambers. Ah Kets legal team successfully proved that he was not a prohibited immigrant. of Australia and the people of China - albeit at the academic He was also co-founder and established their home at No.1 Dandenong Road, Malvern where Their youngest Andrew can be contacted on a.godwin@unimelb.edu.au. NOTE: The author, Toylaan Ah Ket, is the daughter of William Ah Ket. Following his youthful introduction to country horse-racing l do mun ln n war phuc william khiu chin v xc phm danh tnh ca tao by gi tao yu cu my k vo y tao i bn ci u ch ca my r i ln ci mt ln ca my. Each August since 2017, the William Ah Ket Scholarship committee has accepted applications for the most outstanding research paper on a topic dealing with equality, diversity, and the legal profession or the law from legal trainees, graduates, final year students and lawyers with less than five years of practice. William Ah Ket [] was born in Wangaratta in the state of Victoria, Australia, in 1876. William's father, Mah Ket, became highly respected Indeed, as his daughter Toylaan noted in a paper on her father, this was an issue that he was passionate about, having been involved in forming a committee to agitate against the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 and the unreasonable conditions imposed, such as the infamous dictation test. Life. theatre-goers during the "Gay 20s" before the Depression. He was a sound lawyer and a good advocate". 10William Ah Ket Scholarship 2019, Program (9 October 2019). The reason why the Chinese laundry owner had been charged was that a Chinese man had been found in the laundry between 9 and 10 pm at night ironing a shirt, apparently in breach of the after-hours work prohibition. So commences the biography of William Ah Ket [] in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.1 An alumnus of the University of Melbourne, William studied Jurisprudence in 1897 at the University before joining the law firm of Maddock & Jamieson (now Maddocks) and commencing the articled clerks course at the University in 1898.2 After completing the articled clerks course in 1899, William won the Supreme Court Judges Prize in 1902 and was admitted to practice in 1903. It is named after William Ah Ket who became the first Australian barrister of Chinese origin in 1904. [5], His answer to the difficulties he faced appears to have been to succeed in what he did; to be a real part of the legal profession; to help others and to act at all times righteously, with courage and with kindness. daughter Toylaan gained her BA(hons) degree at Sydney University He said that "William Ah Ket did not ever sit on the Bench, though he would have been a very competent judge. In his more-than 30-year career, William was never promoted to the rank of senior barrister or appointed judge. In 1931, William Ah Ket's dedication to foster increased understanding [1] Helen Penrose, To Build a Firm: The Maddocks Story (Maddocks, 2010), 11[2] See William Lye OAM, Introduction to William Ah Ket at the Victorian Bar and Scholarship (William Ah Ket Inaugural Scholarship Launch at Maddocks, 21 November 2017), available at https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd81c6e4b074b4a339bb2e/t/5a1409caf9619a97a1396f77/1511262667464/WILLIAM+AH+KET+launch.pdf. opinions expressed in these stories do not necessarily reflect those of La Trobe University 15William Ah Ket, Eastern Thought, with special reference to Confucius (Second Morrison Lecture, 3 May 1933), available athttps://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/145813/2/Morrison%20Oration%2002.pdf. This article commemorates the life of William Ah Ket, Australias first barrister of Chinese descent. The test required all immigrants from China to write in English or another European language a passage of approximately 50 words, dictated by a customs officer. of the massive petitions raised by the Anti-Opium League of 15William Ah Ket, Eastern Thought, with special reference to Confucius (Second Morrison Lecture, 3 May 1933), available at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/145813/2/Morrison%20Oration%2002.pdf. In a special series, RN examines Australia's relationship to China, and its rising prominence in global affairs. He was in the front rank of pleaders and became renowned as a fine cross-examiner quietly spoken, courteous and shrewd and as an outstanding jury man. Sir Robert Menzies wrote that he and Mr Ah Ket "were great friends". Despite his high profile and achievements, it would seem that others were advanced while he was not. by Sir Colin MacKenzie and were brought to fruition through I am grateful for the opportunity of coming to know more about William Ah Ket. Toylaan, the youngest daughter, died in 2015 at the age of 94. landing at Tarakan. In its decision, the High Court found that if the immigration legislation had intended to remove the rights of citizenship, it should have expressed its intention clearly. "It's about a person's right to identity and the place they were born, so it was pretty important," he says. He said that "William Ah Ket did not ever sit on the Bench, though he would have been a very competent judge. specifically exclude the Chinese from gaining a livelihood William Ah Ket as a young man Source: by kind permission of the Ah Ket family, William Ah Ket (1876-1936), barrister, was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, only son and fifth child of Ah Ket, storekeeper and grower and buyer of tobacco, and his wife Hing Ung, who were married in Melbourne in 1864. After reading with (Sir) Stewart McArthur, Despite his high profile and achievements, it would seem that others were advanced while he was not.6 He was neither appointed Silk nor a judge. For group subscribers, please click here to access.Interested in group subscription? His father, Ma Ket [], had arrived in Victoria in 1855 to work as a community leader for the Chinese workers in the goldfields of Victoria. Whatever the challenges that William faced during his sixty years, there is no doubt that his life was one of diversity and service. Fast forward 90 years to 9 October 2019 when an audience of some 50 persons are gathered in the Great Hall of the High Court of Australia to attend the third award ceremony for the William Ah Ket Scholarship a scholarship established by the Asian Australian Lawyers Association in 2017 and supported by Maddocks. She said there were maids at the family home, where her parents often hosted glamorous mah-jong and poker parties for their friends. Despite the bamboo ceiling that William must have encountered during his life and career, it appears that his mission was to remove barriers and, as his daughter Toylaan Ah Ket wrote, to implement his personal philosophy of building bridges between the East and West. 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