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Sir Christopher Sheehy OBE (25 December 1894 – 31 August 1960) was one of Queensland's and Australia's leading dairy industry administrators. ==Early life, family background and education== Sheehy was born at Gympie, Queensland, the third of six children of Irish-born parents Jeremiah Sheehy, goldmine manager, and his wife Kate, née O'Driscoll. Sheehy was educated at the Christian Brothers' College, Gympie.〔Humphreys, L. R (2005) ‘Sheehy, Sir Christopher (1894–1960)’ Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplementary Volume, MUP. See: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sheehy-sir-christopher-13192.〕 Sheehy's brother and sister also served the State of Queensland. His brother The Honourable Sir Joseph Sheehy KBE was a Queensland Supreme Court Justice and three times Administrator of the State of Queensland,〔The Courier Mail, 30 June 1969, p.3.〕〔The Courier Mail, Saturday 13 June 1970, p1.〕〔http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/parliamentaryrecord/sections/Part%202.1.pdf〕 〔http://www.sclqld.org.au/judicial-papers/judicial-profiles/profiles/jsheehy〕〔The Australian, 23 September 1971, p.2.〕 and his sister Kathleen Sheehy was a champion of special education in Queensland, being instrumental in renaming State education classes for children with disabilities from 'backward classes' to 'opportunity classes,'〔Logan, Greg (ed.) (1995) 'Pioneers in Education: Kathleen Sheehy,’ The Educational Historian, Vol. 8, no. 1, p.3.〕 and was appointed head of the State's first ever Opportunity school (later renamed Special schools).〔http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sheehy-kathleen-eileen-15413〕 Sheehy studied accountancy in Brisbane and joined the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock as a clerk in January 1911. In February 1920 he married Ruby Maria Bridget Barlow, a Sydney-born clerk,〔Humphreys, L. R (2005) ‘Sheehy, Sir Christopher (1894–1960)’ Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplementary Volume, MUP. See: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sheehy-sir-christopher-13192.〕 who later became Lady (Ruby) Sheehy when Sheehy was knighted.〔http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1083159&search_type=quick&showInd=true〕〔The Courier Mail, 13 June 1959, p.1.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Sheehy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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