List of official openings by Elizabeth II in Australia
Appearance
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 |
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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[1] |
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[2] |
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
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1954, 1992 - Parliament of New South Wales.
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1954, 1974 - Parliament of Australia.
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1954 - Australian-American Memorial.
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1954 - Parliament of Tasmania.
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1954 - Parliament of Victoria.
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1954 - Additions to the Shrine of Remembrance.
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1954 - Parliament of South Australia.
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1963 - Council House, Perth.
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1970 - National Carillon.
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1973 - Sydney Opera House.
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1980 - High Court of Australia.
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1982 - National Gallery of Australia.
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1988 - Parliament House, Canberra.
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2008 - Ray Walsh House, Tamworth.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- "Speeches Presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Australia, 1954-1992". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2011.