Australia's first female governor general sworn in

FE Team | Published: September 06, 2008 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

CANBERRA, Sept 5 (AFP) Lawyer, academic, women's activist and grandmother Quentin Bryce was sworn in as Australia's governor general Friday, the first woman to act as the British queen's representative Down Under.brBryce, 65, is the only woman to take on the vice-regal position, which includes becoming the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, in its 107-year-history.brHer appointment was announced earlier this year after Queen Elizabeth II approved Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's recommendation that Bryce, then governor of Queensland state, take the post.