Early Life
Burnside was born in Melbourne to Kennedy Byron Burnside and Olwen Lloyd Banks. His father was a prominent Melbourne urologist. Burnside attended Melbourne Grammar School, graduating with a range of scholarships and prizes. He then decided to study law and economics at Monash University, with aspirations to eventually work as a management consultant. While at university, Burnside showed immense talent for the study of law and successfully competed in Moot Court competitions (mock court). He was selected to represent Monash at an international competition in New Zealand, in which he was named best speaker and won the Blackstone Cup. After a conversation with the Chief Justice of New Zealand who had adjudicated, Burnside was persuaded that he should pursue a career as a barrister. In 1972, he completed his Bachelor of Economics, and in 1973 he was awarded his Bachelor of Laws by Monash Law School.
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