People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

7 June, 1813
Ballyclough, Cork, Ireland

Death

23 November, 1880 (aged 67)
East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English
• Irish

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Anglican

Passenger Ship

• Calcutta (1839)

Occupation or Descriptor

• anti-transportationist
• barrister
• benefactor (general)
• colonial militia (Australia)
• duellist
• judge
• separationist
• solicitor-general
• university chancellor

Military Service

• Victorian Volunteers

Awards

• Knight Bachelor
• Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Clubs

• Athenaeum Club (Melbourne)
• Melbourne Club

Key Events

• Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876
• Eureka Stockade (Vic), 1854
• London International Exhibition, 1862

Groups

• Ned Kelly gang

Legacies

• Redmond Barry Award (Australian Library and Information Association)
• Redmond Barry Building (University of Melbourne)
• Redmond Barry Fellowship (University of Melbourne and State Library of Victoria)
• Redmond Barry Lecture (State Library of Victoria)
• Redmond Barry Reading Room (State Library of Victoria)

Key Organisations

• Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society (Vic)
• Melbourne Polo Club
• Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Society
• Royal Society of Victoria
• State Library of Victoria
• University of Melbourne (council)

Workplaces

• Supreme Court of Vic