In addition to his professional work, Garran was also an important figure in the development of the city of Canberra during its early years.

The suburb also contains three primary schools: a government school, Garran Primary, a special school for the intellectually disabled, Malkara School and a Catholic school, Sts.

The halls and colleges are: Bruce Hall, Ursula Hall, Fenner Hall, Burgmann College, John XXIII College, Burton & Garran Hall, UniLodge Davey, UniLodge Kinloch, Unilodge Warrumbul, Lena Karmel Lodge, Toad Hall, University House and Graduate House.

In June 1893, when the Australasian Federal League was formed at a meeting in the Sydney Town Hall, Garran joined immediately and was made a member of the executive committee.

Under Dean Frank Warren Garran ( 1933 – 1945 ), Thayer experienced extensive expansion and modernization.

Sir Robert Randolph Garran GCMG KC ( 10 February 1867 – 11 January 1957 ) was an Australian lawyer and public servant, an early leading expert in Australian constitutional law, the first employee of the Government of Australia and the first Solicitor-General of Australia.

The first Constitutional Convention was held in 1891 in the chamber of the Legislative Council of New South Wales in Macquarie Street, Sydney, around the corner from Garran's chambers in Phillip Street ; Garran regularly attended and sat in the public gallery to see " history ... in the making under my very eyes.

" Garran would later recall with approval that the 1891 convention was the first with the courage to face the " lion in the path ", the issue of customs duties and tariffs, which had previously divided states such as Victoria, who were in favour of protectionism, and states such as New South Wales, who were in favour of free trade.

Garran became involved with the work of Edmund Barton, who would later be the first Prime Minister of Australia but at the time was the de facto leader of the federation movement in New South Wales as Sir Henry Parkes declined into poor health.

At one late night meeting, planning a speech Barton was to give in the Sydney suburb of Ashfield, Barton coined the phrase " For the first time, we have a nation for a continent, and a continent for a nation "; Garran recalled that the now famous phrase " would have been unrecorded if I had not happened to jot it down.

He was therefore not a delegate to the 1897 conventions which produced the final draft of the Constitution, but he acted as a behind-the-scenes advisor to Sir Robert Garran, secretary of the Drafting Committee, which followed the structure he had laid out in 1891.

Garran, like his father, was strongly involved in the Australian Federation movement, the movement which sought to unite the British colonies in Australia ( and, in early proposals, New Zealand ) into one federated country.

Quick with Robert Garran went on to publish The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth in 1901, which is widely regarded as one of the most authoritative works on the Australian Constitution.

On the same day, Quick and Robert Garran published The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth, which is widely regarded as one of the most authoritative works on the Australian Constitution.

Sir Robert Garran noted as early as 1901 that the governor-general was distinguished from other Empire governors-general by the fact that " the principal and most important of his powers and functions, legislative as well as executive, are expressly conferred on him by the terms of the Constitution itself.

The usual wording of official announcements of this nature was " The King has been pleased to appoint ...", but on this occasion the announcement said merely " The King has appointed ...", and his Private Secretary Lord Stamfordham asked the Solicitor-General, Sir Robert Garran, to make sure Scullin was aware of the exact wording.

In Australia, the Radburn model was used in the planning of some Canberra, Australia suburbs developed in the 1960s, in particular Charnwood, Curtin and Garran.

Garran was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the only son ( among seven children ) of journalist and politician Andrew Garran and his wife Mary Isham.

" Garran however offered a different view, saying that " those who knew him well knew that under a brusque exterior he was the kindest of men ", and his reputation had to some degree been created by misrepresentation.

In 1891, Garran was admitted to the New South Wales Bar, where he commenced practice as a barrister, primarily working in equity.

Garran was named after Sir Robert Garran who made numerous contributions to the development of higher education in Canberra.

In Commentaries on the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, Garran noted that, since the Australian executive is national in nature ( being dependent on the nationally elected House of Representatives, rather than the Senate ), " the Governor-General, as the official head of the Executive, does not in the smallest degree represent any federal element ; if he represents anything he is the image and embodiment of national unity and the outward and visible representation of the Imperial relationship of the Commonwealth.

The ANU campus is divided into eight precincts, with three on the west side of Sullivans Creek ; Dickson Precinct, Linnaeus Precinct, Daley Precinct ; and five on the east side ; Kingsley Precinct, Baldessin Precinct, Ellery Precinct, Liversidge Precinct and Garran Precinct.

Woden Valley from Red Hill looking across the suburb of Garran in the foreground to the Brindabella Ranges.

Garran published at least eight books and many journal articles throughout his lifetime, covering such topics as constitutional law, the history of federalism in Australia, and German language poetry.

Garran attended Sydney Grammar School from the age of ten, starting in 1877.

Garran graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with first-class honours in 1888, winning the University's Medal in Philosophy, and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1889.

After graduating, Garran began to study for the Bar examination.

Portrait of Andrew Garran, Robert's father, in 1896.

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In October 1940, Gauleiters Josef Bürckel and Robert Wagner oversaw the almost total expulsion of the Jews into unoccupied France not only from the parts of Alsace-Lorraine that had been annexed that summer to the Reich, but also from their Gaues as while.

The university was designed in the Brutalist style and developed by the renowned town planner Walter Abraham who also oversaw the next 20 years of planning and development for the university.

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In 1996, Turner's company, Turner Broadcasting System ( whose Turner Entertainment division oversaw the film library ), was purchased by Time Warner who also owned Warner Bros .. Today, Warner Home Video holds the video rights to the entire Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies animated output by virtue of Time Warner's ownership of Turner Entertainment — this is why their Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD box sets include cartoons from both the pre-8 / 48 Turner-owned and post-7 / 48 Warner Bros. owned periods.

He also oversaw the expansion of many of the California mission sites.

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In an interview with CBR News, Shooter, who previously oversaw publication of these characters at Valiant Comics, indicated that Dark Horse's versions of the characters would be both true to the original source material, but also exhibit some variation from the Gold Key and Valiant versions.

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