The Memoirs of Zelman Cowen: A public life
Miegunyah, $59.95 hb, 416 pp
Eminent Victorian
Justice Michael Kirby’s launching of Sir Zelman Cowen’s memoirs at the Melbourne University’s Woodward Centre in early June was a great Melbourne occasion. Two of Cowen’s successors as governor-general, Sir Ninian Stephen and Archbishop Peter Hollingworth, attended as part of a galaxy of judges, barristers, academics and a scattering of ex-politicians. The occasion was a festival of oratory, with five substantial speeches, possibly an Australian record for a book launch.
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The Memoirs of Zelman Cowen: A public life
by Zelman Cowen
Miegunyah, $59.95 hb, 416 pp
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