Owen Edward John Walsh is a former Administrator of the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. Son of John ("Jack") Melvyn Walsh (1923-1972) and Beverley Dawn Essen (1928-2011). Walsh was educated at the Hutchins School, and then attended the University of Tasmania, from which he graduated with degrees in Arts and Law. He worked as a barrister and solicitor for the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, and as a senior policy adviser and legal officer for the Attorney-General's department, the Department of Transport and Regional Services, and the Australian Antarctic Division.