Eugene Gabriel Sayegh
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{{Infobox person
|name = Eugene Gabriel Sayegh
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|birth_date = 7 May 1900
|birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand, British Empire
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|7|30|1900|5|7|df=y}}
|death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|alma_mater = University of Sydney
|occupation = Solicitor, Barrister
|spouse = {{Marriage|Zoe Malouf|1928}}
|children = 3 daughters
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Eugene Gabriel Sayegh (7 May 1900 – 30 July 1988) was the first barrister in Australia of Syrian descent.{{cite journal|title=Tipping the Scales: Equity and Diversity at the Bar|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/NSWBarAssocNews/2015/46.html|author=Jane Needham SC|journal=Bar News|publisher=New South Wales Bar Association|year=2015}}
Personal life
He moved from Auckland, New Zealand in 1917 where he attended Sacred Heart College, and went on to study at Sydney University. He was admitted to the bar in New South Wales in 1924, which made him the only Syrian barrister practising in the Commonwealth at the time.{{cite news|newspaper=The Press|title=General News|date=2 April 1924|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19240402.2.39?items_per_page=10&query=+Eugene+Gabriel+Sayegh&snippet=true}}
In January 1928 Sayegh married Zoe Malouf, with whom he had 3 children. Sayegh retired in 1984 and died on 30 July 1988.{{cite web|title=New Zealand's Fush and Chups: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen and Eugene Gabriel Sayegh|url=https://www.southernthunderer.com.au/new-zealands-fush-chups/|author=Victor Taffa|website=The Southern Thunderer|year=2018}}
Career
In 1946 Sayegh defeated Bill Dovey QC in a famous Sydney divorce case.{{cite web|url=https://www.southernthunderer.com.au/australia-the-land-of-opportunity/|title=Australia: The Land Of Opportunity|website=Southernthunderer.com.au|author=Victor Taffa|year=2011}}
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Category:Australian people of Syrian descent
Category:New Zealand emigrants to Australia