Justice Richard O`ConnorPrint Page 
The potrait bust commemorates Justice Richard O`Connor who was the first President of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration from 1905 to 1907. The bust was presented to mark the centenary of the Commission and its predecessors.
Richard Edward O'Connor QC (1851 – 1912) was an Australian politician and judge. O'Connor resigned from Parliament in 1903 to become one of the inaugural justices of the High Court of Australia, which he had helped to create. He had a reputation as a liberal and independent-minded justice who occasionally voted with the progressives on industrial matters after 1906. He was also the first president of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration from 1905 to 1907, and he continued to serve on the High Court until his early death in 1912.
Location
| Address: | 11 Exhibition Street, Fair Work Commission, Melbourne, 3000 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.815379 Long: 144.972004 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Sculpture |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Legal |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1905 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1907 |
| Artist: | Michael Lawler |
| Link: | http://adb.anu.edu.au/ |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 5th October, 2008 |
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Justice Richard O`Connor
First President of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
1905 - 1907
Presented by past and present members of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to mark the centenary of the Commission and its predecessors
Unveiled : 5 October 2006
Artist : Michael Lawler
