McCutcheon was born in
Melbourne to Sir Osborn McCutcheon, an architect, and Molly Buley. He attended
Wesley College and then
Melbourne University, from which he received a
Bachelor of Architecture. McCutcheon ran a wine business "Ten Minutes by Tractor" in
Main Ridge, Victoria; the property was planted with vines in 1993 and the first vintage was released in 2000. In his senior years, he visited
indigenous communities across
Northern and
Central Australia and promoted
land rights through the Port Phillip Citizens for Reconciliation group. Andrew McCutcheon died on 16 December 2017, aged 86. ==References==