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Governors-General - Australia's Culture PortalThe Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia represents the monarch of Australia - currently Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The functions and roles of the Governor-General include appointing ambassadors, ministers and judges, giving Royal Ass...
The Great Depression (1929–32) was a time of extreme hardship for people in Australia. Even before the devastating stock market crash on Wall Street (the centre of stock market trading in New York, United States of America), unemployment in Austral...
Peter Dodds McCormick's Advance Australia Fair was officially declared Australia's national anthem by the Governor-General on 19 April 1984, close to 160 years after the first alternative anthems were put forward. South Australian Carl Linger wrote Song ...
Originally called Armistice Day, this day commemorated the end of the hostilities for the Great War (World War I), the signing of the armistice, which occurred on 11 November 1918 - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Armistice Day was obser...
Street decorations in George Street during the visit to Sydney of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, June - July 1920, photograph: b&w. The 1867-68 visit of the little-known Prince Alfred to Australia was the very first by a member of the British Royal family. ...
On 25 April every year, Australians commemorate ANZAC Day. During the Second World War, ANZAC Day became a day on which the lives of all Australians lost in war time were remembered. Commemorative services are held at dawn on 25 April, the time of the o...
People born during this period became known as baby boomers. Combined with an increase in European migration to Australia, the baby boomers changed Australia (and the world) in the second half of the 20th century. Australian journalist Mark Davis argues...
The Federation Kiosk, Centennial Park, Sydney at the Proclamation of Federation, 1 January 1901. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. The movement had begun to gather real momentum after Henry Parkes wrote to the other premiers in 1889 an...
Reconciliation is about unity and respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians. It is about respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and valuing justice and equity for all Australians. National R...
European mapping is based on Western concepts as they relate to geographical space. In 1810 Matthew Flinders completed the first chart of the Australian coastline including the separation of Tasmania by Bass Strait, naming the continent 'Australia'. Ind...
The South Australia's Women's Suffrage Centenary celebrations, 1994. Commonwealth women's suffrage in Australia reflected the rights of women to seek election in South Australia and to vote in Western Australia, rights granted in 1895 and 1899 respective...
This reflected the rights of women to vote and seek election in South Australia and to vote in Western Australia, rights granted in 1895 and 1899 respectively. Indigenous women were not granted suffrage in federal elections until 1962, although Aborigina...
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Governor General of Australia (website Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia )The Governor-General and fellow Australians attended a ceremony to lay wreaths at the graves of two WW1 Australian servicemen at the Dar es Salaam War Cemetery in Tanzania. The Governor-General and Mr Bryce arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to a ceremo...
And the words seem clear and unambiguous enough – “The command in chief … is vested in the Governor-General”: no mention of Chiefs of Staff, none of Ministers for Defence, of Cabinet or of Prime Minister. The chain of command mus...
> > The Governor-General is appointed by The Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister (see the Commission of 21 August 2008). > > In addition to being The Queen’s representative in Australia, the Governor-General also has specific constitutional a...
irn=133814&search=governor+general&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=99367&search=governor+general&site_id=3 89/639 Philatelic cover, Governor-General's Frank Stamp, paper, maker unknown, Australia, 1901 http://www.powerh...
The Governor-General is the Queen’s representative in Australia. Queen Elizabeth II is Australia's current head of state and is recognised as the formal leader of our country. The meeting is usually at Government House, Canberra, where the Governor...
On Monday 31 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received wattle from school children in recognition of National Wattle Day. On Friday, 28 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General M...
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