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Sir Charles John LoweKCMG (4 October 1880 – 20 March 1969) was an Australian judge. He served on the Supreme Court of Victoria from 1927 to 1964, the longest serving judge in the court's history. He presided over several major federal and state government inquiries.
Lowe was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria in January 1927, with the encouragement of his friend Owen Dixon. He notably presided over the trial of the accused Pyjama Girl murderer in 1944 and the murder trial of John Bryan Kerr in 1951, where his decision was upheld on appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He also presided over "four major commissions of inquiry" – the 1940 inquiry into the Canberra air disaster, the 1942 inquiry into the Bombing of Darwin, the 1943 federal royal commission into Eddie Ward's "Brisbane Line" allegations, and the 1949–1950 Victorian royal commission into the Communist Party of Australia. In the latter, communist activist Ralph Gibson concluded that "contrary to our fears and to the Government's hopes, displayed a certain genuine interest in Communist theory and a certain respect for evidence".[1]
Lowe retired from the court in 1964 after a record 37 years, presiding over his final trial in 1962.[1]
Other activitiesedit
Lowe served as chancellor of the University of Melbourne from 1941 to 1954, in place of John Latham. He "spoke out for better conditions for professors, publicly supported research, international academic intercourse, 'liberal education', and co-residential colleges". He also served as president of the local English-Speaking Union and the Australian-Asian Association of Victoria.[1]
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^ abcdPoynter, J. R. (2000). "Lowe, Sir Charles John (1880–1969)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 15.
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