On Friday 5 September 2008, at Parliament House, Canberra, Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce ...

On Friday 5 September 2008, at Parliament House, Canberra, Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended a ceremony at which Ms Bryce was sworn-in as the twenty-fifth Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.

In the afternoon, at Government House, Canberra, Their Excellencies hosted a luncheon. Guests included: Professor Roslyn Arnold; Ms Elsa Atkin; Aunty Delmae Barton; the Honourable Anna Bligh MP and Mr Paul Cronin; Senator the Honourable George Brandis SC; the Honourable Catherine Branson and Dr Alan Down; Miss Alexandra Browning; Miss Claudia Browning; Miss Lucinda Browning; Mr Ted Browning; Mrs Alison Browning; Ms Clothilde Bryce; Mr Jack Bryce and Ms Laurelle Tait; Ms Miranda Bryce; Dr Robert Bryce and Dr Lynette Edwards; Mr Rupert Bryce and Ms Rachel Moor; Mr Tom Bryce and Ms Lucy Forster; Ms Revelyn Bryce-Browning and Mr Craig Browning; Dr Betty Byrne Henderson AM; Mrs Penny Button; Ms Kate Chapple and Mr Gregg Chapple; Mr Daniel Clune and Mrs Judy Clune; Mr Kevin Cocks; Aunty Valda Coolwell; Senator the Honourable Helen Coonan; Mrs Diane Craddock; Ms Jane Diplock AO; Ms Annette Ellis MP; Ms Faiza El-Higzi; the Honourable Elizabeth Evatt AC; Ms Helene Fawcett; Mr Peter Forrest and Mrs Sheila Forrest; Mrs Ann Garms OAM; Professor Michael Good AO; Ms Denise Hagan; the Honourable Dr John Herron and Mrs Jan Herron; Councillor Lucy Hobson; Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFC; the Honourable Justice Stanley Jones AO; the Honourable Justice Susan Kiefel and Mr Michael Albrecht; Ms Lilllian Levering and Mrs Marion Palmer; Her Excellency the Right Honourable Helen Liddell and Dr Alistair Liddell; Mr Hugh Mackay and Dr Sheila Mackay; Ms Susannah Martin; Dr Wendy McCarthy AO and Mr Gordon McCarthy; Dr Janet McCredie AM; Mr Paul McGeough and Ms Pamela Williams; the Honourable Maxine McKew MP and Mr Bob Hogg AO; Ms Monica McMahon; the Honourable Justice Margaret McMurdo AC; Miss Claire Mitchell; Mrs Julie Mitchell; Mr Murray Moor and Mrs Angela Moor; Senator Claire Moore; Mr Monte Moss and Mrs Doreen Ord; Ms Marg O'Donnell and the Honourable Mr Martin Moynihan AO; Ms Brigid O'Rielley; Miss Georgette Parkin; Master Rupert Parkin; Professor Boni Robertson; the Honourable Kevin Rudd MP and Ms Th?”r??se Rein; the Honourable Susan Ryan AO; the Honourable Bruce Scott MP and Mrs Joan Scott; Councillor Bruce Scott and Mrs Maureen Scott; Ms Ann Sherry AO; the Honourable Bill Shorten MP; Dr David Solomon; Dr Dale Spender AM; Ms Revelyn Strachan; Dr Anne Summers AO; Mr Sam Watson; Mr Justin White; the Honourable Justice Margaret White; Mrs Pamela Wilson; and the Honourable Justice Patsy Wolfe. Earlier, Mr Stephen Brady commenced his term as Official Secretary to the Governor-General.