John Rowland (diplomat)

{{Short description|Australian public servant, diplomat and poet}}

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| name = John Rowland {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}}

| image = (33) 1948-52 John Rowland - 3rd Secretary Australian Legation Moscow.jpg

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| caption = Rowland in his office as 3rd Secretary, Australian Legation in Moscow.

| birth_name = John Russell Rowland

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|02|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Armidale, New South Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|12|31|1925|02|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

| occupation = Public servant, diplomat, poet

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John Russell Rowland {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (10 February 1925{{snd}}31 December 1996) was an Australian public servant, diplomat and poet.{{Citation | author1=Rowland, J. R. (John Russell) | author2=Rusden, Heather, 1948- | title=Interview with John Rowland, diplomat and poet | publication-date=1991 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21024176 | accessdate=13 February 2016 }}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102207780|title=Links with Hungary, Bulgaria|date=6 April 1972|page=1|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT}}{{cite news|title=Diplomat with a Poet's Compassion|date=8 January 1997|page=12|newspaper=The Australian|first=David|last=Anderson}}{{cite news|title=Diplomat for over 30 years, poet with a sense of humour and champion of public causes|date=8 January 1997|page=12|newspaper=The Canberra Times|first=Bill|last=Pritchett|author-link=Bill Pritchett}}{{cite news|title=A loss for city of poets|date=12 January 1997|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=18|first=Robert|last=Hefner}}{{Cite web|last=Austlit|title=J. R. Rowland {{!}} AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A28797|access-date=2020-12-25|website=austlit.edu.au|language=en}}

Rowland was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1981, while serving as Australian Ambassador to France.{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid=885204 |date=26 January 1981 |recipient=His Excellency Mr John Russell Rowland |award=Officer of the Order of Australia |postnominal=AO |citation=AO AD81. FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AS A DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVE. AMBASSADOR. AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY, PARIS, FRANCE|access-date=5 November 2022 }}