High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Maurice McCrae Blackburn (19 November 1880 – 31 March 1944), Australian politician and lawyer, was born in Inglewood, Victoria. He moved to Melbourne with his mother following the death of his father in 1887. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School matriculating in 1896. After completing school, he attended the University of Melbourne, graduating in arts and law in 1909, and began to practice as a lawyer a year later.