of Commerce to represent Victoria at the Conference of Overseas "But we're living in days of the incarceration of refugees and asylum seekers. After completing his training as a lawyer in 1899, William won the Supreme Court Judges Prize in 1902, and was admitted to practice in 1903. 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. Fax: +61 3 9479 1880 Even though the laws he fought against no longer exist, she says Australia continues to treat new migrant groups with suspicion. at Saturday's race-meetings in Melbourne, never missing his William Ah Ket was Australia's first barrister of Asian heritage or ethnicity, born in Victoria in 1876. He went on to live in China for several years. For example, in addition to a busy life at the bar, William Ah Ket spent time as a diplomat, serving as acting consul-general for China in 1913-1914 and in 1917. K Tn : Cuong. would increase friendship and understanding between the people William Ah Ket fought social prejudice in and out of court. community, such as Quong Tart in Sydney and Cheok Hong. [1][2] His daughter Melaan was the mother of the guitarist John Williams. "Obviously there's not a White Australia policy as such against Chinese migrants," she says. Their father said "the boys were teasing her and boys tend to do that". We will never satisfy our ambitions. of Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital. times, William Ah Ket was affectionately regarded as the Chinese [3] Citing Karin Derkley, William Ah Ket Legacy Recognised (2018) 92(3) Law Institute Journal 83 at 83, 84. Our data centers have been designed from the ground up to be some of the most efficient data centers in the world. 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. William was well regarded as a barrister. Andrew can be contacted on a.godwin@unimelb.edu.au. place in The Stand during the season of The Oaks, the Caulfield 8Citing Toylaan Ah Ket, William Ah KetBuilding Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936 (Chinese Studies Association of Australia, Macquarie University, July 1995) at 9. [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. He advocated and promoted peaceful coexistence.8 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. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. "But when it came to law, he knew very well what it was like to struggle and be poor and oppressed, so his sympathies were always on the side of the underdog.". At that time, people born in Australia were British citizens by right, regardless of their parents origins. We will never satisfy our ambitions. Your information is being handled in accordance with the. Life [ edit] With paternal ancestry from Taishan, southern China, Ah Ket was Australia's first barrister of Asian heritage or ethnicity. Each data center building is the size of a modern day aircraft carrier, nearly four football fields long. At that time, people born in Australia were British citizens by right, regardless of their parents origins. Source: MA,VMR Burns or Gilbert & Sullivan. N. amendments to the 1896 Factories & Shops Act to In addition, the gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of memorabilia about him. to learn the cultural traditions of ancient China, and to Toylaan Margaret Allen,his last surviving child, passed away in New South Wales on 16th July 2015. We should have done Medicine.16, There are many more interesting stories and facts that one could relate about William and his legacy. [5] Citing Toylaan Ah Ket, William Ah KetBuilding Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936 (Chinese Studies Association of Australia, Macquarie University, July 1995) at 9.6] The Hon Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of Australia, William Ah Kets contribution to diversity in the legal profession (Asian Australian Lawyers Association, William Ah Ket Scholarship Presentation, Great Hall, High Court of Australia, Canberra, 9 October 2019, 5:30pm). Captain Stanley Ket (LLB) served with the Intelligence Unit 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. In the 1930s world peace began to waver under the threat [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. 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. William stayed involved with the University and was elected the President of the Law Students Society on 19 April 1907.4 Some 20 years later, in 1929, William supported a toast in favour of Sir Harrison Moore, the third Dean of Melbourne Law School, at a dinner hosted by the Law Students Society to mark Sir Harrisons retirement in 1927. He was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, the only son and fifth child of Mah Ket and Hing Ung. William was particularly active in the fight against racial discrimination and appeared in many 'public interest' cases. "In the mid-1880s the colonies decided they were no longer going to naturalise Chinese, and then in 1903 that was enshrined in federal legislation. Occasionally their "It's about a person's right to identity and the place they were born, so it was pretty important," he says. Chen, and in 1933 the You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Dr Couchman says the changes William spoke out against were "very invasive". "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.". Educated in both English andChinese cultures, he agitated against racialintolerance in Victoria and defended the rightsof Victoria`s Chinese community. Despite Ah Ket's legal nous, he still faced prejudice, often from his own clients. established their home at No.1 Dandenong Road, Malvern where of their happy marriage with a small party at a Chinese banquet in the furniture-making trade. In the 1970 book The Measure of the Years by Australia's longest-serving prime minister, Robert Menzies, he referred to his colleague and friend Ah Ket as "a phenomenon at the Victorian Bar" but that "a certain prejudice among clients against having a Chinese barrister to an extent limited his practice . That in itself was an "impressive feat", says Reynah Tang, the founding president of the Asian-Australian Lawyers' Association. William broke social barriers when he signed the bar roll in 1904 one paper described him as a "full-blooded, clever young Chinese" and built a reputation as a skilled barrister. 