  george graham winterton (15 december 1946 â 6 november 2008) was professor of constitutional law at the university of sydney. prior to his appointment to sydney university in 2004, he taught for over 28 years at the university of new south wales. he served as a member of the executive government advisory committee of the constitutional commission (1985â87). ==early life== george graham winterton was born in hong kong on 15 december 1946. his parents, rita and late father walter had married in hong kong after fleeing austria shortly after the 1938 nazi invasion. his father practised medicine in japanese-occupied hong kong and, in may 1947, he and his family sailed to london on the mv lorenz. walter having gained an english medical qualification, the wintertons left britain in 1948, arriving in australia in november where walter became a gp in western australia, first at pingelly, then mount hawthorn (north perth) and then, after the birth of george's only sibling, peter, at tuart hill from 1953. george attended the local primary schools until 1958 when he started at hale, then in west perth.peter winterton 'intellectual insight to live on in history' the west australian 5 december 2008. ==university and early legal career== in 1968, george graduated with first class honours in law from the university of western australia. he had won four prizes, and was placed first in his final year. he then became an articled clerk with the firm of robinson cox (now clayton utz) and was admitted to practice in western australia in 1970. from 1971 to 1973 he practised with the firm frank unmack and cullen in fremantle. his academic career began in 1968 when he served as a visiting tutor at the university of western australia.robert french, 'vale george winterton: friend and critic' the australian 21 november 2008, p27 and p29. ==foundation of the aboriginal legal service in western australia== the chief justice of australia, robert french, wrote of the early 1970s "when we were involved with other perth lawyers in establishing an aboriginal legal service for western australia": :"george played a leading role, and in 1972 was chairman of the committee that became the service. in that yea
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