Nicholas Hasluck
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Nicholas Hasluck at the Mosman Library, July 2011
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| Born | Nicholas Paul Hasluck 17 October 1942 Canberra, A.C.T. |
| Occupation | Novelist, judge |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Notable works | The Bellarmine Jug, The Country Without Music |
| Notable awards | The Age Book of the Year, Western Australian Premier's Book Awards |
The Honourable Justice Nicholas Paul Hasluck AM (born 17 October 1942) is an Australian novelist, poet and short story writer, and judge. He lives in Perth, Western Australia with his wife, Sally-Anne, and has two children.
Nicholas Hasluck was born in Canberra. His father, Sir Paul Hasluck was a minister in the Federal Government under Robert Menzies, and was later appointed Governor-General of Australia. Nicholas went to school at Scotch College, Perth, and Canberra Grammar School, before studying law at the University of Western Australia (1963) and Oxford (1966). After completing his studies he worked briefly in Fleet Street in London as an editorial assistant before returning to Australia in 1967 to work as a barrister sometimes in partnership with Robert Holmes à Court. He was deputy chair of the Australia Council from 1978 to 1982 and was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
On 1 May 2000, Hasluck was appointed as a judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia.
Hasluck started writing at school, producing poetry and essays for the school magazine and was first professionally published in 1964 with a poem appearing in Westerly literary magazine.
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