Famous People with Name Gibbs

Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs: was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1981 to 1987 after serving as a member of the High Court between 1970 and 1981. He was known as one of Australia's leading federalist judges although he presided over the High Court when decisions such as Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen in 1982 and Commonwealth v Tasmania expanded the powers of the Commonwealth at the expense of the states. Gibbs dissented from the majority verdict in both cases.Harry Talbot Gibbs was educated at the Ipswich Grammar School and later at Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland. He graduated from the latter with a Bachelor of Arts with honours in 1937 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1939. The same year he was admitted to the bar, but his legal career was interrupted by World War II and he served in the Australian Military Forces from 1942 to 1945 and in the Australian Imperial Force in Papua New Guinea,

Phillip Gibbs            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Phillip Gibbs: an Australian architect. In 1980 he was awarded the third place prize at the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition for work on his Australian timber house.In 1984, he was appointed Visiting Scholar in Architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He practiced architecture in Perth and Fremantle and worked with the Corringie Aboriginal community, Leonora, Western Australia, and the Swan River Valley Noongar (or Nyungah) community.He is the author of 'Building a Malay House', Oxford University Press 1987, ISBN 0-19-588861-8.

Joey Gibbs            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Joey Gibbs: is an Australian born footballer. Gibbs made his senior A-League debut as a substitute for Sydney FC in the 2009-10 Grand Final against the Melbourne Victory.

Paul Roderick Gibbs            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Paul Roderick Gibbs: was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Gibbs, a fly-half, was born in Birmingham and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.

Bryce Gibbs            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bryce Gibbs: is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He primarily plays at prop-forward. Gibbs made his NRL debut against Penrith in August 2003, scoring a try. He also scored a try in the