Background
Street Julian was born in France (some sources say London in 1818), the son of Thomas Street Julian, French army officer, and his wife Marian, née Blackwell.
Street Julian was born in France (some sources say London in 1818), the son of Thomas Street Julian, French army officer, and his wife Marian, née Blackwell.
Street Julian emigrated to Adelaide in 1837, proceeding in 1839 to Sydney, where he wrote for the Australian Chronicle, and subsequently for the Commercial Journal. In 1843 he joined the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald, which he left four years later for the Sydney Chronicle, afterwards known as the Free Press. In 1849 he rejoined the Herald.
Street Julian participated in municipal politics, serving on the Waverley council in 1860 and as its chairman in 1861.
He went on to serve as an alderman on the Marrickville Borough Council from 1868 to 1871, and as Mayor from 1868-1869 and again in 1871. In February 1870, he became a magistrate.
Saint Julian remained as Law Reporter for the Herald until 1872, when King Seru Epenisa Cakobau appointed him Chief Justice of Fiji. When Fiji became a British colony in 1874, Governor Sir Hercules Robinson proposed an annual pension of £200 for him, but he died near Levuka, Fiji on 26 November 1874.
