On Saturday 21 May 2011, at Sydney Theatre, Walsh Bay, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC, as guest of the Director of the Commonwealth Foundation, Mr Mark Collins, presented the ‘Best Book’ and ‘Best First Book’ awards at the 2011 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize, as part of the 2011 Sydney Writer’s Festival.
On Friday 20 May 2011, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted a reception for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize as part of the 2011 Sydney Writer’s Festival,
Earlier, Mr Bryce received the Chairman of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce Australia and New-Zealand, Mr Paul Vittles.
Number 2 Air Field Defence Squadron Standard Parade and Governor-General's Banner Presentation; Murphy's Creek and Grantham Community Visits; 2011 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Clunies Ross Awards Celebration Dinner
On Thursday 19 May 2011, at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the Number 2 Air Field Defence Squadron Standard Parade, at which the Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief, presented the Governor-General’s Banner.
On Wednesday 18 May 2011, at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the 14th National Alzheimer’s Australia Conference, at which the Governor-General, as Patron, delivered the opening address.
Afterwards, in Dalby, Queensland, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce, as guests of the Principal, Ms Mona Anau, and in recognition of the school’s 150th Anniversary, attended the Dalby State School’s sports carnival and later met with students, teachers and parents.
On Tuesday 17 May 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received from His Excellency Mr Hynek Kmonicek, Letters of Credence accrediting him as the Ambassador of the Czech Republic. The Ambassador was accompanied by Mr Radim Pecl (Counsellor).
Afterwards, the Governor-General received from His Excellency Mr Omar Gibril Sallah, Letters of Commission accrediting him as High Commissioner for the Republic of The Gambia.
On Monday 16 May 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received the Principal of Brisbane Girls’ Grammar School, Dr Amanda Bell.
In the afternoon, at Festival Hall, West Melbourne, the Governor-General was represented at the State Funeral Service for the late Mr Lionel Edmund Rose MBE, by Colonel Michael Annett CSC ADC, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.
Africa Forum; New South Wales Department of Education and Training School Leaders Program; Secretary of the Communist Party of China Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee and Members from the Chinese Embassy; Taldumande Youth Services Fundraising Dinner ???In From the Cold'; Go Cat Vietnamese War Cemetery; Service at Long Tan Memorial
On Friday 13 May 2011, at the MacLaurin Hall, University of Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO attended the Africa Forum.
Federal Executive Council; Duke of Edinburgh Awards; Cure Cancer Australia Foundation; Indigenous Film Festival; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology International University; Queensland University of Technology School of Nursing and Midwifery Project; Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee; Australia-Vietnam Gala Concert
On Thursday 12 May 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.
2011 Sydney Film Festival; 2011 National Volunteers Week; Tiko Community Centre; Bruce Storey Memorial Library Opening; Baird Institute 10th Anniversary; Australian Indigenous Education Foundation; Danang People's Committee; Royal Life Saving Society; Fred Hollows Preventable Blindness Program; Hue People's Committee
On Wednesday 11 May 2011, at Customs House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO attended the launch of the 2011 Sydney Film Festival.
Aboriginal Child Health Symposium; Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell; War Memorial, Hanoi; Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh; Asia Injury Prevention Foundation; World Conference on Drowning Prevention; University of Queensland English Language Institute
On Tuesday 10 May 2011, at Mount Annan Botanic Gardens, Campbelltown, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO attended the Aboriginal Child Health Symposium and opened the Gudaga Showcase.
