Herbert Raine Curlewis

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The Australia Judge Herbert Raine Curlewis was born in Bondi on 22 August 1869 and was educated at Newington College and studied arts/law at the University of Sydney. He was admitted to the Bar in 1893 and practised in common law. On 22 April 1896 he married Ethel Turner, the author of Seven Little Australians. As a student Curlewis showed literary talent and in 1906 he wrote The Mirror of Justice, a layman's introduction to the legal process. He was also editor of the Australasian Annual Digest and lectured in law at Sydney University. In 1917 he was appointed a judge of the Industrial Arbitration Court and in 1928 he became a judge of the NSW District Court. Curlewis retired in 1939 and died in 1942. [1]