Editing Simon Crean (section)

==Early life and education==
Crean was born in [[Melbourne]] on 26 February 1949.<ref name=aph>{{cite news|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=DT4|title=Hon Simon Crean|publisher=Parliament of Australia|access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref> He was one of three sons born to Mary ({{nee|Findlay}}) and [[Frank Crean]].<ref name=wright>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/mary-crean-political-matriarch-and-sharp-enough-to-be-a-pm-dies-at-103-20180130-h0qj8f.html|title=Mary Crean, political matriarch and 'sharp enough to be a PM', dies at 103|date=30 January 2018|first=Tony|last=Wright|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref> His father was a federal Labor MP from 1951 to 1977, who served periods as [[Treasurer of Australia|Treasurer]] and [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia|Deputy Prime Minister]] in the [[Gough Whitlam|Whitlam government]].<ref name=Trade>{{cite web |url=http://www.trademinister.gov.au/bio.html |title=Biography – The Hon. Simon Crean MP, Australian Minister for Trade |publisher=Trademinister.gov.au |access-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630012812/http://www.trademinister.gov.au/bio.html |archive-date=30 June 2010}}</ref> One of his brothers, [[David Crean]], a medical doctor, was a [[Parliament of Tasmania|Member of the Tasmanian Parliament]]. His other brother, [[Stephen Crean]], a public servant, died while skiing alone at [[Charlotte Pass, New South Wales]], in 1985, aged 38; his body was not found for two years.<ref name=wright/>

Crean grew up in the inner Melbourne suburb of [[Middle Park, Victoria|Middle Park]].<ref name=wright/> He was educated at [[Melbourne High School]], before going on to [[Monash University]] where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Economics]] and [[Bachelor of Laws]].<ref name=aph/>