Phillip Hetherington

Phillip Hetherington, is a Principal at Garvin & Cousens and has been a part of the team since 1985. Phillip grew up in the Tamworth area and was educated at Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School. Upon finishing school, he went on to jackaroo in Penola, South Australia and Longreach, Queensland before returning to Tamworth. Whilst studying for his Stock & Station and Real Estate licenses, Phillip worked for a local rural merchandise outlet in Tamworth. In 1985, Phillip joined Doug Smith as a partner in our firm, buying Ken Falkenmires shares, Ken had been the G&C bookkeeper for some 40+ years. Doug Smith retired in 2012 and that same year our current, fellow Principal Andrew Warden came in as a partner. Naturally, the livestock industry has seen some big changes over the years since Phillip became an agent, the biggest being the computerisation of the entire process for buying and selling sheep and cattle at the sale yards. Phillip is married to Jane and they have two children, Sarah, who is a Speech Therapist at the Tamworth Base Hospital and, James, has just completed his degree in Media and Communications. Phillip is highly involved in showjumping within the Tamworth district with his son James competing at a high level and has seen some great success. Phillips main role at Garvin & Cousens is all aspects of livestock and is our rural property consultant. Having so many years under his belt as an agent and a member of the Garvin & Cousens team, Phillip has a great knowledge of Tamworth, its surrounding districts and the livestock industry.