Sir Robert David Garrick Agnew was an Australian competition swimmer and businessman.
16 Facts About Garrick Agnew
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Garrick Agnew was born 21 September 1930 in the Perth suburb of Nedlands to Robert and Jean Garrick Agnew.
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Garrick Agnew was a member of the Ohio State branch of Phi Beta Kappa Society.
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Garrick Agnew graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1952.
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Garrick Agnew retired from swimming 1954, citing a desire to enter business.
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Garrick Agnew spent time in 1954 working in Manila with Gus Trippe, an American he met at Harvard.
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On returning to Perth in 1955, Garrick Agnew was part of a partnership, including Trippe, that purchased a steam boat to ship live cattle from Anna Plains Station in northwest Western Australia to The Philippines.
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Garrick Agnew soon extended his business interests to mining salt and iron ore.
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Garrick Agnew formed a partnership with Harold Clough during the 1970s.
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In 1977 Mount Enid Mining Company, controlled by Garrick Agnew, sold its interests in the Robe River mining project for over A$21 million.
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In 1980, Garrick Agnew led a group proposing the establishment of a new Australian trading bank.
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Garrick Agnew regularly made a trip of over 4,800 kilometres from Perth to Cairns to catch large fish.
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Garrick Agnew was inducted into the International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Garrick Agnew became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1978.
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In 2009 Garrick Agnew was inducted into the Swimming Western Australia Hall of Fame.
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Garrick Agnew died in 1987 of a heart attack after swimming at the UWA swimming pool.