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Charles Dashwood (judge)

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praised his approach on more than one occasion, writing of him in 1896 as 'the personification of kindness in his dealing with aborigines'. He spoke out against violence committed by Europeans against Aborigines, warned against securing convictions solely on the basis of confessions, and was
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Dashwood was married twice. His first marriage was to Kate Allen, with whom he had one son outside of marriage. He later married Martha Margarethe Johanna Klevesahl, a fine mezzo-soprano, on 5 February 1916. They had no children. Sisters of Klevesahl married
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as "Bundey, Dashwood & Hawker" from 1879 to 1883. He practised alone from 1884 until 1890, at which point he began working with C. G. Varley. While working as a solicitor, he also began his political career, representing
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sometimes lenient in his sentencing of Aborigines. In 1899, Dashwood proposed a bill to improve employment law for Aborigines, but this bill was rejected by the South Australian government.
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After studying in Belgium, Dashwood returned to Australia and spent six years working as a farmer. He then entered the legal profession, spending some time working as a
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After resigning from being Government Resident in January 1905, Dashwood continued to practise law, initially as the
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in 1906. He continued in the legal profession until he retired in August 1916.
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He died from heart failure on 8 July 1919. Dashwood Place in
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Dashwood was born on 17 July 1842 at Dashwood's Gully near
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On 24 February 1892, Dashwood was appointed judge and
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Index

Government Resident of the Northern Territory
Kangarilla, South Australia
George Frederick Dashwood
Collegiate School of St Peter
Adelaide
civil engineering
University of Ghent
clerk of courts
Bar
W. H. Bundey
E. W. Hawker
Noarlunga
House of Assembly
Government Resident of the Northern Territory
Australian Aborigines
Northern Territory Times and Gazette
Crown Solicitor of South Australia
King's Counsel
Charles Rasp
Angas Johnson
Darwin






"Dashwood, Charles James (1842–1919)]"
Australian Dictionary of Biography
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