In 1922, he was appointed deputy president of the Arbitration Court, which he held until his retirement on 25 March 1930. Later life Quick continued to be a prolific author. In 1904, along with Littleton Groom, Quick published The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth, and in 1919 published The Legislative Powers of the Commonwealth and the States of Australia. After retiring in 1930, he worked on a book, which he intended to call The Book of Australian Authors, a bibliographical survey of various Australian authors, poets and playwrights. However, he died before he could complete the work. Professor E Morris Miller continued the work, which was published in 1940 as Australian Literature from its beginnings to 1935. Legacy La Trobe University Bendigo established the annual Sir John Quick Bendigo Lecture in 1994 in recognition of Quick's contribution to Federation and his election as Bendigo's first Federal Member of Parliament. He also helped start the Australian federation. References External links National Library of Australia – Federation Gateway: Sir John Quick 1852 births 1932 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians Australian federationists Australian Knights Bachelor Australian non-fiction writers Commonwealth Liberal Party members of the Parliament of Australia Australian people of Cornish descent British emigrants to Australia Independent members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Bendigo Members of the Australian House of Representatives People from Cornwall Protectionist Party members of the Parliament of Australia