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• Henry Charlton (Harry) Fallaw
• Arrangement of material
• About the Geelong Lawyers' Collection
• Lawyers and law associations in the collection

Henry Charlton Fallaw by Vivian Hill
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Until the 1940's, at least, many solicitors had qualified under a form of apprenticeship serving five years articles with an established solicitor and passing examinations prescribed at the time.  When articles of clerkship are signed the master agrees to instruct the clerk in the law and the clerk agrees to serve the master.  A premium, often of a substantial amount, was paid to the master.  Harry Fallaw's view of his experience under articles points to a weakness in this system.  Interviewing him just short of 70 years after entering articles he still held the opinion that he was subject to exploitation.  The premium was 300 pounds, his wage 15 shillings a week, and no instruction from any principal of the firm was given.  His view was that he had been used as a general clerk.  When he was qualified as a solicitor in 1930 his wage was less than the basic wage.  This was in the Depression and times would have been hard for his employer.

In fact, despite this start he was a good solicitor, well regarded, who contributed much to the cultural life of Geelong.

Arrangement of material

The list below describes material held in the Henry Charlton Fallaw archive box, which is located at 340.099452 Fallaw Hil/Hcf 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.
1926	Photocopied certificate of appointment as an Officer in the Commonwealth Military Forces	HF1
6/6/1942	Photocopied certificate of appointment as an Officer of the Citizen Air Force	HF2
6/8/1945	Photocopied statement of membership of MIS-X Section	HF3
7/8/1945	Photocopied statement of regulations re MIS-X Section	HF4
25/10/1945	Photocopied letter of apprection of service to MIS-X Section	HF5
19/12/1945	Photocopied Officer's Certificate of Service, Royal Australia Air Force	HF6
22/4/1947	Photocopied certificate of appointment as a Diocesan Lay Reader	HF7
6/12/1947	Photocopied Agreement with A.W. Doyle, J.L. Doyle and J.D. Doyle	HF8
30/6/1948	Photocopied statement of commission earned to 30/6/1948 for H.C. Fallaw and Doyle & Kerr Geelong	HF9
1/7/1963	Photocopied Deed of Partnership with M.X. Henderson	HF10
13/8/1976	Photocopied Charter of Fellowship Geelong Law Association	HF11
8/11/1994	Notes of Interview by Vivian Hill of Harry C. Fallaw [First page of interview. Click on image to enlarge it]	HF12
11/7/1998	Death and Funeral notices from Geelong Advertiser 11/7/1998	HF13
14/7/1998	Typewritten script of eulogy by G. Fielding [Page one of the script.  Click on image to enlarge it]	HF14
[19--]	Portrait [Click on image to enlarge it]	HF15
14/7/1998	Order of Service at St. Paul's Church	HF16
18/8/1998	Public notice from Geelong Advertiser re grant of probate	HF17
28/7/2000	Geelong Advertiser cutting re death of his widow Vida	HF18
10/2002	Photo by V. Hill of H.C. Fallaw's house on the corner of Swanston St. & Eastern Esplanade, Geelong	HF19

Additional note:

• Henry Fallaw is also mentioned in the Harwood and Pincott archive box