• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE4079

Crowley, Rosemary Anne

  • Honourable
(1938 – 2025)
  • Born 30 July 1938, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Died 1 March 2025, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Occupation Medical practitioner, Parliamentarian

Summary

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Rosemary Crowley was elected as a Senator for South Australia in the Senate of the Parliament of Australia at the federal election, which was held in March 1983. She served until 2002 and during her period in Parliament she held the portfolios of Family Services from 1993 to 1996 and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women from March to December 1993. A complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).

Archival resources

  • National Archives of Australia, National Office, Canberra
    • Records of Senator Rosemary Crowley
  • Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
    • Pat Richardson scrapbooks relating to the Women's Electoral Lobby and women's events, 1977-2002

Published resources

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  • Related Concepts
    • Women in Politics: Australian Labor Party