Title Red Silk : the life of Elliott Johnston QC.

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Note	Red Silk.
Summary	Elliott Johnston and his wife became Communists in 1941 and he resigned only to join the South Australian Supreme Court Bench. His appointment as Queen's Counsel was the highest public office attained by a Communist in Australia. In 1991 he made his national mark as head of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject	Johnston, Elliott.
	Judges -- Australia -- Biography.
	Judges.
	Australia.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Lawyers -- Australia -- South Australia -- Biography.
	Lawyers.
	South Australia.
	Political activists -- Australia -- Biography.
	Political activists.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	Biographies.
Other Form:	Print version: Debelle, Penelope. Red Silk : The life of Elliott Johnston QC. Adelaide : Wakefield Press, ©2011 9781862549562
ISBN	9781743050279 (electronic book)
	1743050275 (electronic book)
	9781862549562