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About Redmond Barry
Sir Redmond Barry was an Irish-born judge in the Australian colony of Victoria. A major figure in the early civic life of Melbourne, Barry was instrumental in founding several key institutions in the city, including the University of Melbourne and State Library Victoria, outside of which a statue of him stands. He is also well known for presiding over the trial of the Eureka rebels, as well as having sentenced the bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly to death.
Everything about Redmond Barry →- Occupation
- lawyer, jurist, judge, botanist
- Position held
- Member of the Victorian Legislative Council, Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Solicitor-General of Victoria, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- June 7, 1813, 1813
- Died
- November 23, 1880, 1880