Cyril Walsh
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Sir Cyril Walsh | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the High Court of Australia | |
| In office 20 September 1969 – 29 November 1973 | |
| Nominated by | John Gorton |
| Preceded by | Sir Alan Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Sir Kenneth Jacobs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 June 1909 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 29 November 1973 (aged 64) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Spouse |
Mary Smyth (m. 1942) |
Sir Cyril Ambrose Walsh (15 June 1909 – 29 November 1973) was an Australian judge who served on the High Court of Australia from 1969 until his death in 1973.
Walsh was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Michael and Mary Walsh. He grew up in the western suburb of Werrington, where his father owned a dairy farm. He was educated at St Joseph's Convent School and later at Parramatta High School in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. In 1926, he won the T E Rofe Prize, worth £6, for the best history essay in the state, writing on the Mutiny on the Bounty.[1]
Walsh commenced studies at the University of Sydney in 1927, living at St John's College. Walsh graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1930 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1934, both with honours. He also won the University Medals in English, Philosophy and Law, and first-class honours in English, Philosophy and Latin, was awarded the James Coutts Scholarship for English and was the joint winner of the John George Dalley Prize. His cumulative undergraduate record is regarded as the finest record before or since for any law student at the university.[2]
On 28 November 1942, Walsh married his wife Mary at the St Joseph's Catholic Church in Burwood Heights, they would later have three sons together. The family lived mainly in the inner western Sydney suburb of Summer Hill.[2]
