At Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce hosted a farewell morning tea for Defence, Service and Veterans organisations.
At Government House, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted a farewell reception for Department and Agency Heads.
On Monday 24 February 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a farewell community afternoon tea.
Afterwards, the Governor-General received former judge of the Queensland Court of Appeal, the Honourable Justice Margaret White AO.
At Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce hosted a farewell community afternoon tea.
On Sunday 23 February 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a farewell lunch.
At Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce hosted a farewell lunch.
On Friday 21 February 2014, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, hosted a dinner reception for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.
On Wednesday 19 February 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted an investiture ceremony at which the Governor-General, as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, presented Mr Tim Fairfax AC with the insignia of Companion of the Order of Australia. Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted a dinner in honour of Mr Fairfax.
On Tuesday 18 February 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted an investiture ceremony to award a posthumous Victoria Cross for Australia to the parents of Corporal Cameron Baird VC MG.
As Commander-in-Chief, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO presented a posthumous Victoria Cross for Australia to the parents of Corporal Cameron Baird VC MG, Mr Doug and Mrs Kaye Baird, in the presence of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Defence, representative of the Chief Justice, the Chief of the Defence Force, Parliamentary representatives and other senior personnel at an Investiture Ceremony at Government House, Canberra.
Corporal Baird’s official citation reads: