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The former Governor-General, Sir Zelman Cowen, was remembered today at a funeral service in Melbourne.
The service was attended by Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former prime minister Malcolm Fraser, who appointed Cowen in December 1977. Former PMs Bob Hawke and John Howard also attended, as did Cowen’s successor as Governor-General, Sir Ninian Stephen. [Read more…]
Sir Zelman Cowen, Australia’s 19th Governor-General, appointed by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser in 1977, has died, aged 92.
Sir Zelman died last night, on the 34th anniversary of his swearing-in as Governor-General.
He held the position from 1977 until July, 1982.
Appointed to succeed Sir John Kerr, the man who dismissed the Whitlam government in 1975, Sir Zelman is credited with restoring confidence in the position of Governor-General. “Confidence in the office needed to be restored,” said Malcolm Fraser.
Fraser was the only prime minister during Sir Zelman’s time as Governor-General.
A TRIBUTE TO SIR ZELMAN FROM FORMER PRIME MINISTER MALCOLM FRASER
Zelman Cowen contributed to Australia as a lawyer, an academic, administrator and governor-general.
He accepted the role of governor-general at a difficult time. Confidence in the office needed to be restored. [Read more…]