Overview
Background
Previously, Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Australian Navy. Graduated B.Com. (1973 Qld) and LLB (1974 Qld), PhD (Law) (1994, Bond), Grad.Cert.Higher Ed,(Qld), LLD (2016, Qld). Barrister for 24 years in Brisbane, and made Queen's Counsel in 1988. Full time academic at UQ from 1999 – 2004 at TC Beirne School of Law, foundation Executive Director of The Centre for Maritime Law, now The Marine & Shipping Law Unit. Has published widely in maritime law and history and has held various offices in maritime and other organizations. Awarded OAM in the Australian Honours List January 2016 for contribution to maritime law and naval history.
Availability
- Adjunct Professor Michael White is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Works
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1995
Conference Publication
Legal implications of entry into force of UNCLOS for coastal and maritime zone planning and management – Environmental issues
White, Michael (1995). Legal implications of entry into force of UNCLOS for coastal and maritime zone planning and management – Environmental issues. Workshop jointly hosted by the Centre for Maritime Policy (CMP) and the South East Asian Program in Ocean Law, Policy and Management (SEAPOL), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, September 1994. Wollongong, NSW, Australia: Centre for Maritime Policy, University of Wollongong.
1995
Book Chapter
Maritime legal services
White, Michael (1995). Maritime legal services. Australia’s maritime bridge into Asia. (pp. 171-176) edited by Sam Bateman and Dick Sherwood. St Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin in association with the Royal Australian Navy.
1994
Book
Marine pollution laws of the Australasian region
White, Michael W. D. (1994). Marine pollution laws of the Australasian region. Leichhardt, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
1993
Journal Article
Marine inquiries
White, Michael (1993). Marine inquiries. QUT Law Review, 9, 61-79. doi: 10.5204/qutlr.v9i0.369
1993
Journal Article
The US and Canadian situation in the marine pollution scene - an australian commentary
White, Michael (1993). The US and Canadian situation in the marine pollution scene - an australian commentary. AMPLA Bulletin, 12 (3), 148-163.
1993
Journal Article
Oil pollution in the Australian and New Zealand region
White, Michael (1993). Oil pollution in the Australian and New Zealand region. The Australian Law Journal, 67, 191-204.
1993
Journal Article
Marine pollution: Australian perspectives
White, Michael (1993). Marine pollution: Australian perspectives. Queensland Law Society Journal, 23.
1993
Journal Article
The Q.G.S.Y. Lucinda
Davis, J. M. and White, M. W. D. (1993). The Q.G.S.Y. Lucinda. Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 15 (4), 183-200.
1992
Journal Article
The Kirki oil spill: pollution in Western Australia
White, Michael (1992). The Kirki oil spill: pollution in Western Australia. University of Western Australia Law Review, 22 (1), 168-177.
1992
Book
Australian submarines: a history
White, M. W. D. (1992). Australian submarines: a history . Canberra, ACT, Australia: A.G.P.S. (Australian Government Publishing Service).
1991
Book Chapter
Salvage, towage, wreck and pilotage
White, Michael (1991). Salvage, towage, wreck and pilotage. Australian maritime law. (pp. 198-231) edited by Michael W. D. White. Annandale, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
1991
Book Chapter
Prize, prize salvage, bounty and ransom
White, Michael (1991). Prize, prize salvage, bounty and ransom. Australian maritime law. (pp. 255-266) edited by Michael W. D. White. Annandale, NSW, Australia: The Federation Press.
1990
Book
An early settler : the Duckett White family in Australia
White, M. W. D. (Michael William Duckett) (1990). An early settler : the Duckett White family in Australia. Ashgrove, Qld.: Hennessy Investments.
1990
Journal Article
Jurisdictional choices in maritime actions
White, Michael D. (1990). Jurisdictional choices in maritime actions. Bond Law Review, 2 (2), 127-134. doi: 10.53300/001c.5176
1990
Journal Article
Australian submariner P.O.W.'s after the Gallipoli landing
White, M. W. D. (1990). Australian submariner P.O.W.'s after the Gallipoli landing. Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 14 (4), 136-144.
1990
Journal Article
Aftermath of the Melbourne/Voyager Collision (Verwayen’s case)
White, Michael (1990). Aftermath of the Melbourne/Voyager Collision (Verwayen’s case). Queensland Law Society Journal, 20.
1987
Journal Article
The role of submarine A.E.2 on Anzac day
White, M. W. D. (1987). The role of submarine A.E.2 on Anzac day. Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 13 (4), 113-132.
1986
Journal Article
The Loss of A.E.l on 14 September 1914
White, M. W. D. (1986). The Loss of A.E.l on 14 September 1914. Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 12 (5), 365-378.
1981
Book
The Torres Strait Treaty: a symposium
P.J. Boyce and M.W.D. White eds. (1981). The Torres Strait Treaty: a symposium. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of International Affairs (Queensland Branch) in association with Australian National University Press.
1976
Journal Article
The Torres Strait Treaty
Ryan, K. W. and White, M. W. D. (1976). The Torres Strait Treaty. Australian Year Book of International Law, 7, 87-113.
Media
Enquiries
Contact Adjunct Professor Michael White directly for media enquiries about:
- Environment (sea) - law
- Law - marine environmental
- Law - maritime
- Law - oil spill pollution
- Law - shipping
- Law of the sea
- Marine environment law
- Maritime law
- Oil spill pollution law
- Pollution - sea and law
- Shipping law
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