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Garfield Barwick

Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Asia and Oceania

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Garfield Barwick (1903-1997) was an Australian lawyer and politician who served as Attorney-General of Australia from 1958 to 1964 and as Minister for External Affairs from 1961 to 1964 before becoming the seventh and longest-serving Chief Justice of Australia, holding that office from 1964 to 1981 and presiding over major constitutional decisions on the corporations power and parliamentary representation.

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