Legal and Academic Life
Blackburn returned to Australia after his Oxford studies. He was admitted as a legal practitioner in South Australia in 1951. Between 1950 and 1957 he was the Bonython Professor of Law at the Adelaide University. He married his wife Bryony Helen Dutton in 1951. He became the Dean of the Faculty of Law in 1951 and served as Dean there until 1957. In 1957 he left full-time academic life to become a partner in the Adelaide law firm Finlaysons; however, he continued as a member of the Faculty until 1965. His daughter and son were born whilst he was teaching at the Adelaide University.
In 1957 he was commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel and given command of the Adelaide University Regiment. In 1962 he was commissioned as a Colonel and given command of the First Battalion of the Royal South Australian Regiment. He served there until 1965.
He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 1 January 1965 in honour of his military service.
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