MS 9174
Speeches Presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in
Australia, 1954-1992
This collection, presented to the Library by Government House,
Canberra, comprises a set of speeches made by Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II in Australia. This list, and the collection, is
arranged chronologically within each tour.
Contents:
1954 Tour, February 3-April 1
1963 Tour, February 18-March 27
1970 Tour, March 30-May 3
1973 Tour, October 17-22
1974 Tour, February 27-28
1977 Tour, March 7-30
1980 Tour, May 24-28
1981 Tour, September 26-October 21
1982 Tour, October 5-13
1986 Tour, March 2-13
1988 Tour, April 19-May 10
1992 Tour, February 18-25
1954 Tour, February 3-April 1
| 3rd February |
Welcome by Lord Mayor to
Sydney |
| 4th February |
Opening of Parliament of New
South Wales |
| 4th February |
Women's Luncheon, Sydney |
| 4th February |
State banquet, Sydney |
| 5th February |
Unveiling the King George V
and King George VI Memorial, Sydney |
| 5th February |
Children's Assembly, Sydney |
| 9th February |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Newcastle, NSW |
| 9th February |
Children's Assembly,
Newcastle, 1954 |
| 10th February |
Welcome by Mayor, Lismore,
NSW |
| 10th February |
Welcome by Mayor, Casino,
NSW |
| 10th February |
Welcome by Mayor, Dubbo, NSW |
| 11th February |
Welcome by Mayor,
Wollongong, NSW |
| 11th February |
Assembly of Children,
Wollongong, NSW |
| 12th February |
Welcome by Mayor, Bathurst,
NSW |
| 12th February |
Assembly of Children,
Bathurst, NSW |
| 12th February |
Welcome by Mayor, Katoomba,
NSW |
| 12th February |
Welcome by Mayor, Lithgow,
NSW |
| 13th February |
Welcome by Mayor, Wagga
Wagga, NSW |
| 13th February |
Australian Capital Territory
Advisory Council, Citizens' Reception, Canberra |
| 15th February |
Opening of the Australian
Parliament, Canberra |
| 15th February |
Government House, Canberra,
meeting with representatives from the Australian
Territories |
| 16th February |
Unveiling of the Australian
National Memorial to America, Canberra |
| 16th February |
School children's gathering,
Canberra |
| 16th February |
State Banquet, Parliament
House, Canberra |
| 17th February |
Presenting of new Colours to
the Corps of Staff Cadets, Royal Military College,
Canberra |
| 20th February |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Hobart, Tasmania |
| 20th February |
School Children's
demonstration, North Hobart Oval |
| 20th February |
Unveiling of Sesquicentenary
Memorial, Hobart |
| 22nd February |
Opening of Parliament of
Tasmania, Hobart |
| 23rd February |
Official welcome, Devonport
Municipality, Tasmania |
| 23rd February |
School children's
demonstration at Devonport Oval, Tasmania |
| 24th February |
Welcome by Mayor,
Launceston, Tasmania |
| 24th February |
School children's
demonstration at York Park Oval, Launceston, Tasmania |
| 24th February |
Welcome by Mayor at
Essendon, Victoria |
| 24th February |
Welcome at Legislative
Council and Legislative Assembly of Victoria |
| 24th February |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Melbourne |
| 25th February |
Opening of Parliament of
Victoria, Melbourne |
| 26th February |
Official welcome, Shire of
Dundas, Victoria |
| 26th February |
Welcome by Mayor, City of
Hamilton, Victoria |
| 26th February |
Welcome by Mayor, Mount
Gambier, South Australia |
| 27th February |
State Banquet, Melbourne |
| 28th February |
Dedication of additions to
Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne |
| 2nd March |
Women's Organisations
Luncheon, Melbourne |
| 3rd March |
Welcome by Mayor, Sale,
Victoria |
| 3rd March |
Official welcome, Traralgon,
Victoria |
| 3rd March |
Official welcome, Warragul,
Victoria |
| 4th March |
Children's display,
Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| 5th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Bendigo,
Victoria |
| 5th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Benalla,
Victoria |
| 5th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Echuca,
Victoria |
| 5th March |
Welcome by Mayor,
Shepparton, Victoria |
| 5th March |
Official welcome, Tatura,
Victoria |
| 5th March |
Official welcome, Rochester,
Victoria |
| 5th March |
Welcome by Mayor,
Castlemaine, Victoria |
| 5th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Shire of
Tullaroop, Victoria |
| 6th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Geelong,
Victoria |
| 6th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Ballarat,
Victoria |
| 9th March |
State Reception at
Parliament House, Brisbane |
| 9th March |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Brisbane |
| 10th March |
Display of school children,
Exhibition Grounds, Brisbane |
| 10th March |
Parliamentary Luncheon,
Brisbane |
| 11th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Bundaberg,
