Raymond Garrett

Sir Raymond William Garrett,

for eighteen years, and was knighted in 1973.

Early life and career

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Garrett was born in

In 1933, he began working in the Northern Territory for the Larkin Aircraft Company. Flying as the chief pilot for the company, Garrett ran the first Territory-wide mail route, and provided the air links between Darwin and other townships in the territory. In the mid-1930s, Garrett left the Northern Territory and returned to Melbourne, where he tried being a professional photographer. Garrett's interest in photography began in the 1920s, when he was one of the country's first aerial photographers.^{[citation needed]} In 1934, Garrett married Vera Halliday Lugton, with whom he had four children.

When

After the war, Garrett took his earlier love of photography and set up a successful business in Doncaster, manufacturing photographic chemicals. He later became Chairman of Ilford (Australia) Pty Ltd. Several of his descendants shared his passion, and became professional photographers.

Politics

It was around this time that Garrett also began to dabble in politics, sitting on the council of the Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe for six years. In 1956, Garrett contested—and won—the seat of

• "Parliamentary biography". Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2005.
• "Sir Raymond Garrett, 93, former President of Victorian Legislative Council and wartime pilot instructor", The Age, 25 October 1994.
• Condolence motions, HANSARD records of the Victorian State Parliament, 14 October 1994 (available online)