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Redmond BarryBritish colonial judge of Victoria, Australia.
Date of Birth: 07.06.1813
Country:  Ireland |
Content:
- Early Life and Career
- Emigration to Australia and Legal Appointments
- - In 1852, he was appointed Supreme Court Judge of Victoria.
- The Eureka Stockade Trial
- International Representation and Honors
- The Kelly Outbreak
- - Barry also presided over the final trial of Ned Kelly in 1880.
Early Life and Career
- Redmond Barry was born in County Cork, Ireland, to General Henry Green Barry and Phoebe Barry.
- He attended military school in Kent and Trinity College Dublin before being called to the Irish Bar in 1838.
Emigration to Australia and Legal Appointments
- Barry emigrated to Australia in 1839 and settled in Melbourne.- He served as Special Commissioner of the Courts of Request and became Chief Crown Solicitor of the newly formed colony of Victoria in 1851.
- In 1852, he was appointed Supreme Court Judge of Victoria.
Contributions to Victorian Society- Barry advocated for government funding for social welfare, particularly education.
- He helped establish the Melbourne Hospital (1848), the University of Melbourne (1853), and the State Library of Victoria (1854).
- He served as the first Chancellor of the University of Melbourne and President of the State Library of Victoria.
The Eureka Stockade Trial
- Barry presided over the Eureka Stockade treason trial in 1855, resulting in the acquittal of 13 miners.
International Representation and Honors
- Barry represented Victoria at the London International Exhibition in 1862 and the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876.
- He was knighted in 1860 and became a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1877.
The Kelly Outbreak
- Barry presided over the trials of Mrs. Ellen Kelly and other individuals accused of aiding and abetting the Kelly Gang in 1878.
- His sentencing of Mrs. Kelly to hard labor without sufficient evidence marked the beginning of the Kelly Outbreak.
- Barry also presided over the final trial of Ned Kelly in 1880.
Death and Legacy- Barry died in 1880 from pneumonia and a carbuncle on his neck.
- The State Library of Victoria's reading room is named in his honor.
- The University of Melbourne has a building named the Redmond Barry Building in his memory.
