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Life Summary

Name	James Henry Muirhead
Born	24 April, 1925 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	20 July, 1999 (aged 74) Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Education *	Wilderness School (Medindie, Adelaide) (student, 1930-1933) St Peter's College (Adelaide) (student, 1934-1942) University of Adelaide (student, 1943-1949)
Occupation *	soldier (1943-1946) Federal, Australia barrister (1949-1970) South Australia, Australia solicitor (1949-1970) South Australia, Australia judge (1970-1972) South Australia, Australia judge (1972-1973) Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea public servant (1973-1974) Federal, Australia judge (1974-1985) Northern Territory, Australia judge (1977-1985) Federal, Australia judge (1987-1988) Northern Territory, Australia governor (1989-1992) Northern Territory, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1996-1996) Western Australia, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Awards	Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (recipient, 1977) Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (recipient, 1990) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1991)
Key Events *	Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1987-91) (commissioner)
Legacies *	James Muirhead Chambers (Darwin, NT) (eponym) Justice James Muirhead Churchill Fellowship (eponym) Muirhead (suburb, Darwin, NT) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Crime Prevention Council (SA) (vice president) St John Ambulance Australia (NT) (deputy prior) Churchill Trust (board member, 1979-1984)
Workplaces *	Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea (judge, 1972-1973) Australian Institute of Criminology (director, 1973-1974) Supreme Court of NT (judge, 1974-1985) Federal Court of Australia (judge, 1977-1987) Supreme Court of NT (judge, 1987-1988) Government House (NT) (administrator, 1989-1992)

* Dates are approximate