Hon H.B. Higgins

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Henry Bournes Higgins (30 June 1851 - 13 January 1929), Australian politician and judge, always known in his lifetime as H. B. Higgins, was a highly influential figure in Australian politics and law. He was born in Ireland, the son of a Methodist minister who came to Australia with his family in 1870. He was educated at Wesley College, Dublin in Ireland and at Melbourne University, where he graduated in law, and practised at the Melbourne bar from 1876, eventually becoming one of the city's leading barristers (a QC in 1903) and a wealthy man. He was active in liberal, radical and Irish nationalist politics, as well as in many civic organisations. He was also a noted classical scholar. Jump to: navigation, search June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Wesley College is a fee-paying coeducational secondary school for day-pupils and boarders in Dublin, Ireland. ... The University of Melbourne, located in Melbourne, in Victoria, is the second oldest university in Australia (the University of Sydney is the oldest). ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Queens Counsel (postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by letters patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of... Jump to: navigation, search 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Jump to: navigation, search For other meanings, see Classics (disambiguation) Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ...

In 1894 Higgins was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as MLA for Geelong. He was a supporter of George Turner's liberal government, but frequently criticised it from a left-wing point of view. He supported advanced liberal positions such as greater protection for workers, government investment in industry, and votes for women. In 1897 he was elected as one of Victoria's delegates to the constitutional convention which drew up the Australian Constitution. At the convention he successfully argued that the constitution should contain a guarantee of religious freedom, and also a provision giving the Commonwealth the power to arbitrate industrial disputes. 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of Victoria in Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search - - Nickname: City by the Bay Geography Area: 1,240 km² Coordinates: Time Zone UTC +10:00 Population (2003) 200,067 Among Australian cities: Density: persons/km² Political Mayor: Shane Dowling Governing body: City of Greater Geelong Geelong is a port city of 200,067 people (2003... Sir George Turner (8 August 1851 - 12 August 1916), Australian politician, was Premier of Victoria and a member of the first federal ministry. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A constitutional convention is a gathering of delegates for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. ... The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (in full, An Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia) is the primary constitutional text of the Commonwealth of Australia. ...

Despite these successes he opposed the draft constitution produced by the convention as too conservative, and in 1899 he campaigned unsuccessfully to have it defeated at the referendum in Victoria which was necessary before the constitution could be ratified. This alienated him most of his liberal colleagues, and also from the influential Melbourne Age. Higgins also opposed Australian involvement in the Boer War, a very unpopular stand at the time, and as a result lost his seat at the 1900 Victorian election. Jump to: navigation, search 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ... Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War There were two Boer wars, one from December 16, 1880-March 23, 1881 and the second from October 11, 1899-May 31, 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch, French and German origin (called Boers, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) in South... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

In 1901, when federation under the new constitution came into effect, Higgins was elected to the first House of Representatives for the working-class electorate of Northern Melbourne. He stood as a Protectionist, but the Labor Party did not oppose him, regarding him as a supporter of the labour movement. The Labor Party's confidence in him was shown in 1904 when Chris Watson formed the first federal Labor government. Since the party did not have a suitably qualified lawyer, Watson offered the post of Attorney-General to Higgins. He is the only person to have held office in a Labor government without being a member of the Labor Party. Jump to: navigation, search 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... The Protectionist Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hon Chris Watson John Christian Watson (9 April 1867(exact date uncertain) - 18 November 1941), Australian politician and third Prime Minister of Australia, usually known as Chris Watson, was born in Valparaíso, Chile, probably on April 9, 1867. ...

