Gerard Brennan
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The Honourable Sir Gerard Brennan AC, KBE, QC |
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| 10th Chief Justice of Australia | |
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In office 21 April 1995 – 21 May 1998 |
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| Nominated by | Paul Keating |
| Appointed by | William Hayden |
| Preceded by | Sir Anthony Mason |
| Succeeded by | Murray Gleeson |
| Justice of the High Court of Australia | |
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In office 12 February 1981 – 21 April 1995 |
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| Appointed by | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Sir Harry Gibbs |
| Succeeded by | William Gummow |
| Personal details | |
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22 May 1928 Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Dr Patricia O’Hara (m. 1953–present) |
| Children | Seven |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Sir Francis Gerard Brennan, AC, KBE, QC, (born 22 May 1928) is an Australian lawyer and jurist who served as the 10th Chief Justice of Australia, appointed by Prime Minister Paul Keating in 1995. Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser appointed Brennan to the Court in 1981. He has been described as the ideal judicial statesman. He is the father of prominent Jesuit priest and human rights lawyer, Frank Brennan.
Brennan was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, the grandson of an Irish immigrant, and the son of Frank Tenison Brennan (a Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland) and Gertrude Marty Brennan. He grew up in what he later described as a ‘loving’ Catholic household, attending the Range Convent School, St Joseph’s Christian Brothers' College in Rockhampton, and Downlands College in Toowoomba. Brennan excelled at school, passing his exams so early that he was deemed too young to go to university (he was only 16 at the time). After waiting a year, Brennan enrolled in a combined degree, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) at the University of Queensland. While at university, Brennan was active in student politics and was elected President of the National Union of Students in 1949.
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