After Work After Play

John Cornwall started life as a country boy, became a rural veterinary surgeon and went on to lead a radical transformation of South Australia’s health system as a Labor minister in the 1980s. He lives in Sydney with his wife of 62 years, Patrice.

John Cornwall’s political memoir is a reflection on his life from country boy and rural veterinary surgeon to trail blazing reformer of South Australia’s health system in the 1980s as a Labor Minister for Health.