Thomas Ian Pauling AO KC (13 December 1946 – 23 November 2023) was an Australian lawyer and an administrator of the Northern Territory.
He was admitted to the Bar in New South Wales in 1969, and worked for the NSW Public Solicitor.
[1] In March 1970, he moved to Darwin in the Northern Territory, where he practised as a barrister[2] and lived in Fannie Bay.
[7] His term expired on 31 October 2011 when Sally Thomas was sworn in as the first female Administrator of the Northern Territory.
[8] In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Pauling was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) "for service to the Northern Territory through significant contributions to the law, particularly relating to constitutional matters, to the development of legal organisations and the promotion of professional standards, and to the community.