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. in Melbourne, publicly opposed discriminatory laws against Neither of us will ever be made a judge, you because you are a woman. C. F. Yong, The Chinese in New South Wales and Victoria, 1901-1921 (Ph.D. thesis, Australian National University, 1966). Chinese called by Dr. Sun Yat Sen to attend the first National William Ah Ket (, 20 June 1876 6 August 1936) was a noted Australian barrister. William Ah Ket was educated at Wangaratta High School and was also taught at home by a Chinese tutor. for its foundation. joint Trusteeship with Sir Colin MacKenzie in the founding His father Mah Ket had arrived in Australia in the 1850s, during the gold rush era, and his mother in the 1860s. The rise of China has everyone talking. 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. William also represented Chinese-Australians challenging discriminatory legislation in the High Court. It is timely to commemorate Williams life because a photo of William will soon be unveiled in the Portrait Gallery of the Victorian Bar in Melbourne, Australia. Make a life-giving gesture recital, a Gilbert & Sullivan production, a Franz Lehar [4], Despite, or perhaps because of, having himself been discriminated against, Mr Ah Ket devoted his life to fighting against unfair discrimination. [8] (1912) 15 CLR 267. In the lecture, William reflected on whether there was a real difference between the culture of the East and that of the West and drew parallels between Western culture and Confucianism. as Arthur Deane, R.G. 10William Ah Ket Scholarship 2019, Program (9 October 2019). 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. The International Who's Who: 1984/85, 2004, "William Ah Ket - Building Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936*", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Ah_Ket&oldid=1136723876, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 20:35. 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. The keynote address is delivered by Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia, the Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, who makes the following comments: By all accounts, Mr Ah Ket was a remarkable man. would provide all Australians with a better knowledge of the William was particularly active in the fight against racial discrimination. and Cambridge respectively. He said that "William Ah Ket did not ever sit on the Bench, though he would have been a very competent judge. They had two sons (William and Stanley) and two daughters (Melaan and Toylaan). they raised a family of two sons and two daughters. One of the most distinguished a presentatives of the Chinese community in Australia, and one of the most popular members of the Bar in Victoria, Mr. William . William Ah Ket in Selborne Chambers, Melbourne circa 1933.Source: http://monumentaustralia.org.au/. 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. Prior to completing his tertiary studies at Melbourne University, William received a full primary and secondary education in Wangaratta's public schools. member of Melbourne's See Yup Society. Three years later, the untimely death of William Ah Ket brought He advocated and promoted peaceful coexistence.8 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. His great grand-daughter, Blossom Ah Ket, recalls a family story of a white Australian man taunting the barrister on a train on the way to court. AUSTRALIA Educated in both English and Chinese cultures, he agitated against racial intolerance in Victoria and defended the rights of Victoria`s Chinese community. He was born on 20 June 1876 at Wangaratta, Victoria, the only son and fifth child of Mah Ket and Hing Ung. 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. In 1921, William and Gertrude William stayed involved with the University and was elected the President of the Law Students Society on 19 April 1907.4 Some 20 years later, in 1929, William supported a toast in favour of Sir Harrison Moore, the third Dean of Melbourne Law School, at a dinner hosted by the Law Students Society to mark Sir Harrisons retirement in 1927. His father had taken him to China when he was about five years old. Ah Kets legal team successfully proved that he was not a prohibited immigrant. He also appeared before Justice Lowe after he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria. arts, sciences, and history of the Chinese people. It is fitting and proper that this scholarship is named for him.[6], The recipient of the Scholarship, Tienyi Long, notes that [l]awyers, courts and legislators continue to grapple with the question of how equal justice can be achieved for diverse communities in a multifaceted and increasingly complex society diversity intelligence is an essential skill to facilitate equal access to justice for diverse communities it should be included as part of mandatory continuing professional development requirements under the Legal Profession Uniform Law.[7]. William was particularly active in the fight against racial discrimination. Defend yourself nobly but always in a dignified fashion.". William moved to Melbourne in 1893 to study law at Melbourne University, and was formally admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1904. 