His Honour Judge Alfred Paxton Backhouse | |
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![]() Backhouse in 1913 (from the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales) | |
Judge of the District Court of New South Wales | |
In office 1884 – 25 May 1921 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ipswich, Suffolk | 25 May 1851
Died | 1 August 1939 Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales | (aged 88)
Nationality | Australian |
Spouse | Kate Marion |
Alma mater | University of Sydney |
Occupation | Judge |
Alfred Paxton Backhouse (25 May 1851 – 1 August 1939) was an Australian judge of the District Court of New South Wales, and occasional acting Supreme Court judge. He presided over the trials of the leaders of the 1892 Broken Hill miners' strike, and was an active faculty member of the University of Sydney for over fifty years.[1]