On Wednesday 10 December 2008, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC ...

On Wednesday 10 December 2008, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC hosted to lunch: the Honourable Emeritus Professor Peter Baume AC and Mrs Jenny Baume; Ms Anne Deveson AO; Dr Robyn Iredale and Professor Tim Turpin; Dr Sheila Mackay; Dr Wendy McCarthy AO; Mrs Irene Moss AO and Mr Allan Moss AO; His Honour Judge Kevin O'Connor AM and Mrs Bernadette O'Connor; the Honourable Susan Ryan AO and Mr Rory Sutton; and Ms Ann Sherry AO and Mr Michael Hogan.

Afterwards, the Governor-General received Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Honourable Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG. In the evening, at the Australian National Maritime Museum, the Governor-General as guest of Chair of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair AC CSC, officially opened the Vaka Moana: Voyages of the Ancestors exhibition.