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Bailey Circuit

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Name Bailey
Type Designation Circuit
Place Id 24404
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 7 December 2012
Locality / Suburb  
  Muirhead
Local Government Area  
  Darwin City Council
History/Origin Named after Justice Steven Ronald Bailey who commenced work with the Northern Territory Government six months before self government and was involved in drafting legislation for the new body politic and formulating legal policy. In 1981, he was appointed as Director of Policy within the Department of Law. He also served as a member of the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee, a member for the Council of the Law Society, as Chairman of the Territory's Classification of Publications Board, Chairman of the Parole Board and as a member of the Juvenile Justice Review Committee. In 1997 he was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. Judge Bailey died in Office in 2004.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
07/12/2012 Date added to the Register
19/12/2012 NTG G51
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