Official Residences
Government House, Canberra Admiralty House, Sydney
more »On Wednesday 27 September 2006 at Sydney Opera House NSW, the Administrator, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO and Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE, as guests of honour, attended a dinner at Guillaume at Bennelong hosted by the Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust, Mr Kim Williams AM, prior to the opening night performance of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
more »On Thursday 21 September 2006 at Government House, Canberra, the Administrator, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.
more »On Monday 18 September 2006, following the departure from Australia of Their Excellencies, the Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC and Mrs Marlena Jeffery, on an official visit to the Kingdom of Tonga, the Republic of Singapore and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Proclamation assuming the Administration of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia was signed by the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO.
more »On Thursday 14 September 2006 at Federation Mall, Canberra, Their Excellencies the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC and Mrs Marlena Jeffery attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General, as Chief Ambassador of Snowy Hydro SouthCare Helicopter fund, officially re-launched the livery for the Snowy Hydro SouthCare Helicopter.
more »On Wednesday 13 September 2006 at Menora Gardens Estate, Perth Western Australia, Their Excellencies the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC and Mrs Marlena Jeffery attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General officially opened the Returned and Services League Care Western Australia, Menora Gardens Retirement Village.
more »On Tuesday 12 September 2006 at Government House Perth Western Australia, Their Excellencies the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC and Mrs Marlena Jeffery attended the Returned and Services League of Australia National Congress Annual General Meeting at which the Governor-General delivered the opening address and presented to Professor Ian Constable AO the ANZAC Peace Prize.
more »On Saturday 9 September 2006 at the residence of the Japanese Ambassador, Canberra, Their Excellencies the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC and Mrs Marlena Jeffery attended an Australia-Japan Friendship Tea Ceremony conducted by the Grand Master of Urasenke, Dr Genshitsu Sen, and afterwards a dinner held in their honour hosted by the Ambassador His Excellency Mr Hideaki Ueda and Mrs Emi Ueda.
more »On Friday 8 September 2006 at Campbell Barracks Swanbourne, WA, the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC, as Honorary Colonel of the Special Air Service Regiment attended a parade and presented Special Air Service berets to unit members.
more »On Thursday 7 September 2006 at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.
more »On Wednesday 6 September 2006 at the Australian War Memorial Canberra, Their Excellencies the Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC and Mrs Marlena Jeffery, attended the Battle for Australia Commemorative Ceremony, at which the Governor-General, as Patron of the Battle for Australia Commemoration National Council, delivered the commemorative address and together with Mrs Jeffery laid a wreath at the Stone of Remembrance.
more »On Tuesday 5 September 2006 at the Australian Institute of Sport Bruce ACT, Their Excellencies the Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC and Mrs Marlena Jeffery, as guests of the CEO Australian Sports Commission, Mr Mark Peters and the AIS Director, Professor Peter Fricker, OAM, conducted a tour of the facilities.
more »On Saturday 2 September 2006 at St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne, the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC, was represented at the State Funeral for the late The Honourable Donald Leslie Chipp, AO by Brigadier Wayne L. Dunbar, CSC, RFD, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.
more »On Friday 1 September 2006 at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC, received a Board Member of the Global Foundation, Ms Donna Staunton.
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