During her many visits to Australia, Queen Elizabeth II opened sessions of parliament and unveiled various buildings, venues and other things. They included, but are not limited to:
Venue | Location | State | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Third session of the thirty-seventh Parliament of New South Wales | Sydney | NSW | 4 February 1954 |
King George V and King George VI Memorial | Hyde Park, Sydney | NSW | 5 February 1954 |
Remembrance Driveway | Sydney–Canberra | NSW/ACT | 5 February 1954 |
Third session of the twentieth Parliament of Australia | Canberra | ACT | 15 February 1954 |
Australian-American Memorial | Canberra | ACT | 16 February 1954 |
Sesquicentenary Memorial | Hobart | Tas | 20 February 1954 |
Fifth Session of the thirtieth Parliament of Tasmania | Hobart | Tas | 22 February 1954 |
Second session of the thirty-ninth Parliament of Victoria | Melbourne | Vic | 25 February 1954 |
Additions to the Shrine of Remembrance | Melbourne | Vic | 28 February 1954 |
Second session of the thirty-fourth Parliament of South Australia | Adelaide | SA | 23 March 1954 |
Royal Children's Hospital | Melbourne | Vic | 25 February 1963 |
University of New South Wales, Wallace Wurth School of Medicine and the School of Biological Sciences | Sydney | NSW | 4 March 1963 |
Australian National University, R.G. Menzies Building | Canberra | ACT | 13 March 1963 |
Council House | Perth | WA | 25 March 1963 |
The University of Western Australia Golden Jubilee Celebrations | Perth | WA | 25 March 1963 |
Royal Hobart Hospital North East Building | Hobart | Tas | 3 April 1970 |
Captain James Cook Memorial on Lake Burley Griffin | Canberra | ACT | 25 April 1970 |
National Carillon | Canberra | ACT | 26 April 1970 |
Sydney Opera House | Sydney | NSW | 20 October 1973 |
Second session of the twenty-eighth Parliament of Australia | Canberra | ACT | 28 February 1974 |
Second session of the thirtieth Parliament of Australia | Canberra | ACT | 8 March 1977 |
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Sports Centre | Brisbane | Qld | 10 March 1977 |
Peel-Cunningham County Council Building | Tamworth | NSW | 11 March 1977 |
High Court of Australia | Canberra | ACT | 26 May 1980 |
HMAS Coonawarra | Darwin | NT | 6 October 1982 |
1982 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony | Brisbane | Qld | 9 October 1982 |
Mount Druitt Hospital | Sydney | NSW | 11 October 1982 |
National Gallery of Australia | Canberra | ACT | 12 October 1982 |
Parramatta Stadium | Sydney | NSW | 5 March 1986 |
Carrick Hill | Springfield | SA | 9 March 1986 |
Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame | Longreach | Qld | 29 April 1988 |
World Expo 88 | Brisbane | Qld | 30 April 1988 |
Darling Harbour | Sydney | NSW | 4 May 1988 |
Parliament House, Canberra | Canberra | ACT | 9 May 1988 |
State Library of New South Wales annexe | Sydney | NSW | May 1988 |
Second session of the fiftieth Parliament of New South Wales | Sydney | NSW | 20 February 1992 |
Bonython Primary School | Canberra | ACT | 24 February 1992 |
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2002 | Coolum | Qld | 2 March 2002 |
2006 Commonwealth Games | Melbourne | Vic | 15 March 2006 |
Rain Bank, Rainforest Green, South Bank Parklands | Brisbane | Qld | 24 October 2011 |
The New Royal Children's Hospital | Melbourne | Vic | 26 October 2011 |
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 | Perth | WA | 28 October 2011 |
Photo gallery
- 1954, 1992 - Parliament of New South Wales.
- 1954, 1974 - Parliament of Australia.
- 1954 - Australian-American Memorial.
- 1954 - Parliament of Tasmania.
- 1954 - Parliament of Victoria.
- 1954 - Additions to the Shrine of Remembrance.
- 1954 - Parliament of South Australia.
- 1963 - Council House, Perth.
- 1970 - National Carillon.
- 1973 - Sydney Opera House.
- 1980 - High Court of Australia.
- 1982 - National Gallery of Australia.
- 1988 - Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame.
- 1988 - Parliament House, Canberra.
- 2008 - Ray Walsh House, Tamworth.
See also
References
- "Speeches presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Australia".
- "Queen to open school". The Canberra Times. 10 December 1991. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- "Speeches Presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Australia, 1954-1992". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2011.