Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna 1982 kusvika muna 1990 Cowen akanga ari Provost weOriel College, Oxford. Pashure pokurega basa akadzokera kuAustralia ndokuva anoshingaira munhau dzemunharaunda yechiJudha muMelbourne. Akateverawo zvimwe zvinonakidza, kusanganisira kushanda kwemakore mashanu mubhodhi reFairfax Newspapers (matatu acho seMutungamiri) panguva isina kugadzikana yekambani; uye kuva mutsigiri weSt Kilda Football Club. Mukati mokutungamirira kurubvunzurudzo yeRepublic yeAustralia ya1999
, akatsigira chimiro chakareruka cheRepublican.