Gary Forrester

Gary Forrester (born in the United States, 1946) is a New Zealand-Australian musician, composer, novelist, poet, memoirist, and screenwriter. He was profiled by Random House Australia (Australian Country Music, 1991) as one of the major figures in the Australian music scene during the 1980s and 1990s. Also a law professor, he represented Indian tribes in securing restoration legislation through the United States Congress; authored a text on Ameri... more

Gary Forrester (born in the United States, 1946) is a New Zealand-Australian musician, composer, novelist, poet, memoirist, and screenwriter. He was profiled by Random House Australia (Australian Country Music, 1991) as one of the major figures in the Australian music scene during the 1980s and 1990s. Also a law professor, he represented Indian tribes in securing restoration legislation through the United States Congress; authored a text on American Indian law; and wrote numerous articles on the rights of indigenous peoples, the environment, and other legal topics.Strangers To Us All: Lawyers and Poetry (featuring biographies and works of poets and writers who have a legal background) declared that "Gary Forrester is a hard man to pigeon-hole. He has practiced law, taught law, and spent time away from the legal profession. He is a singer, musician, poet and writer." Forrester's musical compositions were recorded (under his stage name Eddie Rambeaux) on the albums Dust on the Bible ... less