Brian Murray (governor)

Sir Brian Stewart Murray ( born December 26, 1921 in Melbourne, Australia, † June 4, 1991 in Murrumbateman, New South Wales ) was an Australian Rear Admiral and Governor of Victoria.

Life

Murray appeared in 1939 in the Royal Australian Navy one. He took part in the Korean War of 1952-53. From 1968-70 he was military attaché in Tokyo. The highlight of his military career was the appeal to the Deputy Supreme Commander of the Navy ( Deputy Chief of Navy ) in the years 1975-78.

In 1982 he was nominated by the Liberal Prime Minister Lindsay Thompson Governor of Victoria. During his tenure, he avoided public celebrations. Resentment sparked his absence at the opening of the Victorian Arts Centre in Melbourne in 1983, when it turned out that he had visited a winery instead. In 1985, he was forced to resign after it was revealed that he had taken a trip to the U.S. at the expense of Continental Airlines. Murray settled in the following down on a vineyard in Murrumbateman near Canberra. After his death in 1991 he was given a state funeral.

Awards

  • Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  • Officer of the Order of Australia
Brian Doyle-Murray Counter admiral Charles Henry Darling John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury Reginald Talbot Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers Edmund Herring Dallas Brooks Henry Winneke Davis McCaughey Richard McGarvie James Gobbo John Landy David de Kretser Alex Chernov
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