Personal Biography
Born in Christchurch, Brownlee has lived there ever since. After leaving high school, he worked in his family's timber business, and received training in carpentry. Later he qualified as a teacher. He then taught woodwork and crafts at high-school level at Ellesmere College, and later at St Bede's College (which he himself had attended as a pupil). At St Bede's he taught woodwork and graphics.
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