Editing Peter Garrett (section)

==Personal life==
Garrett is married and has three daughters.<ref name="SMH-110604"/><ref name="religionreport">{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/stories/s28491.htm |title=The Religion Report – 9/06/99 |access-date=6 October 2010 |last=Cleary |first=John |date=9 June 1999 |website=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814064921/http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/stories/s28491.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 August 2010}}</ref> He is the uncle of [[Maude Garrett]], formerly of [[Nickelodeon Australia]] and [[SourceFed]].

Garrett's grandfather, Tom Vernon Garrett, was one of many prisoners of war who died in the sinking of ''[[Montevideo Maru]]''. That sinking is considered the worst maritime disaster in Australia's history. He refers to this event in the opening line of the ''[[Earth and Sun and Moon]]'' track "In the Valley".

In 2007, artist Michael Mucci entered a portrait of Garrett in the [[Archibald Prize]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2007/28480/ |title=Michael Mucci: The power and the passion |website=Prizes: Archibald Prize 2007 |publisher=[[Art Gallery of New South Wales]] |year=2007 |access-date=5 July 2013 |archive-date=15 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615010947/http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2007/28480/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while in 2022 [[Anh Do]]'s portrait was a finalist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Archibald Prize Archibald 2022 work: Peter, up close by Anh Do |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2022/30417/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Art Gallery of New South Wales|archive-date=6 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506003859/https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2022/30417/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Garrett supports the [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon Bombers]] in the [[Australian Football League]], although he has also shown favour to the [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne Demons]] as a secondary team when they faced Essendon rival [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] in an [[AFL finals series|AFL final]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beveridge |first1=Riley |title=Your AFL club's most famous supporters, from Barack Obama to Cam Newton |url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/your-afl-clubs-most-famous-supporters-from-barack-obama-to-cam-newton/news-story/03eb54659866d587cf9c2cc4b9f3d8c5 |work=Fox Sports |date=29 January 2016 |access-date=29 January 2016 |archive-date=7 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607232136/http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/your-afl-clubs-most-famous-supporters-from-barack-obama-to-cam-newton/news-story/03eb54659866d587cf9c2cc4b9f3d8c5 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Aussie Legend Peter Garrett Reveals Why He's Voting Yes for the Voice | date=15 September 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwpvB92Nqek |access-date=2023-09-16|archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015220936/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwpvB92Nqek |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2023, Garrett publicly advocated for the "Yes" campaign in the [[2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum]], a vote to change the Australian Constitution to enshrine a [[Voice to Parliament]] for [[Indigenous Australians]]. He also provided ongoing support of the Yes campaign in the lead up to the unsuccessful referendum.<ref>{{Citation |title=Aussie Legend Peter Garrett Reveals Why He's Voting Yes for the Voice | date=15 September 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwpvB92Nqek |access-date=2023-09-16|archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015220936/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwpvB92Nqek |url-status=live }}</ref>