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Mr Stuart McCosker was born in Nambour on 11 July 1943, attended state primary schools at Beerwah and Mapleton, followed by two years at Nambour State High School and three years at the Queensland Agricultural College (Gatton College) where he obtained a Diploma of Animal Husbandry. He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1967 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science and, in 1988, a Bachelor of Economics.
Following graduation in 1967, Mr McCosker practised as a veterinary surgeon in Australia, the United Kingdom, Mexico, New Zealand and Hong Kong. He has also worked for a number of years for the Commonwealth Government in the regulation of agricultural and veterinary chemicals. While accompanying his wife on overseas postings, Mr McCosker held positions in the United States with pharmaceutical companies, has been a visa officer in the Australian High Commission in India and a consultant to a United Nations agency in Geneva.
At Gatton College Mr McCosker played rugby, continuing with rugby and rowing in Emmanuel College teams during his years at The University of Queensland. Mr McCosker now enjoys skiing, which he took up during a posting in New Zealand, plays an occasional game of tennis and continues his interest in rugby as a spectator.
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