Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards Ceremony; Hans Heysen exhibition

On Friday 20 August 2010, at Customs House, Brisbane, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards Ceremony at which the Governor-General, as Patron, launched Book Week 2010 and presented the Book of the Year awards.

In the afternoon, at the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce, as guests of the Curator of Australian Art, Ms Angela Goddard, viewed the Hans Heysen exhibition.