Geoffrey Street

Who was Geoffrey Street?

Geoffrey Austin Street MC was an Australian Cabinet Minister and member of the House of Representatives, representing the Division of Corangamite from 1934 until his death in 1940.

Street was born in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra and educated at Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney. In 1914, he volunteered for military service and served in the First Australian Imperial Force and was wounded in the Gallipoli landing and served later in France and Belgium. Street was awarded the Military Cross in 1917, and in 1919 was discharged with the rank of Major.

Street married Evora Francis Currie in 1918 and purchased part of his father-in-law's property in the Western District of Victoria and became a successful sheep grazier and local politician. He became a councillor of Hampden Shire Council in 1924 and its president in 1931 – 1932.