Samuel James Mitchell

Samuel James Mitchell

The Hon. Samuel James Mitchell (born 11 May 1852 near Mount Barker in South Australia, died 3 October 1926) was the first Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory and served from 1911 to 1912.

Early life

He was educated at RC Mittons Grammar school in Adelaide.

He worked at Mt Gambier and Melrose before moving to Port Augusta in 1871 and working as an auctioneer.

He was a district councillor and Mayor for 2 years before returning to Adelaide and working as a draper. He married Eliza Ann Gardner on 15 September 1875.

Legal life

He became an article clerk for H.E. Downer in 1885. Samuel Mitchell graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1890 and was admitted to the Bar and practised with Paris Nesbit QC and later Robert Ingleby QC.

Political life

He was Mayor of Port Augusta for 2 years.

He stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in 1900, but in 1901 won the House of Assembly Seat for the Northern Territory. He was re-elected in 1902 and 1906 and was Attorney-General for 6 months from June 1909.

As Northern Territory Judge

In 1910 with the transfer of the Northern Territory to Commonwealth control, he resigned to become the Government resident and the Northern Territory Judge. In 1911 he helped to effect the transfer of control to the Commonwealth.

He remained Acting Administrator and Judge but resigned in 1912 after the Federal authorities would not make his appointment for life.

Later life

He returned to South Australia and became a Stipendiary Magistrate and in 1916 transferred to the Adelaide Police Court. He was the first South Australian Judge of Insolvency from 1918 to 1926 and a Stipendiary Magistrate of the Adelaide Local Court and Taxation Appeal Court.

Children and grandchildren with legal careers

His son Harold, born 11 August 1885, practised law for a short time in Renmark before joining the AIF. Lieutenant Mitchell died on 5 April 1918 and was buried at Millencourt Cemetery in France.

Dame Roma Mitchell, his grand daughter, born 2 October 1913 was Australia's first female Queen's Counsel in 1962 and first female Judge in 1965. She later became Governor of South Australia in 1990, and is regarded as a pioneer of women's rights.

External links

* [http://www.nt.gov.au/ntsc/judges/former/mitchell.html Northern Territory Supreme Court profile]
* [http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/mitchell.htm History of Dame Roma Mitchell (his grand daughter), with references to him]
* [http://www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au/Mitchell.htm History of Patron Dame Roma Mitchell (his grand daughter), with references to him]


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