Keith Seaman
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Reverend Sir Keith Douglas Seaman, KCVO
, OBE
(born 11 June 1920) was Governor of South Australia from 1 September 1977 until 28 March 1982. He was the second successive governor to have been a minister of religion, Seaman being a minister in then recently-merged Uniting Church in Australia
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Seaman's term as governor was not without controversy. On 24 February 1978, The Advertiser reported that he was about to be dismissed. He wasn't, but was forced to admit that he had committed a 'grave impropriety' prior to his appointment; it had been examined by the Uniting Church discipline committee, and he had been allowed to continue his ministry.
Before being appointed governor, Reverend Keith Seaman had been superintendent of the
"Adelaide Central Methodist Mission" (now "UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide"), and in 1973 was a member of the National Commission on Social Welfare, set up by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam
.
Royal Victorian Order
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, OBE
Order of the British Empire
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(born 11 June 1920) was Governor of South Australia from 1 September 1977 until 28 March 1982. He was the second successive governor to have been a minister of religion, Seaman being a minister in then recently-merged Uniting Church in Australia
Uniting Church in Australia
The Uniting Church in Australia was formed on 22 June 1977 when many congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union....
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Seaman's term as governor was not without controversy. On 24 February 1978, The Advertiser reported that he was about to be dismissed. He wasn't, but was forced to admit that he had committed a 'grave impropriety' prior to his appointment; it had been examined by the Uniting Church discipline committee, and he had been allowed to continue his ministry.
Before being appointed governor, Reverend Keith Seaman had been superintendent of the
"Adelaide Central Methodist Mission" (now "UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide"), and in 1973 was a member of the National Commission on Social Welfare, set up by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam
Gough Whitlam
Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC , known as Gough Whitlam , served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia. Whitlam led the Australian Labor Party to power at the 1972 election and retained government at the 1974 election, before being dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr at the climax of the...
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External links
- Queen to bishop, The Bulletin, 2002.
- Prime Minister's press conference, 3 April 1973, announcing National Commission on Social Welfare. www.whitlam.org, retrieved 2008-10-10.