Federal Executive Council; AE1 Memorial Plaque Unveiling Ceremony

On Wednesday 14 September 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC, presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Afterwards, at the Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre, Garden Island, Sydney, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the President of AE1 Incorporated, Dr Michael White QC, attended a ceremony to commemorate the loss of AE1 on 14 September 1914, at which the Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief, unveiled the AE1 Memorial Plaque, delivered an address and laid a wreath.

Earlier, at Brisbane International Airport, the Governor-General was represented at the arrival in Australia of the President of the Republic of Nauru, His Excellency the Honourable Marcus Stephen MP, by Brigadier Paul McLachlan ADC, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.