William Charles Ainsworth
1917-2002

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• William Charles Ainsworth

• Arrangement of material

• About the Geelong Lawyers' Collection

• Lawyers and law associations in the collection

William Charles Ainsworth by Vivian Hill
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The circumstances of entry to a legal career are varied.  It may be the result of a family tradition, the desire to help others who may need professional guidance, an ambition to be a leader in a local society, a belief, often unfulfilled, that it will lead to both fame and fortune or it may come from a chance encounter.  In Mr. Ainsworth's case it was the interview he had with the principal of the Gordon Technical College at Geelong after he had completed Junior Technical School.  With top marks in carpentry he had marked out a future as a tradesman.  He was told it would be better for him to attend the local high school.  He did, achieved good marks, matriculated and then obtained a position as a clerk in the court system, while studying law by correspondence.  After army service he was able to complete his law degree under a post war scheme to help returned service men and women.  He is of the generation who experienced the effects of the 1930s depression, the threat to Australia of Japanese invasion, and the change from an Anglo/Celtic population to one of people from many parts of the world.  Apart from work in the courts his experience of life as a grandchild of a farmer, the son of a police officer, and his technical and military training enabled him to build up a wide-ranging legal practice.

Arrangement of material

The list below describes material held in the William Charles Ainsworth archive box, which is located at 340.099452 Ainswo Hil/Wca on the shelves in the Geelong Lawyers Collection within the Special Collection at the Waterfront campus.  The material has been arranged in date order.

Date	Title	Item no.
1932	Photograph with music certificate A.L.C.M. aged 15 years [Click on image to enlarge it]	WA1
1932	Photograph playing tennis	WA2
1935	Photograph with D.H. Gude outside Geelong Law Courts [Click on image to enlarge it]	WA3
1981	Photograph of William Ainsworth and wife Kay at retirement dinner [Click on image to enlarge it]	WA4
12/7/1981	Photograph of William and Kay Ainsworth with Jack and Anita Crawcour at the retirement of William and Jack as members of Geelong Law Association [Click on image to enlarge it]	WA10
16/12/1982	Photocopy of article from The Age re gardening	WA5
12/1986	Photocopy of article from The Age re gardening	WA6
29/4/1987	Photocopy of article from Geelong Advertiser re gardening	WA7
5/5/1987	Photocopy of article from Geelong Advertiser re gardening	WA8
21/6/1988	Photocopy of article from Geelong Advertiser re William Ainsworth	WA9
11/1995	Photograph of office premises 117 Yarra St. Geelong [Click on image to enlarge it]	WA11
	Biography prepared by Vivian Hill (7 pages) [First page of the biography.  Click on image to enlarge it]	WA12
27/11/2001	Cutting of W.C. Ainsworth's death notice from 'The Age' newspaper	WA13
28/11/2001	Funeral booklet for W.C. Ainsworth	WA14

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