In the morning, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of New South Wales, as Patron, delivered a reading at the Australian War Widows NSW Field of Remembrance Service at St Andrew’s Cathedral, where the Governor placed the first cross for the ‘unknown soldier’. For further information, visit: www.warwidowsnsw.com.au/

In the afternoon, the Governor received Major General David Thomae AM, Commander 2nd Division, Australian Army, at Government House.

In the evening, Her Excellency, as Patron of The Royal Society of New South Wales, accompanied by Mr Wilson, hosted Ideas@theHouse, in which Mr Richard Tognetti, Artistic Director and Lead Violinist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra delivered a presentation entitled ‘Nothing’. For further information, visit: www.royalsoc.org.au