Background
BARWICK, Garfield Edward John was born on June 22, 1903 in Sydney. Son of Jabez Edward Barwick and Lily Grace Barwick (nee Ellicot).
BARWICK, Garfield Edward John was born on June 22, 1903 in Sydney. Son of Jabez Edward Barwick and Lily Grace Barwick (nee Ellicot).
Fort Saint Boys’ High School Sydney, Sydney University.
President North.S.W. Bar Association 1950-1952, 1955-1956, Law Council of Australia 1952-1954. Minister for External Affairs March-April, AugustNovember 1959, April-June 1960, Minister for External Affairs 1961-1964. Chief Justice of Australia 1964-1981.
Chancellor Macquarie University, Sydney, 1967-1978.
President Australian Institute of Institute Affairs 1972-1983. Judge ad hoc, Institute Court of Justice 1973-1974.
President Royal North.S.W. Institute for Deaf and Blind Children since 1976. Leader, Australian Delegate Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Council, Bangkok 1961, Paris 1963.
United Nations Delegate 1960, 1962-1964.
Australian Delegate to Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, Manila 1963. Australian Delegate ANZUS, Canberra 1962, Wellington 1963. Honorary Doctor of Laws (Sydney).
Federation House of Reps, for Parramatta 1958-1964.
Married Norma Mountier Symons in 1929.