Murray Farquhar

Murray Farquhar OBE^[1](7 July 1918–3 December 1993) was the Chief Stipendiary Magistrate of New South Wales between 1971 and 1977.^[2] Farquhar was born in the mining city of Broken Hill, New South Wales in Far West New South Wales. He attended Broken Hill High School and served in the Australian Army in the Second World War. After his military service, he studied law, practiced as a solicitor and was appointed as a magistrate in 1962. He was appointed Chief Stipendiary Magistrate in 1971.^[2]

Farquhar was convicted and jailed in 1985 for his corrupt influence in a fraud case brought against the head of the Australian Rugby League, Kevin Humphreys^[3]. During his trial, it became clear that Farquhar had deep roots in the criminal community, including connections to George Freeman and Nick Paltos.^[4] Much of the investigative work in the Farquhar case was due to the efforts of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Four Corners program^[5]. Murray Farquhar has been played by both John Clayton in the docudrama The Day of the Roses and by John Wood in the drama series Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.

References

1. ^ "Murray Frederick Farquhar". Honours and awards (gazetted). Australian War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au/honours/honours/person.asp?p=2149147. Retrieved 2009-03-19. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Reeves, Tony (2005). Mr. Big: The True Story of Lennie McPherson and His Life of Crime. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1741145163. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vlxe0Grm35MC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=Farquhar,+Murray+Frederick&source=bl&ots=oaDR-v0BOI&sig=1qD1msR2ION_SeICZHpyEg7f0Jw&hl=en&ei=QiHCSbj3AYG0sAOHpdjbBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA114,M1. 
3. ^ "Interview with Peter Manning". Four Corners. ABC News Australia. 20 August 2001. http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/4c40/interviews/manning.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
4. ^ Brown, Malcolm (1 January 2004). "Doc descended into underworld". Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/31/1072546584329.html. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
5. ^ "Turning 40". Four Corners. ABC News Australia. 20 August 2001. http://abc.com.au/4corners/4c40/essays/masters.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 

Further reading

• Farquhar, Murray (c. 1986). Nine words from the grave: the real story as revealed by Murray Farquhar. Sydney: M. Farquhar (self published). ISBN 0958850402. 

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Name	Farquhar, Murray
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Date of birth	1918
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Date of death	1993
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