During a holiday in Spain while still an undergraduate, Gorton met Bettina Brown of Bangor, Maine, United States.
She was a language student at the Sorbonne.
This meeting came about through Gorton's friend from Oxford, Arthur Brown, who was Bettina's brother.
In 1935, Gorton and Bettina Brown were married in Oxford.
After his studies were finished, they settled in Australia, taking over his father's orchard, "Mystic Park", at Lake Kangaroo near Kerang, Victoria.
They had three children: Joanna, Michael and Robin.
Gorton's first wife died of cancer in 1983.
In 1993, he remarried to Nancy Home (née Elliott) a long-time acquaintance.
During a holiday in Spain while still an undergraduate, Gorton met Bettina Brown of Bangor, Maine, United States. She was a language student at the Sorbonne. This meeting came about through Gorton's friend from Oxford, Arthur Brown, who was Bettina's brother. In 1935, Gorton and Bettina Brown were married in Oxford. After his studies were finished, they settled in Australia, taking over his father's orchard, "Mystic Park", at Lake Kangaroo near Kerang, Victoria. They had three children: Joanna, Michael and Robin. Gorton's first wife died of cancer in 1983. In 1993, he remarried to Nancy Home (née Elliott) a long-time acquaintance.
John Gorton