Early Years
Enderby was born in Dubbo, New South Wales and educated at Dubbo High School. He was a trainee pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1944 and 1945. He studied law at the University of Sydney from 1946 to 1950 and was admitted to the New South Wales bar in 1950. From 1950 to 1954, he worked as a barrister in London and studied at the University of London. He also played golf in the British Amateur and Open championships in 1951 and 1952.
He returned to New South Wales in 1955 and practiced law and lectured at Sydney Technical College. Enderby was active with Ken Buckley in the foundation of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1962, he became a lecturer in law at the Australian National University in Canberra. In 1966, he began practicing law in Canberra while continuing to teach part-time. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1973.
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