Peter Garrett - Personal Life

Personal Life

  • Garrett is married and has three daughters.
  • Garrett's childhood was spent in Wahroonga, the oldest of three boys who all attended Barker College.
  • His father died while he was still at school. His mother died in a fire at the family home, during his period at university.
  • In 2007 the artist Michael Mucci entered a portrait of Garrett in the Archibald Prize.
  • Garrett is the uncle of Nickelodeon Australia personality Maude Garrett.

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