The Hon. Charles Augustine Sweeney
CBE (1967 - 1970)
Charles Sweeney served as
an additional Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
from 1967 - 1971.
Justice Sweeney graduated from
Melbourne University and was admitted to the Victorian Bar in
1939.
Justice Sweeney was appointed as
a Queen's Counsel in 1955 and was a Member of the Commonwealth
Conciliation and Arbitration Commission from 1963 - 1969.
Justice Sweeney was Deputy President
of the Trade Practices Tribunal from 1966 - 1971 and served as
a Justice of the Commonwealth Industrial Court from 1969 - 1970.
Justice Sweeney was also a visiting Justice of the Supreme Court
of the Australian Capital Territory from 1969 - 1971 and was a
Justice of the Federal Court of Australia from 1977 - 1995.
Justice Sweeney was made a Knight
Commander of St Gregory and in 1973 was made a Commander of the
British Empire.
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