Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Turnbull gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Sydney na Bachelor of Arts na Bachelor of Laws, tupu ịga Brasenose College, Oxford dị ka Rhodes Scholar, na-enweta Bachelor of Civil Law. Ruo ihe karịrị iri afọ abụọ, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye nta akụkọ, ọkàiwu, onye na-azụ ahịa ego, na onye na-etinye ego n'ihe ize ndụ. O jere ozi dị ka Onye isi oche nke Australian Republican Movement site na 1993 ruo 2000, ma bụrụ otu n'ime ndị isi nke mkpọsa "Ee" na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma na Australia.
Ntuliaka mba na 1999. A họpụtara ya na mbụ na ụlọ ndị nnọchi anya Australia maka Ngalaba Wentworth na New South Wales na ntuli aka nke 2004, ma bụrụ Minista na-ahụ maka gburugburu ebe obibi na mmiri n'okpuru John Howard site na Jenụwarị 2007 ruo Disemba 2007.