State Memorial Service for the Honourable Dr Rosemary Crowley AO

A State Memorial Service for the Honourable Dr Rosemary Crowley AO will take place at 11:00 am on Saturday 22 March 2025 at Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, North Terrace campus, South Australia.

In 1983, Dr Crowley was elected as a Senator for South Australia and was later appointed a Minister in the Keating government. Dr Crowley was appointed Minister for Family Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women. Dr Crowley retired from politics in 2002.

In 2015, Dr Crowley was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia as a Minister in the Commonwealth Government and Senator representing the people of South Australia, and as an advocate for promoting the status of women.

Family, friends, representatives of organisations and members of the public are welcome to attend the State Memorial Service. Members of the public will be shown to seating in order of arrival until the venue reaches capacity.

Doors will open at 9:30 am. Attendees are kindly requested to be seated by 10:30 am. Ushers will be on hand to assist with seating.

If you wish to attend, please register online.

Enquiries can be directed to the Protocol and International Visits Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra on (02) 6271 6129 during business hours or email StateMemorial@pmc.gov.au.

The State Memorial Service will be livestreamed on the day.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Catherine House or to Trees for Life.

Online condolences can be made below.

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The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department) is collecting your personal information to provide condolence messages in a book to the family of the Honourable Dr Rosemary Crowley AO.

Providing the requested information is voluntary. If you choose not to provide us with your information, we will not be able to pass on your message to the family.

For the same purpose, we will provide your personal information to a third-party supplier, Elite Bookbinding, who is responsible for binding the condolences messages into a book to be given to the family of Dr Crowley.

The Department will not use or disclose the information collected from you, other than for the purposes described above, unless you have provided consent for us to do this, or we are authorised or required to do so by law.

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If you require a copy of our Privacy Policy contact the Privacy Officer at privacy@pmc.gov.au.