Early Life
Quick was born in Trevassa, Cornwall, UK in 1852, the son of John Sr and Mary Quick. The family migrated to Australia in 1854, where John Sr, a farmer, began prospecting at the Bendigo goldfields. However, he died a few months later.
Quick was educated at a state school in Bendigo and at the age of 10 went to work in an iron foundry at Long Gully. Quick later worked as an assistant at the Bendigo Evening News, and then as a junior reporter at the Bendigo Independent. Here he gained skills in shorthand writing, and improved his general education.
In 1873, Quick moved to Melbourne and passed the matriculation examination at the University of Melbourne. There he studied law, and with the help of scholarships, completed his course in 1877, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB). Quick was called to the bar in June 1878, but instead continued as a journalist. Soon later, he became the leading parliamentary reporter at The Age newspaper.
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