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. William Ah Ket made history when he signed the bar roll. After reading with (Sir) Stewart McArthur, One case he was involved in successfully challenged the Immigration Restriction Act better known as the White Australia policy in 1908. He specialised in civil law and acquired a considerable reputation as a negotiator of settlements. 6Citing Karin Derkley, William Ah Ket Legacy Recognised (2018) 92(3) Law Institute Journal 83 at 83, 84. William later married English-Australian typist Gertrude Bullock, courting her for four years before her father would accept him. well as a tobacco-grower, store-keeper, and property owner. Asian Studies Program Their eldest son William Ket MBBS became Deputy Superintendent [13] Isabel Carter, Woman in a Wig: Joan Rosanove, QC (Lansdowne Press, 1970), 13. William was educated in Wangaratta, and on gaining his matriculation An alum of the University of Melbourne, William studied jurisprudence in 1897 before joining law firm Maddock & Jamieson (now Maddocks) and commencing the articled clerks course at the University in 1898. . father employed a resident tutor for his 'seven little Australians' La Trobe University Australias first Chinese barrister William Ah Ket was born in the Victorian country town of Wangaratta. His mother, Hing Ung, had bound feet and spoke no English. 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. [12] William 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. If you have any further information about Williams life that you would like to share, I would warmly welcome your contributions. that he could maintain his enthusiasm for cricket as a ball-to-ball Special thanks to Jennifer Wood, Kate Bagnall, Pauline Rule and the National Library of Australia for helping with research. The marginalised group has shifted but it's not that distant.". The keynote address is delivered by the Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia, who makes the following comments: By all accounts, Mr Ah Ket was a remarkable man. So begins the biography of William Ah Ket [] in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. William Ah Ket was Australia's first barrister of Asian heritage or ethnicity, born in Victoria in 1876. If Monument Australia is useful to you, please make a donation to keep this historical and educational resource available. Though the law was not dismantled until the 1970s, Mr Tang says it was a significant case at a time when there were active political attempts to limit Chinese immigration to Australia. William Ah Ket became a leading figure in the Chinese Australian "Given the Commonwealth only formed in 1901, you wouldn't expect someone [of Chinese descent] within a few years of that to have been admitted," Mr Tang says. Noting that music had a peculiar charm for Confucius, he mused that had Confucius lived then, it is quite likely that he would have found in the music of the bagpipes something particularly stirring and satisfying to the soul.[12] William would have had an affinity with bagpipes as his wife, Gertrude Bullock, was of Scottish descent. 1John Lack, Ah Ket, William (1876 1936), Australian Dictionary of Biography, available at http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ah-ket-william-4979. '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 a member of the Chinese Empire Reform Association of 1904 and the Anti-Opium League of Victoria, organisations which supported modernisation and social reform among Chinese at home and abroad. Tune in as The History Listen explores his story. For example, in addition to a busy life at the bar, William Ah Ket spent time as a diplomat, serving as acting consul-general for China in 1913-1914 and in 1917. "William Ah Ket's contribution to diversity in the legal profession" The Hon Susan Kiefel AC Chief Justice of Australia I am pleased to speak this evening and honoured to present the William Ah Ket Scholarship for 2019. William's client, James Minahan, was born in Australia to an Anglo-Australian mother and Chinese father. [14] Karin Derkley, above n 6. He was also a delegate to the first interstate Chinese convention held at Melbourne in 1905 and was co-founder and president of the Sino-Australian Association, considered to be the first Australian-Chinese club. I because I am Chinese. invited scholars from interstate and overseas to deliver the "That's why his story's so important to us.". "And if nobody had stood up, like William Ah Ket, to protest against them then they might've passed.". of the George Ernest Morrison Memorial Lectureship in Ethnology This included a number of cases, Bishop v Chung Brothers, Potter v Minahan and Ingham v Hie Lee, that involved challenges to legislation that discriminated against those of Chinese origin. William Ah Ket was chosen as delegate by the Chinese Chamber Maureen Bedford - Great-niece of William Ah Ket, Vivienne Davis- Great-niece of William Ah Ket, Reynah Tang- Lawyer and founding president of Asian Australian Lawyers Association, Toylaan Ah Ket- Daughter of William Ah Ket, Blossom Ah Ket- Great-granddaughter of William Ah Ket, The Chinese and the Factories Acts by William Ah Ket,1906, The Measure of the Years by Sir Robert Menzies, 1970. "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. Email: cha@latrobe.edu.au. 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 athttps://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/5/5/1/public/stories/wahket.htm. 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. Tel: +61 3 9479 1315 The story of William Ah Ket is a significant one in the history of the Australian legal profession. 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