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3 years ago Childhood & Early Life
16th of April, 1953 was born in Sydney, Australia. 1970-1976 studied art at the Australian National University and law at the University of New South Wales.
Musical career and activism
1973 joined the Australia based rock band ‘Midnight Oil’, as its lead vocalist. 1980s the band were strongly identified with environmental and Aboriginal rights causes. They were particularly critical of the military and foreign policy of the United States. 2000 at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the group performed before then-Prime Minister, John Howard, and a television audience of hundreds of millions, wearing black overalls bearing the word "sorry". This referred to the Howard Government's refusal to apologise to Aboriginal Australians for the former policy of removing Aboriginal children from their families. 2004 the band performed two gigs to earn money to help the survivors of the ‘Asian tsunami’ disaster 2007 presented Crowded House at the Australian leg of Live Earth. 2009 the band performed in a bid to raise funds for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal 2016 announced his first solo album, A Version of Now 2017 Midnight Oil embarked on The Great Circle World Tour – with most dates selling out within 24 hours, the band played across 14 countries.
Political career
1984 the Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) invited him to stand for a New South Wales seat in the Australian Senate at the federal election. 1989-1993 President of the Australian Conservation Foundation 1993-1995 working with the non-governmental initiative ‘Greenpeace’ 1999-2004 President of the Australian Conservation Foundation 2004 joined the Labor Party and represented the political outfit during the ‘2004 Federal Elections’. 2004-2013 Labor Member for Kingsford Smith 2005-2006 Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts 2006-2007 Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Heritage 2006-2007 Shadow Minister for the Arts 2007-2010 was appointed as the Minister of Environment, Heritage and the Arts, after the Kevin Rudd government came into power. 2010-2013 was appointed as the Minister For School Education, Early Childhood and Youth.
Awards & Achievements
2000 was felicitated with the ‘Australian Humanitarian Foundation Award’ 2001 received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of New South Wales 2003 Appointed Member of the Order of Australia 2006 winner Free Your Mind Award during MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2009 The Government of France granted Garrett the honour of being the officer of the ‘Order of Arts and Letters’ 2010 The Singer was felicitated with a ‘Leaders for a Living Planet Award’, by the organization named ‘World Wide Fund For Nature’.
Personal Life & Legacy
1986 got married to Doris Ricono
2007 the artist Michael Mucci entered a portrait of Garrett in the Archibald Prize (The power and the passion)
Publications
1987 Political Blues, Hodder and Stoughton, Sydney 2015 Big Blue Sky: A Memoir
Скласти список всіх (важливих) життєвих подій, визначних дат, досягнень, періодів, що дали приємний і неприємний досвід, тощо. В цьому конкретному випадку довгих списків не буває, натомість бувають погано згорнуті, тому пакуємо сюди все підряд, а про "лишні" події можна буде промовчати пізніше. Список повинен бути систематизованим і посортованим в такий спосіб, щоб читач швидко зрозумів "паттерн" і міг легко орієнтуватись в просторі і часі цього резюме.