Keith John Austin Asche AC QC

Appointed: 1 March 1993 to 16 February 1997

Date of birth: 28 November 1925

Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Parents: Eric Thomas Asche and Beryl Victoria Asche (née Woinarski)

Education

• Darwin Primary School
• Melbourne Church of England  Grammar School
• University of Melbourne

Spouse: Dr Valerie (née James) AM DStJ – married 11 April 1958

Children: 1 daughter and 1 son

Employment history 

• 1951 - called to the Bar
• 1976 - Judge at Family Court of Australia
• 1977 to 1981 - Vice-President at RMIT University
• 1981 to 1983 - President at RMIT University
• 1983 to 1987 – Chancellor at Deakin University
• 1985 to 1986 - Acting Chief Judge at Family Court
• 1986 to 1987 - Judge at Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
• 1986 to 1988 - Chairman at University College NT
• 1987-1993 - Chief Justice at Supreme Court of the  Northern Territory, Chairman at Northern Territory Parole Board and President of Australian Red Cross Society NT and Scout Association Australia NT
• 1989 to 1993 - Chancellor at Northern Territory University

Qualifications, appointments and admissions

• Bachelor of Arts (University of Melbourne)
• Master of Laws (University of Melbourne)
• 1944 to 1946 – RAFF military service
• 1951 to 1954 – admitted to Queensland Bar
• 1954 to 1975 – admitted to Melbourne Bar
• 1982 - Barrister NSW
• 1984 - appointed Queen’s Counsel NT
• 1985 - appointed Queen’s Counsel NSW
• 1987 - appointed Queen’s Counsel TAS
• 1988 - appointed Queen’s Counsel WA

Honours and awards      

• 1939 to 1945 - Star
• 1939 to 1945 - Defence Medal
• 1939 to 1945 - War Medal
• 1939 to 1945 - Australian Service Medal
• 1977 - Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
• 1984 to 1986 - Member of Australian College of Education (MACE) and Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge in Victoria (Past Grand Master in Victorian and South Australian Constitutions)
• 1987 - Honorary Doctor of Literature (Deakin University)
• 1992 - Fellow of the Australian College of Education
• 1993 - Knight of Grace of the Order of St John
• 1994 -Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
• 1994 - Honorary Doctor of Law (Northern Territory University)
• 2003 - Centenary Medal
• 2007 - Freeman of the City of Darwin