At Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, the Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief and a former Commander of the 1st Division, and Lady Cosgrove attended a parade to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Australian Army's Headquarters 1st Division and Deployable Joint Force Headquarters.
On Thursday 14 August 2014, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) and Lady Cosgrove hosted to lunch the Honourable John Howard OM AC and Mrs Janette Howard.
Afterwards, the Governor-General and Lady Cosgrove hosted a reception to mark Netball Australia’s one year out from the 2015 Netball World Cup.
On Wednesday 13 August 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, invested Mr Andrew Liveris AO with the insignia of Officer of the Order of Australia.
Afterwards, at the Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra, the Governor-General and Lady Cosgrove attended a reception at which the Governor-General opened the new exhibition ‘Crisis 1914! The Call to Arms’.
At the Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra, the Governor-General and Lady Cosgrove attended a reception at which the Governor-General opened a new exhibition ‘Crisis 1914! The Call to Arms’.
On Tuesday 12 August 2014, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), received United States Defense Secretary, the Honourable Chuck Hagel; United States Secretary of State, the Honourable John Kerry; Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Honourable Julie Bishop MP; and Minister for Defence, Senator the Honourable David Johnston, before hosting a morning tea for participants of the Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) Consultations.
At Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General welcomed United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, United States Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop and Australian Minister for Defence, David Johnston ahead of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2014.
At Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, as Patron, and Lady Cosgrove, hosted a reception at which the Governor-General, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Australian Red Cross, launched Professor Melanie Oppenheimer's history of the Red Cross – 'The Power of Humanity'.
On Monday 11 August 2014, at Paddington Town Hall, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) and Lady Cosgrove, as guests of the President, Mr Will Mrongovius, attended the Paddington Society’s 50th Anniversary celebration dinner.
On Sunday 10 August 2014, at Sydney Town Hall, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) and Lady Cosgrove, as guests of the President of the Sydney University Graduate Choir, Mr David Herrero, attended the premiere performance of ‘An Australian War Requiem’.
On Saturday 9 August 2014, at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), attended a funeral for the late Cardinal Edward Clancy AC, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney.
Earlier, at Sydney International Airport, the Governor-General was represented at the transit through Australia of the President of the Republic of Kiribati, His Excellency the Honourable Anote Tong MP, by Commander Theodore Wynberg ADC RAN, Honorary Aide-de-Camp.
