Waxad ku sii qortaa faqradan - Laga soo bilaabo 1982 ilaa 1990 Cowen wuxuu ahaa Macalinka Oriel College, Oxford. Ka dib hawlgabkiisii wuxuu ku soo laabtay Australia wuxuuna ku hawlan yahay arrimaha bulshada Yuhuudda ee Melbourne. Waxa kale oo uu raacay danaha kale ee kala duwan, oo ay ku jiraan u adeegidda shan sano guddiga Wargeysyada Fairfax (saddex ka mid ah Guddoomiye) inta lagu gudajiray xilli qalafsan oo shirkadda ah; iyo inuu yahay kafaala-qaade kooxda kubadda cagta ee St Kilda. Inta lagu gudajiray aftidii jamhuuriyada Australia ee 1999
, wuxuu taageeray mowqif jamhuuriyad dhexdhexaad ah.