Julian Paul Assange was born on July 3rd 1971 in Townsville, North Queensland, Australia. He was the son of Christine Ann Assange and John Shipton. Christine was by trade a visual artist and John was a builder who also took part in anti-war activism. In the mid 1970’s the couple split before the birth of Julian. After the split his mother Christine moved to Lismore in New South Wales where her father lived and worked as the principal at Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education which is now Southern Cross University. In 1972 Assange’s Mother Christine married Brett Assange, who became Julians step-father. They owned a small theatrical company that specialised in puppetry. Around 7 years later in 1979 Christine and Brett divorced. Soon