Higgins was an awkward colleague for the Protectionist leadership, and in 1906 Deakin appointed him as a Justice of the High Court of Australia as a means of getting him out of politics, although he was undoubtedly qualified for the post. In 1907 he was also appointed President of the newly created Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, created to arbitrate disputes between trades unions and employers, something Higgins had long advocated. In this role he continued to support the labour movement, although he was was strongly opposed to militant unions who abused the strike weapon and ignored his rulings. Jump to: navigation, search 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... High Court entrance The High Court of Australia is the court of last resort for the jurisdiction of Australia. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

In 1908 Higgins delivered a judgment which became famous in Australian history, known as the "Harvester Judgement". The case involved one of Australia's largest employers, Hugh Mackay, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery. Higgins ruled that Mackay was obliged to pay his employees a wage that guaranteed them a standard of living which was reasonable for "a human being in a civilised community," regardless of his capacity to pay. This gave rise to the legal requirement for a basic wage, which dominated Australian economic life for the next 80 years. Jump to: navigation, search 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During World War I Higgins increasingly came into conflict with the Nationalist Prime Minister Billy Hughes, who he saw as using the wartime emergency to erode civil liberties. Although Higgins initially supported the war, he opposed the extension of government power that came with it, and also opposed Hughes' attempt to introduce conscription for the war. in 1916 his only son Mervyn was killed in action in Egypt, a tragedy which made Higgins turn increasingly against the war. Jump to: navigation, search World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party formed in 1917 from a merger of pro-conscription members of the Labor Party (who had been operating under the banner National Labor after their earlier split with the Labor party) with the Commonwealth Liberal Party. ... Rt Hon Billy Hughes William Morris Billy Hughes (September 25, 1862 - October 28, 1952), Australian politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia, the longest-serving member of the Australian Parliament, and one of the most colourful figures in Australian political history. ... Jump to: navigation, search Civil liberties are protections from the power of governments. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

The postwar years saw a series of bitter industrial confrontations, some of them fomented by militant unions influenced by the Industrial Workers of the World or the Communist Party of Australia. Higgins defended the principles of arbitration against both the Hughes government and militant unions, although he found this his increasingly difficult. Postwar governments appointed conservative justices to the High Court, leaving Higgins more isolated. In 1920 he resigned from the Arbitration Court in frustration, but remained on the High Court bench until his death in 1929. In 1922 he published A New Province for Law and Order, a defence of his views and record on arbitration. Jump to: navigation, search The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, having much in common with anarcho-syndicalist unions, but also many differences. ... This article is about the historical Communist Party of Australia, dissolved in 1991. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

After Mervyn Higgins's death Higgins effectively adopted his nephew Esmonde Higgins and his niece Nettie Palmer, paying for their education at universities in Europe. He was pained by Esmonde's conversion to Communism in 1920 and his rejection of the liberal values associated with the Higgins name. Vance and Nettie Palmer were two of Australias best-known literary figures from the 1920s to the 1950s. ... Jump to: navigation, search Communism refers to a theoretical system of social organization and a political movement based on common ownership of the means of production. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...

Higgins was remembered for many years as a great friend of the labour movement, of the Irish-Australian community and of liberal and progressive causes generally. He was well-served by his first biographer, his niece Nettie Palmer, whose Henry Bournes Higgins: A Memoir (1931) created an enduring Higgins mythology. John Rickard's 1984 H. B. Higgins: The Rebel as Judge partly demolished this myth, but was a generally sympathetic biography. The H. B. Higgins Chambers in Sydney, founded by radical industrial lawyers, is named for him. Vance and Nettie Palmer were two of Australias best-known literary figures from the 1920s to the 1950s. ... John Hellyar Rickard, born 27 January 1940, was one of the Chief Economic Advisors to the British Government. ...

Higgins is also commemorated by the federal electorate of Higgins in Melbourne, currently held by the Liberal Party's Deputy Leader, Peter Costello, who has done a great deal to demolish the Higgins legacy in industrial relations. The Division of Higgins is an organiation dedicated to the destruction and hatred of Jim Higgins. ... Jump to: navigation, search Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957), Australian politician, has been Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party since 1994, and Treasurer in the Australian government since 1996. ...