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 (1881-1887) ^[1] and studied arts/law at the University of Sydney. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

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