Andrew Inglis Clark was born in Hobart, Tasmania on February 24, 1848, 5 years before the end of convict transportation to Tasmania. He became a mechanical engineer, then later studied law, being admitted to the Tasmanian Bar in January 1877.
In 1878 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly, becoming Attorney General in 1887. It was after a visit to the United States in 1890 that Andrew Inglis Clark became a committed 'republican' which subsequently led to his passionate involvement in the Federation of Australia.
Clark, never in robust health, in fact described as "small, spare and nervous" by Alfred Deakin, died on November 14, 1907. He is buried in the old Queenborough Cemetery at Sandy Bay.
Clark's youngest son, AndrewInglis (1848-1907) was a lawyer, judge, politician and federalist.
Clark advised the government to appeal to the Privy Council and went to England in 1890 to conduct the case.
Clark's draft also differed from the adopted constitution in his proposal for 'a separate federal judiciary', with the new Supreme Court replacing the Privy Council as the highest court of appeal on all questions of law, which would be 'a wholesome innovation upon the American system'.
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