Editing Malcolm Fraser (section)

== Death and legacy ==
[[File:Grave of John Malcolm Fraser, Melbourne General Cemetery 2017.jpg|thumb|Fraser's grave within the Prime Ministers Garden of [[Melbourne General Cemetery]]]]

Fraser died on 20 March 2015 at the age of 84, after a brief illness.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser dead at 84 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/former-prime-minister-malcolm-fraser-dead-at-84-20150320-1m3jm6.html |access-date=20 March 2015 |date=20 March 2015 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-date=20 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320122930/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/former-prime-minister-malcolm-fraser-dead-at-84-20150320-1m3jm6.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="abc-death">{{cite web |title=Malcolm Fraser: Australia's 22nd prime minister dies aged 84 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-20/malcolm-fraser-dies-after-short-illness/6334620 |access-date=20 March 2015 |date=20 March 2015 |publisher=ABC News |archive-date=20 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320154340/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-20/malcolm-fraser-dies-after-short-illness/6334620 |url-status=live }}</ref> An [[obituary]] noted that there had been "greater appreciation of the constructive and positive nature of his post-prime ministerial contribution" as his retirement years progressed. Fraser's death came five months after that of his predecessor and political rival Gough Whitlam.<ref name="Farquharson-2015">{{cite news |last1=Farquharson |first1=John |title=A towering figure who crossed the political divide |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-towering-figure-who-crossed-the-political-divide-20150319-1m3k8t.html |access-date=21 March 2015 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 March 2015 |archive-date=20 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320140508/http://www.smh.com.au/national/a-towering-figure-who-crossed-the-political-divide-20150319-1m3k8t.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Upon his death, Fraser's 1983 nemesis and often bitter opponent [[Bob Hawke]] fondly described him as a "very significant figure in the history of Australian politics" who, in his post-Prime Ministerial years, "became an outstanding figure in the advancement of human rights issues in all respects", praised him for being "extraordinarily generous and welcoming to refugees from Indochina" and concluded that Fraser had "moved that far to the left that he was almost out of sight".<ref>{{cite web |last=Hawke |first=Robert |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6NCheaYnHo  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/m6NCheaYnHo| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Bob Hawke on Malcolm Fraser |publisher=SkyNewsAustralia |date=March 2015|access-date=5 May 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Andrew Peacock]], who had [[1982 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill|challenged]] Fraser for the Liberal leadership and later succeeded him, said that he had "a deep respect and pleasurable memories of the first five years of the [[Fraser government]]... I disagreed with him later on but during that period in the 1970s he was a very effective Prime Minister", and lamented that "despite all my arguments with him later on I am filled with admiration for his efforts on China".<ref name=ap>Andrew Peacock, [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/sentiments-on-australias-influential-political-figures/news-story/90e868cfdd70e259f5c6da6a60296fcb Sentiments on Australia’s influential political figures], The Australian, 12 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.</ref>

Fraser was given a state funeral at [[Scots' Church, Melbourne|Scots' Church]] in Melbourne on 27 March 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser farewelled at state funeral in Scots' Church in Melbourne |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-27/live-malcolm-fraser-farewelled-at-state-funeral/6350394 |date=27 March 2015 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=27 March 2015 |archive-date=27 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327082343/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-27/live-malcolm-fraser-farewelled-at-state-funeral/6350394 |url-status=live }}</ref> His ashes are interred within the Prime Ministers Garden of [[Melbourne General Cemetery]].

In 2004, Fraser designated the [[University of Melbourne]] the official custodian of his personal papers and library to create the Malcolm Fraser Collection at the university.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Malcolm Fraser Collection |publisher=[[University of Melbourne]] |url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/malcolmfraser |access-date=17 December 2007 |archive-date=18 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218120117/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/malcolmfraser/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A street in [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]], is named after Malcolm Fraser.

In June 2018, he was honoured with the naming of the Australian Electoral [[Division of Fraser (Victoria)|Division of Fraser]] in the inner north-western suburbs of Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web |title=Proposed redistribution of Victoria into electoral divisions |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2017/vic/proposed-report/files/vic-proposed-redistribution-april-2018.pdf |website=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=6 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406025105/http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2017/vic/proposed-report/files/vic-proposed-redistribution-april-2018.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>