What is James Gobbo?
'''Sir James Augustine Gobbo''' [[Companion of the Order of Australia|AC]], [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|CVO]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (22 March 1931 – 7 November 2021) was an Australian jurist and politician. He was the 25th [[Governor of Victoria]] serving from 1997 through 2000.<ref name=Bar>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Farewells - Sir James Gobbo |url=https://www.vicbar.com.au/GetFile.ashx?file=GeneralFiles/BarNewsArchive/1990-1999/VBN_89_1994_Winter.pdf |magazine=Victorian Bar News |location=Melbourne |publisher=Victorian Bar Council |date=Winter 1994 |access-date=9 February 2017 |archive-date=23 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323183858/http://vicbar.com.au/GetFile.ashx?file=GeneralFiles%2FBarNewsArchive%2F1990-1999%2FVBN_89_1994_Winter.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was born in [[Melbourne]]. Gobbo was made [[Knight Bachelor]] in 1981 and became a [[Companion of the Order of Australia]] (AC) in 1993 and a Knight of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of [[Venerable Order of Saint John|St John of Jerusalem]] (KStJ) in 1997. He was awarded the [[Centenary Medal]] in 2001. Gobbo died on 7 November 2021 at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-07|title=Former Victorian governor Sir James Gobbo dies aged 90|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/former-victorian-governor-sir-james-gobbo-dies-aged-90-20211107-p596sl.html|access-date=2021-11-07|publisher=[[The Age]]|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gobbo, James}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Governors of Victoria (Australia)]] [[Category:People from Melbourne]] {{bio-stub}}