Richard Kirby (arbitrator)

Sir Richard Clarence Kirby AC (22 September 1904 – 25 October 2001) was a long serving president of the Australian Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1956-1973) (having first been appointed to the Commission in 1947). In 1973, because of ill health, he retired from this post.[1][2]

He was also a member of the Australian War Crimes Commission.

His biography was written by Blanche d'Alpuget in 1977.

Honours

Richard Kirby was knighted in the New Year's Honours of 1961.[3] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the Australian Day Honours of 1985.[4]

The bi-annual Sir Richard Kirby Lecture is now held in his honour. It was often assumed he was the father of former High Court judge Michael Kirby (who has delivered the Sir Richard Kirby Lecture), but they were not related.[5]

Other sources
  • d'Alpuget, Blanche (1977) Mediator: A biography of Sir Richard Kirby
  • Justice Michael Kirby: Sir Richard Kirby Lecture "SIR RICHARD KIRBY, MEDIATION AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TODAY", 20 November 1996
gollark: ***THE MISINTERPRETED RULES ARE ETERNALTHERE IS NO ESCAPETHERE IS NO HOPETHERE IS NOWHERE TO GO***
gollark: There is still no escape.
gollark: It helps people know what you want, but under the moderators' stupidly overextended and munged rules, you're "harassing the owner of F***" or something.
gollark: On the other hand, it's not technically banned to write sweary things in the box.
gollark: There is even less escape!

References
  1. http://ww3.e-airc.gov.au/archives/kirby
  2. http://www.hcourt.gov.au/speeches/kirbyj/kirbyj_kirbyir.htm
  3. It's an Honour: Knight Bachelor
  4. It's an Honour: AC
  5. Justice Michael Kirby
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