Queensland |
| 11th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Toowoomba,
Queensland |
| 12th March |
Welcome by Mayor,
Townsville, Queensland |
| 13th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Cairns,
Queensland |
| 15th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Mackay,
Queensland |
| 15th March |
Welcome by Mayor,
Rockhampton, Queensland |
| 17th March |
Reception by Women's
Organisations, Brisbane |
| 18th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Broken
Hill, NSW |
| 18th March |
Address over the Flying
Doctor Network from Broken Hill base |
| 19th March |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Adelaide. |
| 20th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Whyalla,
S. Aust. |
| 20th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Port
Lincoln, S. Aust. |
| 23rd March |
Opening of Parliament of
South Australia, Adelaide |
| 23rd March |
Children's demonstration,
Adelaide |
| 23rd March |
State Banquet, Adelaide |
| 24th March |
Women's Reception, Adelaide |
| 25th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Renmark,
S. Aust. |
| 25th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Mildura,
S. Aust. |
| 26th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Boulder,
WA. |
| 26th March |
Welcome by Mayor,
Kalgoorlie, WA. |
| 27th March |
Welcome by Lord Mayor, Perth |
| 27th March |
Parliamentary Reception,
Perth |
| 29th March |
Women's Reception, Perth |
| 30th March |
Official welcome, Busselton,
WA. |
| 30th March |
Official welcome, Albany,
WA. |
| 31st March |
Official welcome, Northam,
WA. |
| 31st March |
Welcome by Mayor, York, WA. |
| 1st April |
Speech broadcast in lieu of
speech at Children's Demonstration at Claremont, WA. |
| 1st April |
Welcome by Mayor, Fremantle,
WA. |
| 1st April |
Queen's farewell broadcast
to Australia |
1963 Tour, February 18-March 27
| 7-17th February |
Ten speeches presented in
New Zealand at the beginning of the 1963 tour of
Australia |
| 18th February |
The Queen's reply to
speeches of welcome, Parliament House, Canberra |
| 20th February |
Civic Welcome , Adelaide |
| 20th February |
Welcome by Premier of South
Australia, Royal Music Festival, Adelaide |
| 21st February |
Official Welcome, Elizabeth,
S. Aust. |
| 25th February |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Melbourne |
| 25th February |
Opening of Royal Children's
Hospital, Melbourne |
| 27th February |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Hobart |
| 28th February |
Welcome by Premier of
Tasmania, Royal Hobart Regatta |
| 2nd March |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Sydney |
| 2nd March |
Welcome by Premier of New
South Wales, Sydney |
| 4th March |
Welcome, University of New
South Wales -- Opening of Wallace Wurth School of
Medicine and the School of Biological Sciences |
| 6th March |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Brisbane |
| 6th March |
Welcome by Premier of
Queensland, Exhibition Ground, Brisbane |
| 6th March |
Unveiling of stone, Bulwer
Island to commemorate the discovery of oil |
| 12th March |
Canberra Jubilee
Celebrations |
| 13th March |
Opening of R.G. Menzies
Building, Australian National University, Canberra |
| 14th March |
Welcome by Administrator of
the Northern Territories, Alice Springs, NT. |
| 15th March |
Address over Flying Doctor
Network from Alice Springs, NT. |
| 17th March |
Welcome, Kununurra, WA. |
| 18th March |
Address to the People of the
Outback from Britannia |
| 18th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Darwin |
| 20th March |
Welcome by Manager, Yampi,
Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd, Cockatoo and Coolan
Islands |
| 21st March |
Official welcome, Broome
Shire, WA. |
| 24th March |
Welcome by Mayor, Geraldton,
WA |
| 25th March |
Opening of Council House,
Perth |
| 25th March |
University of Western
Australia Golden Jubilee Celebrations |
| 26 March |
Farewell broadcast from
Britannia |
1970 Tour, March 30-May 3
| 2nd April |
State Reception, Hobart |
| 3rd April |
Opening of the North East
Building, Royal Hobart Hospital |
| 6th April |
Opening of the Captain Cook
Bi-Centenary Exhibition of Australian Art, Melbourne |
| 6 April |
Presentation of the Royal
Warrant granting new Armorial Bearings to the City of
Melbourne |
| 8 April |
Opening of the Arthur Rylah
Institute of Environmental Studies, Melbourne |
| 10 April |
Opening of the Newcastle
International Sports Centre, NSW |
| 10 April |
Naming of the bulk container
ship Darwin Trader in Newcastle, NSW |
| 13th April |
Opening of the new District
Courts Building |
| 14th April |
Welcome by Premier of
Queensland, Royal National Showground, Brisbane |
| 16th April |
Broadcast over the Flying
Doctor Service network, from Mount Isa |
| 20th April |
Giving assent to the James
