Investiture Ceremony and Dinner
On Friday 15 April 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended, and the Governor-General conducted, an investiture ceremony.
In the evening, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted a dinner for investiture recipients. Guests included: Major General Paul Alexander AO; Professor Ross Babbage AM and Mrs Lynne Babbage; Air Commodore Ken Birrer AO and Mrs Marie Birrer; Mr Roger Butler AM and Ms Helen Ennis; the Honourable Peter Costello AC and Mrs Tanya Costello; Brigadier David Creagh AM and Mrs Susan Creagh; Mr David Crossin AM OBE and Mrs Sylvia Crossin; Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie AC DSC CSM and Mrs Carmel Gillespie; Ms Joanna Hewitt AO and Mr Mark Pierce; Commander Ivan Ingham AM RAN and Mrs Celia Ingham; Wing Commander Pat Keane AM and Ms Joanne Mazlin; Mr David Marshall AM and Ms Linda Henschke; Mr Denis McDermott AM APM and Mrs Beth McDermott; Professor Anthony McMichael AO and Associate Professor Judith Healy; Ms Valerie Pratt AO; Dr Peter Sharp AM and Ms Carolyn Patterson; Air Commodore Steve Sheedy AM and Mrs Julie Sheedy; Commodore Mick Uzzell AM RAN and Mrs Robyn Uzzell; and Her Excellency Ms Penelope Wensley AC and Dr Stuart McCosker.