The South Australian Department of the Premier and Cabinet advises that a State Funeral for the Honourable Eric ‘Roger’ Goldsworthy AO will take place at 11.00 am ACST on Friday, 11 July 2025 at St Matthew’s Anglican Church, 146 Kensington Road, Marryatville, South Australia.
The service will celebrate the achievements and contribution of Mr Goldsworthy as former Deputy Premier of South Australia and the longest serving Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in Australia’s history. In 1997, Mr Goldsworthy was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to politics, to the parliament of South Australia and to the community.
Details regarding the service and livestreaming can be found on the South Australian Government website.
As a mark of mourning and respect, the Australian National Flag should be flown at half-mast all day on Friday, 11 July 2025 in South Australia only from all buildings and establishments occupied by Australian Government departments and affiliated agencies. Other organisations are welcome to participate.
- When flying the Australian National Flag with other flags, all flags in the set should be flown at half-mast.
- If a set of flags includes the flags of other nations, it would be appropriate to seek permission from the diplomatic representatives of that nation to half-mast their flag.
- An acceptable half-mast position would be when the top of the flag is a third of the distance down from the top of the flagpole.
- Information on flag protocol is available on the Department's website.
Your assistance is appreciated.
Commonwealth Flag Officer