16 Facts About Kep Enderby

Keppel Earl Enderby was an Australian politician and judge.

Kep Enderby was born in Dubbo, New South Wales and educated at Dubbo High School.

Kep Enderby was a trainee pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1944 and 1945.

Kep Enderby studied law at the University of Sydney from 1946 to 1950 and was admitted to the New South Wales bar in 1950.

Kep Enderby won the 1946 New South Wales Amateur Championship beating defending champion Alan Waterson in the semi-final and John Allerton in the final.

Kep Enderby represented New South Wales in the Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches in 1946,1947,1948 and 1949.

Kep Enderby played golf in the British Amateur and Open championships in 1951 and 1952.

Kep Enderby returned to New South Wales in 1955 and practised law and lectured at Sydney Technical College.

Kep Enderby was active with Ken Buckley in the foundation of the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties in the 1950s and 1960s.

Kep Enderby was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1973.

In 1970, Kep Enderby gained Australian Labor Party pre-selection for the Division of Australian Capital Territory and was elected to the House of Representatives at a by-election following Jim Fraser's death in April 1970.

In February 1975, following Lionel Murphy's appointment to the High Court of Australia, Kep Enderby became Attorney-General and Minister for Customs and Excise.

Kep Enderby was elected to the new seat of Canberra at the 1974 election, but was one of many Labor members to lose their seats in the landslide 1975 election defeat that followed the dismissal of the Whitlam Government.

Kep Enderby moved to Sydney and returned to the bar, where he practised as a barrister.

Kep Enderby held a number of community positions throughout his career, including presiding over the regional society for voluntary euthanasia.

Additionally, after learning Esperanto in 1987, Kep Enderby became involved in Esperanto organisations, including serving as President of the Australian Esperanto Association from 1992 to 1997, as a committee member of the World Esperanto Association from 1992 to 2004, as President of the Esperanto Law Association from 1996 to 2002 and from 1998 to 2001 as President of the World Esperanto Association.