Lincoln Crowley appointed Australia’s first Indigenous supreme court justice

Highly regarded Queensland barrister was told as a boy he would probably end up in jail because his family is Aboriginal

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Barrister Lincoln Crowley QC will become the first Indigenous judge to preside over an Australian superior court, after he was appointed to the supreme court of Queensland.

Colleagues said Crowley, a well-regarded barrister and former crown prosecutor who was made Queen's Counsel in 2018, had broken a significant barrier for First Nations people.

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