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Archived Governors-General Program

- On Friday 14 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Afterwards, the Governor-General received the new Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Commissioner Tony Negus APM.

- On Thursday 13 August 2009, at Rydges Bell City, Melbourne, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC...

On Thursday 13 August 2009, at Rydges Bell City, Melbourne, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC officially opened the Breast Cancer Network Australia Group Summit.

- On Wednesday 12 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

In the afternoon, at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, the Governor-General, as a guest of the Chairman, Mr Tim Fairfax AM, toured the Vanity Fair Exhibition.

- On Tuesday 11 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC h...

On Tuesday 11 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC hosted a morning tea for the Starlight Children's Foundation Committee.

- On Monday 10 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC an...

On Monday 10 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a reception for the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, at which the Governor-General, as Patron-in-Chief, presented the 2009 Churchill Fellowship Awards to ACT recipients.

- On Sunday 9 August 2009, at St Joseph's Primary School, Kangaroo Point, the Governor-General Ms Quen...

On Sunday 9 August 2009, at St Joseph's Primary School, Kangaroo Point, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the commissioning of a sculpture of Sister Mary MacKillop, at which the Governor-General delivered an address.

- On Saturday 8 August 2009, at the Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC viewed the Seffrin and Honeywill Exhibition.

Afterwards, at St Aiden's Anglican Girls' School, Corinda, the Governor-General launched the children's book ???Fox and Fine Feathers', written by Ms Narelle Oliver.

- On Thursday 6 August 2009, in Rockhampton, Queensland, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC open...

On Thursday 6 August 2009, in Rockhampton, Queensland, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC opened the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) Indigenous Courts Conference.

- On Wednesday 5 August 2009, at Customs House, Brisbane, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC att...

On Wednesday 5 August 2009, at Customs House, Brisbane, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC attended a luncheon hosted by Her Excellency Mrs Kirsty Sword Gusm??o.

- On Tuesday 4 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC an...

On Tuesday 4 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a dinner in honour of the Honourable Sir James Gobbo AC CVO at the conclusion of his term of office as Chairman of the Council for the Order of Australia.

- On Monday 3 August 2009, at the Hyatt Hotel, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and ...

On Monday 3 August 2009, at the Hyatt Hotel, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the launch of Missing Person's Week, which the Governor-General, as Patron of Alzheimer's Australia, co-launched.

- On Sunday 2 August 2009, in Adelaide and Port Augusta, South Australia, the Governor-General Ms Quen...

On Sunday 2 August 2009, in Adelaide and Port Augusta, South Australia, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of honour, attended the 80th Anniversary Commemorative Journey of the Ghan.

- On Friday 31 July 2009, in the Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quent...

On Friday 31 July 2009, in the Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended a memorial service for the late Mr Craig Senger.

- On Thursday 30 July 2009, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Afterwards, the Governor-General received Professor Valerie Pratt AM. In the afternoon, the Governor-General, as Patron, received the Executive Director of the Constitution Education Fund Australia, Mrs Kerry Jones, and the Chairman of Trustees of the Constitution Education Fund Australia, Mr Barry O'Keefe AM.

- On Wednesday 29 July 2009, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and ...

On Wednesday 29 July 2009, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a farewell dinner for the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Helen Liddell, and Dr Alistair Liddell.

- On Tuesday 28 July 2009, at the Langham Hotel, Melbourne, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC r...

On Tuesday 28 July 2009, at the Langham Hotel, Melbourne, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received the Director of Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Professor J. Kulkarni.

- On Monday 27 July 2009, at the Langham Hotel, Melbourne, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC an...

On Monday 27 July 2009, at the Langham Hotel, Melbourne, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE received former Governor-General of Australia, the Right Honourable Sir Ninian Stephen KG AK GCMG GCVO KBE QC and Lady Stephen.

- On Sunday 26 July 2009, in Kinglake, Victoria, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Micha...

On Sunday 26 July 2009, in Kinglake, Victoria, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of Reverend Mark Prowse, attended a church service at the Kinglake West Uniting Church and hosted a morning tea.

- On Saturday 25 July 2009, in Kinglake, Victoria, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Mic...

On Saturday 25 July 2009, in Kinglake, Victoria, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the Mayor of Murrindindi Shire Council, Councillor Lyn Gunter, met with the local community and attended the Kinglake vs Poweltown under 18s football match.

- On Friday 24 July 2009, at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Governor-General Ms Quen...

On Friday 24 July 2009, at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the Director, Dr Gerard Vaughan, viewed the John Brack Exhibition.