Ronald Wilson
Sir Ronald Darling Wilson, AC, KBE, CMG, QC (23 August 1922 – 15 July 2005) was a distinguished Australian lawyer, judge and social activist serving on the High Court of Australia between 1979 and 1989 and as the President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission between 1990 and 1997.
Wilson is probably best known as the author with Mick Dodson of the Bringing Them Home report into the Stolen Generation published in 1997 which led to the creation of a "National Sorry Day" and a walk for Reconciliation across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 2000 with 400,000 people participating. Wilson was also one of three judges sitting on the WA Inc Royal Commission in the early 1990s which eventually led to former Premier Brian Burke being jailed in March 1997.
Read more about Ronald Wilson: Early Life, Education, Early Legal Career, High Court Justice 1979-1989, Commissioner 1990-1997, Church and Social Leadership, Honours, Family, Reports
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