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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee

Lincoln Crowley appointed Australia’s first Indigenous supreme court justice

Lincoln Crowley
Former crown prosecutor Lincoln Crowley grew up in Charters Towers, near Townsville, before beginning his legal career. Photograph: AAP

Barrister Lincoln Crowley QC will become the first Indigenous judge to preside over an Australian superior court, after he was appointed to the supreme court of Queensland.

Colleagues said Crowley, a well-regarded barrister and former crown prosecutor who was made Queen’s Counsel in 2018, had broken a significant barrier for First Nations people.

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