James Robert "Diamond Jim" McClelland ( 3 June 1915 – 16 January 1999) was a solicitor, a jurist, Senator, Minister in the Third Whitlam Ministry and Royal Commissioner looking at British nuclear tests in Australia and the first chief judge of the Land and Environment Court of NSW. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) JURIST is an online legal news service hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, written by founder Professor Bernard Hibbitts and a staff of more than A senate is a Deliberative body, often the Upper house or chamber of a Legislature or Parliament. A minister or a secretary is a Politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional Government. The Third Whitlam Ministry was the fiftieth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 12 June 1974 to 11 November 1975. The term Royal Commission may also be used in the United Kingdom to describe the group of Lords Commissioners who may act in the stead of the The McClelland Royal Commission or Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia was an Inquiry by the Australian government in 1984-1985 to The Land and Environment Court of New South Wales is a Court established by legislation giving it exclusive jurisdiction to determine environmental development building and

McClelland was born in Melbourne, Australia and educated at Melbourne University (B. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The University of Melbourne is a Public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. A. ) and Sydney University (Law) and began practising as a solicitor in Sydney in 1951. The University of Sydney (informally Sydney Uni or USyd) is the oldest university in Australia Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 His practise dealt mainly with union workers compensation claims for the F. A. I. , where he was associated with Laurie Short and he played a large part (with Bob Santamaria) in helping Short take control of the Union from Ernie Thornton. Bartholomew Augustine "B A" Santamaria, otherwise 'Bob' ( 14 August 1915 - 25 February 1998) Australian political

He entered Federal Parliament as a New South Wales Senator in 1972 and in the Third Whitlam Ministry was Minister for Manufacturing Industry (10 February 1975 to 6 June 1975) and Minister for Labour and Immigration from 6 June 1975 to November 1975. The Third Whitlam Ministry was the fiftieth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 12 June 1974 to 11 November 1975. The current Minister for Innovation Industry Science and Research is Kim Carr, appointed on 3 December 2007. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Immigration is responsible for overseeing the Department of Immigration. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In 1984 he was President of the Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia at Maralinga. The McClelland Royal Commission or Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia was an Inquiry by the Australian government in 1984-1985 to Maralinga South Australia in the remote western areas of South Australia was the home of the Maralinga Tjarutja, a southern Pitjantjatjara Indigenous

He was reviled by the right as is indicated in Roderick Meagher's portrait in Quadrant and associated with Edward Campion, Patrick White, Manning Clark and Donald Horne. Roderick Pitt "Roddy" Meagher AO QC is an Australian Jurist and former judge Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 — 30 September 1990 was an Australian author who was widely regarded as a major English-language novelist of the 20th century Charles Manning Hope Clark AC Professor Donald Horne (26 December 1921 – 8 September 2005 was an Australian Journalist, Writer, social critic and academic who became one of Australia's

Family

McClelland married three times:

• in 1947 to Nora Fitzer with whom he adopted two children but divorced in 1968
• in 1968 to Freda Watson who brought three step children. She died in 1976
• in 1978 to Gillian Appleton

born in Ballarat

References

• Portraits: Jim McClelland, Quadrant, June 2005 – 49:6 [Accessed 4 March 2006]
• James McClelland, (1988), Stirring the Possum: A Political Autobiography, Penguin, Sydney ISBN 0-14-009764-3
• James McClelland, (1989), An Angel Bit The Bride Penguin ISBN 0-14-012831-X
• Gillian Appleton, (2000), Diamond Cuts: An Affectionate Memoir of Jim McClelland Macmillan ISBN 0-7329-1051-X

External links

• From the State Memorial Service for Jim McClelland at The Whitlam Institute website