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John Quick: Life and Achievements

Sir John Quick was born in 1852 in Towednack, United Kingdom, and died on June 17, 1932, at the age of 80. He was an influential Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who significantly contributed to the Federation movement and the drafting of the Australian constitution. Quick was educated at the University of Melbourne and married Catherine Harris in 1883.

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John Quick: Life and Achievements

Sir John Quick was born in 1852 in Towednack, United Kingdom, and died on June 17, 1932, at the age of 80. He was an influential Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who significantly contributed to the Federation movement and the drafting of the Australian constitution. Quick was educated at the University of Melbourne and married Catherine Harris in 1883.

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John Quick

When john quick was born where he was born and where he died:

Sir John Quick was born in 1852, Towednack, United Kingdom died when he was 80 years
old 17, June,1932
Where john quick was educated:
John Quick attended the university of Melbourne. John Quick was educated at a state school
in Bendigo and at the age of 10, he went to work in an iron foundry at Long Gully.
Family
Sir John Quick was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge. He played a prominent role in
the movement for Federation and the drafting of the Australian constitution, later writing
several works on Australian constitutional law. On 24 December 1883 he married Catherine
Harris, daughter of a former mayor of Eaglehawk.
What role john quick played in federation:
He had become interested in the Australian Federation movement while in the Victorian
Parliament, and in the early 1890s, he successfully persuaded the Aboriginal Association to
advocate Federation.
Achievements:
Sir John Quick was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge. He played a promote role in
the movement for Federation and the drafting of the Australian constitution, later writing
several works on Australian constitutional law.

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