Cook University of Northern Queensland Bill, Townsville,
Queensland |
| 22nd April |
Opening of the James Cook
Historical Museum and Joseph Banks Garden, Cooktown,
Queensland |
| 23rd April |
Commonwealth Government
Reception, Canberra |
| 25th April |
Inauguration of the Captain
Cook Memorial, Canberra |
| 26th April |
Presentation of the Canberra
Carillon |
| 26th April |
Broadcast on radio and
television to the Australian Nation, from Canberra |
| 27th April |
Presentation of new Colours
to the Royal Military College, Duntroon |
| 29th April |
Re-enactment of the landing
of Captain Cook at Kurnell, Botany Bay, NSW |
| 30th April |
Opening of the restored Old
Government House as a museum, Parramatta, NSW |
| 1st May |
Opening of the Goodwin
Village for Retired People, Woollahra, NSW |
| 3rd May |
Opening of the new Sydney
Airport International Terminal |
1973 Tour, October 17-22
| 18 October |
Parliamentary Luncheon,
Parliament House, Canberra |
| 20th October |
Welcome by Lord Mayor, Civic
Reception, Sydney |
| 20th October |
Opening of the Sydney Opera
House |
1974 Tour, February 27-28
| 28th February |
Opening of the Second
Session of the 28th Parliament, Canberra |
1977 Tour, March 7-30
| 8th March |
Reception, Parliament House,
Canberra |
| 9th March |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Brisbane |
| 9th March |
Welcome by Premier of
Queensland, Brisbane |
| 10th March |
Naming of Queen Elizabeth II
Jubilee Sports Centre, Nathan, Queensland |
| 11th March |
Naming of fountain in
Brisbane River |
| 11th March |
Opening of Peel-Cunningham
County Council Building, Tamworth, NSW |
| 11th March |
Opening of Newcastle Art
Gallery |
| 13th March |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Sydney |
| 15th March |
Opening of Bridgewater High
School |
| 16th March |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Melbourne |
| 17th March |
Welcome by Premier of
Victoria, and unveiling of Jubilee Art Acquisition at
State Reception, National Gallery of Victoria |
1980 Tour, May 24-28
| 26th May |
Presentation to the Queen of
the Silver Jubilee gift of a racehorse, Government House,
Canberra |
| 26th May |
Opening of the High Court of
Australia, Canberra |
| 27th May |
Welcome by Premier of New
South Wales at State Reception, Sydney |
| 27th May |
Welcome by Mayor, Bankstown,
NSW |
| 28th May |
Opening of Civic Square,
Melbourne |
| 28th May |
Welcome by the Premier of
Victoria, at State Reception, National Gallery of
Victoria |
1981 Tour, September 26-October
21
| 2nd October |
State Government Reception,
Melbourne |
| 5th October |
Welcome by Lord Mayor,
Hobart |
| 5th October |
Welcome by Premier of
Tasmania, State Reception, Hobart |
| 9th October |
State Reception, Adelaide
Festival Centre |
1982 Tour, October 5-13
| 6th October |
Opening of the new Darwin
Naval Base |
| 7th October |
Welcome by Lord Mayor, City
Hall, Brisbane |
| 8th October |
Welcome by Premier of
Queensland, State Reception, Queensland Art Gallery |
| 11th October |
Opening of Mount Druitt
Hospital, Sydney |
| 12th October |
Opening of the Australian
National Gallery, Canberra |
1986
Tour, March 2-13
| 3rd March |
Unveiling of plaque,
National Naval Memorial, Canberra |
| 3rd March |
Parliament House Reception,
Canberra |
| 4th March |
Welcome by Premier of New
South Wales, Sydney |
| 5th March |
Opening of the Parramatta
Stadium |
| 5th March |
Presentation of new Colours
to RAAF Richmond |
| 7th March |
Speech given at Ballam Park
Technical School, Frankston, Victoria |
| 7th March |
Presentation of new Colours
to HMAS Cerberus |
| 9th March |
Opening of Carrick Hill,
South Australia |
| 11th March |
Civic Reception, Adelaide |
| 12th March |
Opening of the Whyalla
Foreshore Development, S. Aust. |
1988 Tour, April 19-May 10
| 22nd April |
Speech to Outback children
over the School of the Air, from Kalgoorlie |
| 25th April |
ANZAC Day Parade and
Service, Hobart |
| 28th April |
Opening of the Exhibition
'First Impressions : the British Discovery of Australia',
Melbourne |
| 29th April |
Opening of the Stockman's
Hall of Fame, Longreach, Queensland |
| 30th April |
Opening ceremony of World
Expo 88, Brisbane |
| 4th May |
Opening of Darling Harbour,
Sydney |
| 9th May |
Opening of the new
Parliament House, Canberra |
| 10th May |
Presentation of new Colours,
Corps of Staff Cadets, Royal Military College of
Australia, Canberra |
1992 Tour, February 18-25
| 20th February |
150th Anniversary of the
incorporation of Sydney as a city, Sydney Town Hall |
| 20th February |
Opening of the Second
Session of the Fiftieth Parliament of New South Wales,
Sydney |
| 21st February |
Civic welcome, Dubbo, NSW |
| 25th February |
Welcome by Premier of South
Australia, Adelaide Town Hall |
Compiled 4 February 1998
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