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In 2001 a Certificate of Appreciation, jointly signed by the South African High Commissioner Zolile Magugu and the co-convenors of the Anti-Apartheid Movement,
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Abrahams is the grandson of Leonard Abrahams KC, a Sydney lawyer who was one of the fatalities of the
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in Paris and served as vice-president of the Association France-Australie. He was awarded the
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figures and opted out of an early tour match against Rhodesia to protest the regime of
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for "significant service to Australia-France relations, and to the law".
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A lawyer by profession, Abrahams spent over two decades working for
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Sydney
Cranbrook School
University of Sydney
Australia
AM
rugby union
Cranbrook School, Sydney
Sydney University
Wallabies
1967 tour of New Zealand
Colin Meads
All Blacks
Wales
1969 tour of South Africa
anti-apartheid
Ian Smith
1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia
Meredith Burgmann
Peter McGregor
Clifford Chance
Member of the Order of Australia
2020 Australia Day Honours
1938 Kyeema crash
List of Australia national rugby union players
"Anthony Morris Frederick Abrahams"
"The Wallabies get the low-down on racism"
Tribune
"Abrahams in attack on S. Africa"
The Canberra Times
Springbok 1971

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