Doctor of Laws (honorary), Australian National U., 1980; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Sydney, 1988; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Melbourne, 1992; Data Control Language (honorary), Oxford (England) University, 1993; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Monash U., 1995; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Griffith U., 1995; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Deakin U., 1995.
Commonwealth solicitor-general, Government of Australia, 1964-1969;
judge, Court of Appeal of Supreme Court, NSW., 1969-1972;
justice of high court, Court of Appeal of Supreme Court, NSW., 1972-1987;
chief justice, Court of Appeal of Supreme Court, NSW., 1987-1995. Vice chair United Nations Commission International Trade Law, 1968. Pro-chancellor Australian National U., 1972-1975.
Chancellor U. New South Wales, 1994. Australian lecturer Menzies lecturer series University of Virginia, 1985. Leon Ladner lecturer U. B.C. and University Victoria, 1989.
Law lecturer Singapore Academy, 1995. Arthur Goodhart professor legal science, 1996-1997. Visiting fellow Gonville & Caius College,1996-1997.
Justice Supreme Court of the Fiji, 1995. President Solomon Islands Court of Appeal, since 1997. Justice Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, since 1997.
Chairman National Library. Australia, 1995-1998. Served Royal Australian Air Force, 1944-1945.
Fellow Academy of Social Sciences. Member American Law Institute.
M. Patricia Mary McQueen, 1950. 2 children.
