Top water scientist Cullen dies

Asa Wahlquist
The Australian
March 14, 2008

AUSTRALIA’S leading water scientist, Peter Cullen, has died after a brief illness.

Professor Cullen, 65, collapsed at his home in Gunning, north of Canberra, last Friday. He died peacefully last night in Canberra Hospital, surrounded by his family, wife Vicky and daughters Belinda and Michelle. No cause of death was released.

Professor Cullen was best known for his advocacy of Australia’s inland rivers, and his role as a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.

Since news of his critical illness became public, the Wentworth Group has been inundated with calls from a wide range of people expressing their concern for Professor Cullen and asking, “Who will speak for the rivers now?”

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