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Henry Isaac Crawcour
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| "He's still on deck and going strong
Up in the Courts of old Geelong - His head great brain doth carry; He's given many people shocks, When he's had them in the box - 'Tis hot stuff then is Harry." |
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The "Truth" newspaper of 6/6/1913 summed up Henry Crawcour's energy and legal skill in this verse. Crawcour's own verse, illustrated by his daughter revealed his whimsical side. He kept cutting books of his writings, school reports, newspaper reports of his cases, records of events when he was president of the Geelong Law Association and the like. Fortunately his son Jack Athol Crawcour gave permission for copies to be made for this collection. H.I. Crawcour was ahead of his time when he engaged an entirely female staff when most legal offices held males only as principals and few females as staff.
The list below describes material held in the Henry Isaac Crawcour archive box, which is located at 340.099452 Crawco Hil/Hic 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. |
| 1900 | Digitized image of H.I. Crawcour and his brother
Joseph in his Ryrie Street office
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HC11 |
| 6/6/1913 | Photocopy of caricature from the "Truth" newspaper
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HC10 |
| 10/10/1928 | Copy of Law Association annual dinner menu when H. Crawcour was president | HC7 |
| 9/1932 | Photocopy of newspaper report on H. Crawcour's addresses to Legacy Club re smaller juries | HC5 |
| 4/1995 | Biography by Vivian Hill
[First page of bibliography. Click on image to enlarge it] |
HC1 |
| 7/6/1996 | Photograph of brass plate perhaps outside his first office in Ryrie St. in 1900 | HC13 |
| 30/5/2001 | Cutting of death notice of Henry's daughter, Manya Esther Joseph, from 'The Age' newspaper | HC14 |
| Large scrap book with verses about other lawyers and local identities
- eg. "Quits" 
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HC2 | |
| Small scrap book re. education at Geelong College and Melbourne University | HC3 | |
| Correspondence including letters to and from Sir Isaac Isaacs on appointment as Chief Justice of High Court | HC4 | |
Newspaper cuttings re 'Honorary Justices'
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HC6 | |
| Envelope containing photocopies of photographs
- H.I. Crawcour and Mrs. Crawcour 
[Click on image to enlarge it] - Photograph of Mr H.I. Crawcour, the successful candidate of Geelong West election  [Click on image to enlarge it] |
HC8 | |
Photocopy of sketch of Geelong Court of Petty Sessions
about 1910
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HC9 | |
| Photocopies of reports of court cases | HC12 | |
| Framed photograph of H.I. Crawcour by The Lockwood Studio, Geelong | HC15 |
Additional note:
J.A. Crawcour
A.D. Hollyhoke
J.A.C. Firth re welcome after illness
Roy Dobson re lawyers in Geelong 1920s
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