On Monday 2 May 2011, at Government House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, received from Saudi Aramco: Senior Vice-President of Industrial Relations, Mr Abdulaziz Al Khayyal; Head of Asia Pacific Affairs, Mr Yaqoub Al Dossary; and Country Representative (Australia and New Zealand), Dr Antonio Curulli.
On Sunday 1 May 2011, at the Great Hall, University of Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, as Patron of Sydney University Graduate Choir, attended ‘Romantik Meets Klassik’.
On Saturday 30 April 2011, at Glenroy, New South Wales, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, and Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE, as guests of the National Trust of Australia (NSW), attended a service to celebrate the restoration and State Heritage Listing of the 1831 grave of Eliza Rodd.
Afterwards, the Administrator delivered an address on Governor Lachlan Macquarie during a visit to the Military Station established by Governor Macquarie at Cox’s Lett River Crossing, Glenroy.
On Friday 29 April 2011, at Government House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, and Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE hosted a reception for School Captains from Government Secondary Schools.
Afterwards, the Administrator and Sir Nicholas hosted a ceremony at which the Administrator, as Patron, invested Lord May of Oxford with the Fellowship of the Royal Society of New South Wales.
International Day of Mourning Commemorative Service; Australian War Memorial; University of Oxford; Australian Rhodes Scholars and academics; Australian Music Foundation
On Thursday 28 April 2011, at Government House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, received the Consul-General of the Kingdom of Thailand, Mr Biravij Suwanpradhes.
Afterwards, the Administrator received from Link-Up NSW Aboriginal Corporation, Chief Executive Officer, Ms Glendra Stubbs, and Ms Madison Shakespeare.
On Wednesday 27 April 2011, at Government House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO and Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE hosted a reception for members and supporters of The Curran Foundation.
On Monday 25 April 2011, at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO attended the ANZAC Day Dawn Service.
Afterwards, in Sydney, the Administrator led the ANZAC Day March.
In the afternoon, at the ANZAC Memorial, Hyde Park, the Administrator and Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE attended the ANZAC Day Commemoration Service.
On Sunday 24 April 2011, at the residence of the Australian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, His Excellency Mr James Wise, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended an Easter Sunday lunch with Australian Embassy staff and their families.
In the afternoon, at Kanchanaburi, Thailand, the Governor-General attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General opened the Austcham community services project at the Wat Phu Takian Kindergarten.
Sydney Philharmonia's ???JS Bach's St John Passion'; Lunch hosted by the Prime Minister of Thailand; Central Women's Correctional Institution; Meeting with Her Royal Highness Princess Bajarakittyabha; Reception for the Australian / Thai community and Australian alumni
On Saturday 23 April 2011, at Sydney Opera House, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, attended Sydney Philharmonia’s ‘JS Bach’s St John Passion’.
On Friday 22 April 2011, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE departed Australia on Official Visits to the Kingdom of Thailand and the United Kingdom.
Earlier, in Sydney, 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.
