Street family
The Street family is an Australian family. Their patriarch was Australian politician John Street. John's son Sir Philip Street, grandson Lieutenant Colonel Sir Kenneth Street, and great-grandson Commander Sir Laurence Street each served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. Sir Kenneth's wife Lady "Red Jessie" Street served as Australia's first female delegate to the United Nations, and she served as the first Vice President of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Sir Kenneth's brother Lieutenant Laurence Street died fighting at Gallipoli in the First World War, and his cousin Brigadier Geoffrey Street was awarded a Military Cross for his courage in fighting at Gallipoli in the First World War, and then Geoffrey died while serving as Minister for Defence in the Second World War in the 1940 Canberra air disaster, along with two other federal cabinet ministers and the head of the Australian Army. Geoffrey's son Anthony "Tony" Street succeeded him in his federal seat, and he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Sir Laurence's son Commander Alexander "Sandy" Street, daughter Lieutenant Commander Sylvia Emmett (née Street), and son-in-law Professor Arthur Emmett served as federal judges, and Sylvia and Arthur's son James Emmett serves as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.