Sir Zelman Cowen
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus addresses the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre at Victoria University in Melbourne. Photo: SZCC
August 9, 2023, 7:26 am
Constitutional change ‘hard but necessary’
"Enshrining the Voice in the Constitution would recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first peoples in Australia in our nation's founding document, for the first time," said Dreyfus.
By Peter Kohn
From left: Kate Cowen, Lady Anna Cowen, and Governor of Victoria Linda Dessau at the Jewish Museum of Australia in 2019. Photo: Dean Schmideg
September 15, 2022, 8:44 am
Close encounter with a future monarch
Kate Cowen, daughter of the late Sir Zelman and Lady Anna Cowen shares some memories and anecdotes about the years that her father Sir Zelman Cowen was the Queen's representative in Australia.
By Peter Kohn
Lady Anna Cowen with former treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
June 12, 2022, 10:57 am
’The epitome of dignity and grace’
Lady Anna Cowen, widow of Australia’s second Jewish governor-general Sir Zelman Cowen, has passed away, aged 96
By AJN STAFF
Lady Anna and Josh Frydenberg celebrate the release of 'My Vice-Regal Life'.
July 6, 2017, 10:00 am
Memories of Yarralumla
The Yarralumla chef who learned how to prepare gefilte fish stands out as a heartwarming footnote in Lady Anna Cowen’s newly-published diaries,
Sadly missed by all who knew him: The late Ben Cowen.
January 12, 2017, 12:00 am
Sir Zelman’s son killed in paragliding crash
The Jewish community is in mourning following the death of Ben Cowen, the youngest child of former Governor-General, the late Sir Zelman Cowen.
By Peter Kohn
Josh Frydenberg being sworn in on Monday. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
September 24, 2015, 12:00 am
Ministerial role for Frydenberg
NEWLY appointed to Malcolm Turnbull’s cabinet, rising Liberal star Josh Frydenberg said he was “humbled” at his promotion in this week’s landmark reshuffle.
By Peter Kohn
February 23, 2015, 12:00 am
Victoria’s first Jewish governor
By Peter Kohn
September 18, 2013, 3:43 pm
Frydenberg sworn in as Abbott’s go-to man
JEWISH Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg has described his appointment as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister as a “real privilege”.
By Gareth Narunsky
June 27, 2012, 10:13 am
Museum honours Sir Zelman
TRIBUTES to the memory of former governor-general Sir Zelman Cowen flowed at last week’s opening of the Jewish Museum of Australia’s (JMA) exhibition Calling Australia Home in the new Zelman Cowen Gallery of Australian Jewish History.
March 29, 2012, 9:30 am
Scholarships perpetuate Sir Zelman’s legacy
THE late Sir Zelman Cowen understood the power of education to transform people’s lives. Now new scholarships named in his honour will help young Australians progress their own education and change for the better.
February 9, 2012, 12:00 am
‘Giant of a man’: Sir Zelman remembered in Parliament
AUSTRALIA lost one of its greatest statesmen with the death of Sir Zelman Cowen, Prime Minister Julia Gillard told Federal Parliament on Tuesday, as a motion of condolence was moved in the former governor-general’s honour.
By Gareth Narunsky
December 15, 2011, 11:05 am
Sir Zelman laid to rest
December 9, 2011, 11:01 am
Sir Zelman Cowen dead at 92
FORMER Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen has died aged 92.
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