DETAILS

INFORMATION

Event:

State Funeral to honour the life of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG

Event details:

Friday 8 March 2024, 1pm
St Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide
Road closures will be in place. General parking will be available in the Adelaide Oval Northern car park.

Contact Details:

Patrick Cronin, DPC Media Manager – 0407 743 068

Important information:

Please formally describe Lowitja O’Donoghue as Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG.
Please do not use the name Lois O’Donoghue in any manner of reference.
In lieu of flowers, the family has kindly requested consideration for people and organisations wishing to honour Dr O’Donoghue, to donate to the Lowitja O’Donoghue Foundation.

Please note, other than two fixed TV pool cameras and two pool photographers, media will not be permitted to enter the Cathedral during the funeral service.

Media outside the Cathedral will be restricted to certain areas.

NCA Newswire and ABC will provide the pool photographic material. ABC will also provide pool TV material. There is opportunity for one other pool TV camera to provide pool material, on expression of interest.

To access pool material, please contact pool providers direct: sanews@abc.net.au and newswirephotos@news.com.au

The event will be livestreamed via the DPC website and on the SA Government Facebook page.

An embed link to the livestream is available on request – should your organisation require this please contact Pam Brombal (pam.brombal@sa.gov.au or 0435 177 507) prior to 9am, Friday 8 March.

For further details please visit https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/state-protocols-acknowledgements/state-services/events/state-funeral-for-dr-lowitja-odonoghue-ac-cbe-dsg