Background
He was born at Wilberforce to farmer Jacob Gorrick and Elizabeth Maskie.
He was born at Wilberforce to farmer Jacob Gorrick and Elizabeth Maskie.
Educated at Maitland, he became a solicitor"s clerk and was admitted as a solicitor in 1868. He practised at Maitland from 1868, eventually setting up his own practice in 1871. In 1882 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wollombi, but he was defeated in 1885.
Gorrick died at Neutral Bay in 1921.