215 speeches found
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Official opening of The University of Wollongong’s Social Sciences and the Arts Building and Dedication to Chancellor Jillian Broadbent AC
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Distinguished Guests, I pay my respects to the traditional owners of the lands on which we meet, and acknowledge their spiritual, social, cultural…
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Message to NSW Year 12 Students
Thursday, 3 September 2020
The Governor has sent the following letters to NSW Year 12 students through their school Principals.
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Battle for Australia Commemorative Address
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
I pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we gather, the Gadigal people, and to all men and women who…
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The Queen’s Club Annual Country Week Welcome Dinner
Monday, 31 August 2020
I am delighted to join you here this evening, on Gadigal land, celebrating the commencement of The Queen’s Club’s annual ‘Country Week’.
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Polish State Awards Ceremony
Thursday, 27 August 2020
Dobry wieczor Good evening, Thank you, Your Excellency, and Consul General for this unique invitation where four Australians are to be honoured by the Government of Poland.…
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Vietnam Veterans' Day Commemorative Address
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
I, too, pay my respects to the Gadigal of the Eora Nation and Elders and servicemen and women, past and present.
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75th Anniversary Victory in the Pacific Commemoration Service
Saturday, 15 August 2020
I, too, pay my respects to the Gadigal of the Eora Nation and Elders and servicemen and women, past and present.
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Commemoration Service for the 104th Anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles
Monday, 20 July 2020
When John Donne wrote ‘for whom this bell tolls’ in his Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII[1]he did not have in contemplation the rawness of…
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NSW Humanitarian Awards
Saturday, 20 June 2020
A humane society not only looks after others, it acknowledges those who strive to make lives better.
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Queen's Birthday Message
Saturday, 6 June 2020
Sixty-six years ago, Her Majesty sat here on the Arcade at Government House, with Prince Philip, my predecessor Governor Northcott, and his daughter Elizabeth, who…