Call by the Prime Minister; Q ArtStudio; Australian Institute of Family Studies; NGV Dinner

On Tuesday 7 September 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received the Prime Minister, the Honourable Julia Gillard MP.

Earlier, in Kew, Melbourne, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the Manager and Curator, Ms Carolyn van Wamel, visited Q ArtStudio.

Afterwards, in Melbourne, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce, as guests of the Director, Professor Alan Hayes, visited the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

In the afternoon, at the RACV Club Melbourne, the Governor-General hosted a lunch. Guests included: Ms Louise Adler AM, Ms Cheryl Batagol, Ms Linda Brown, Ms Pamela Catty, Ms Sonya Clancy, Ms Suzanne Dvorak, Dr Patricia Edgar, Ms Joumanah El Matrah, Ms Rebecca Forgasz, Ms Jannine Fraser, Dr Paula Gerber, Ms Jane Gronow, Ms Karen Hayes, Ms Susan Heron, Ms Rosemary Hogan, Ms Lisa Jones, Ms Judith King, Ms Fiona McLeod, Ms Larke Riemer, Ms Carol Schwartz AM, Ms Kathleen Townsend, and Ms Marion Webster.

In the evening, at the National Gallery of Victoria, St Kilda, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted a dinner. Guests included: Ms Emma Ayres and Ms Jane Allen; Mr Tony Beddison AO and Mrs Robyn Beddison OAM; Associate Professor Rufus Black and Ms Catherine Anderson; Mr David Buckingham; Mr Michael Burn and Mrs Fiona Burn, Professor Ed Byrne AO and Mrs Melissa Byrne; Mr John Calvert-Jones AM and Mrs Janet Calvert-Jones AO; Mr Les Carlyon and Mrs Denise Carlyon; Mr Barrie Cassidy; Mr Chris Cheatley and Mrs Jan Cheatley;Ms Kate Cowen; Professor Michael Crommelin AO andMrs Ros Crommelin; Councillor Geoff Dobson andMrs Prue Dobson; Dr Don Edgar and Dr Patricia Edgar; Mr Karl Fender andMrs Sarah Fender;Mr Andrew Fortey andMrs Lucy Fortey;The Most Reverend Dr Philip Freier andMrs Joy Freier;Dr Rhonda Galbally AO;Mr Michael Gordon andMs Robyn Carter; Mrs Shirley Harlock and Mr John Harlock; Captain Mark Hill CSC RAN and Lieutenant Commander Sophie Hill RAN; Professor Douglas Hilton and Mrs Adrienne Hilton; Dr Philip Hunter and Dr Vera Möller; Mrs Yolanda Klempfner AO and Dr George Klempfner; Mr David McAllister AM; Mr Ian McClelland OAM and Mrs Anne McClelland; Major General David McLachlan AO (Retd) and Mrs Louise McLachlan; Mr Mark Mentha and Mrs Lisa Mentha; Ms Naomi Milgrom AO; Mr Rupert Myer AM and Mrs Annabel Myer; Mr Steven Skala AO and Mrs Lousje Skala; Dr Susan Stevens; Mr James Sutherland and Mrs Heidi Sutherland; Ms Antonia Syme and Mr Mark Dodson; Ms Sigrid Thornton and Mr Tom Burstall; Dr Gerard Vaughan; and the Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC and Mr Mick Heeley.