Diamantina, Lady Bowen, was a noble from the formerly Venetian Ionian Islands who became the wife of Sir George Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland.
The Lady Bowen
Statue of Lady Diamantina Bowen, beside Old Government House, Brisbane, 2013
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, was an Irish author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.
George Bowen