Background
Stanley Burbury was born on 3 December 1909 in Western Australia.
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Stanley Burbury
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He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, and the first Australian-born person appointed as Governor of Tasmania 1973-1982. He had a distinguished career in law in Tasmania, culminating in becoming Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. He was appointed Governor of Tasmania in 1973, the first Australian to hold the office.
He was also National President of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
He died on 24 April 1995 at Hobart, Tasmania. The impoundment that was created by Hydro Tasmania on the King River on the West Coast of Tasmania, is called Lake Burbury.
The University of Tasmania has a lecture theatre named after Stanley Burbury. Burbury Close, a street in Barton in the Australian Capital Territory is named after Stanley Burbury.
Achievements
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He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1958 New Year"s On 20 April 1977, during the 1977 Royal Visit, Queen Elizabeth II made him a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order). On 28 August 1981 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Street George (Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George).
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Nationality
Australia
Awards
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Order of St Michael and St George; Royal Victorian Order
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.