Queensland University of Technology. Faculty of Business

Peter Douglas Beattie was born in Sydney on 18 November 1952 to Arthur and Edna Beattie. After the death of his mother he went to live with his maternal grandmother, Annie Ebensen in the small North Queensland town of Atherton. Due to his grandmother?s financial situation and age he was made a ward of the state.

He attended Atherton State School and Atherton State High School, graduating in 1970 as School Captain and Dux of the School. As a ward of the state he received government assistance to complete high school and attended university on a departmental scholarship. Whilst studying for a combined Arts/Law degree at the University of Queensland, Beattie lived in the Halls of Residence of St. John?s College where he became President of the St. John?s College Student Club in 1974. He graduated from the University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts and Laws (BA, LLB).

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