Rae Else-Mitchell | |
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Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales | |
In office 8 September 1958 – 1 October 1974 | |
Judge of the Land and Valuation Court of New South Wales | |
In office 1 January 1962 – 1 October 1974 | |
Chairman of the Commonwealth Grants Commission | |
In office October 1974 – 1 July 1989 | |
Preceded by | Leslie Melville |
Succeeded by | Dick Rye |
Personal details | |
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 20 September 1914
Died | 29 June 2006 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | (aged 91)
Rae Else-Mitchell CMG, QC (20 September 1914 – 29 June 2006) was an Australian jurist, royal commissioner, historian and legal scholar. He was an active member and office bearer in a number of community organisations concerned with history, the arts, libraries, medicine, education, financial and public administration, and town planning. His obituary in The Times (London) described him as being "among Australia's cleverest postwar judges and administrators, accomplishing two distinguished careers of almost equal length."[1]