   sir garfield edward john barwick,  (22 june 190313 july 1997) was the attorney-general of australia (1958â64), minister for external affairs (1961â64) and the seventh and longest serving chief justice of australia (1964â81). he was an ad hoc judge of the international court of justice in 1973â74 in the nuclear tests (australia v. france) and nuclear tests (new zealand v. france) cases, representing australia and new zealand jointly.high court of australiainternational court of justice - all judges ad hoc ==early life and education== barwick was one of three brothers born to methodist parents, of cornish origin; he would later be very insistent on his cornish identity.rowse, a.l., all souls in my time, 1993 raised in stanmore, at the time an impoverished suburb of sydney, he attended, on a scholarship, fort street high school in that city. he graduated from the university of sydney with a university medal in law. ==career== a very diligent student, barwick was admitted to legal practice soon after finishing university, although (on his own later admission) he suffered severely in financial terms durin
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