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List of official openings by Elizabeth II in Australia

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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:

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Venue

!Location

!State

!Date

Third session of the thirty-seventh Parliament of New South WalesSydneyNSW4 February 1954
King George V and King George VI MemorialHyde Park, SydneyNSW5 February 1954
Remembrance DrivewaySydney–CanberraNSW/ACT5 February 1954
Third session of the twentieth Parliament of AustraliaCanberraACT15 February 1954
Australian-American MemorialCanberraACT16 February 1954
Sesquicentenary MemorialHobartTas20 February 1954
Fifth Session of the thirtieth Parliament of TasmaniaHobartTas22 February 1954
Second session of the thirty-ninth Parliament of VictoriaMelbourneVic25 February 1954
Additions to the Shrine of RemembranceMelbourneVic28 February 1954
Second session of the thirty-fourth Parliament of South AustraliaAdelaideSA23 March 1954
Royal Children's HospitalMelbourneVic25 February 1963
University of New South Wales, Wallace Wurth School of Medicine and the School of Biological SciencesSydneyNSW4 March 1963
Australian National University, R.G. Menzies BuildingCanberraACT13 March 1963
Council HousePerthWA25 March 1963
The University of Western Australia Golden Jubilee CelebrationsPerthWA25 March 1963
Royal Hobart Hospital North East BuildingHobartTas3 April 1970
Captain James Cook Memorial on Lake Burley GriffinCanberraACT25 April 1970
National CarillonCanberraACT26 April 1970
Sydney Opera HouseSydneyNSW20 October 1973
Second session of the twenty-eighth Parliament of AustraliaCanberraACT28 February 1974
Second session of the thirtieth Parliament of AustraliaCanberraACT8 March 1977
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Sports CentreBrisbaneQld10 March 1977
Peel-Cunningham County Council BuildingTamworthNSW11 March 1977{{Cite web|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/9174.html|title = Speeches presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Australia}}
High Court of AustraliaCanberraACT26 May 1980
{{HMAS|Coonawarra}}DarwinNT6 October 1982
1982 Commonwealth Games Closing CeremonyBrisbaneQld9 October 1982
Mount Druitt HospitalSydneyNSW11 October 1982
National Gallery of AustraliaCanberraACT12 October 1982
Parramatta StadiumSydneyNSW5 March 1986
Carrick HillSpringfieldSA9 March 1986
Australian Stockman's Hall of FameLongreachQld29 April 1988
World Expo 88BrisbaneQld30 April 1988
Darling HarbourSydneyNSW4 May 1988
Parliament House, CanberraCanberraACT9 May 1988
State Library of New South Wales annexeSydneyNSWMay 1988
Second session of the fiftieth Parliament of New South WalesSydneyNSW20 February 1992
Bonython Primary SchoolCanberraACT24 February 1992{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122396482 |title=Queen to open school |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=10 December 1991 |access-date=17 October 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2002CoolumQld2 March 2002
2006 Commonwealth GamesMelbourneVic15 March 2006
Rain Bank, Rainforest Green, South Bank ParklandsBrisbaneQld24 October 2011
The New Royal Children's HospitalMelbourneVic26 October 2011
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011PerthWA28 October 2011

Photo gallery

Image:NSWParliament1.jpg|1954, 1992 - Parliament of New South Wales.

Image:Old Parliament House, Canberra front entrance.jpg|1954, 1974 - Parliament of Australia.

Image:AA-memorial-3.JPG|1954 - Australian-American Memorial.

Image:CG-ParliamentHouseHobart.jpg|1954 - Parliament of Tasmania.

Image:Victoria Parliament House Melbourne.jpg|1954 - Parliament of Victoria.

Image:Shrine of Rememberence.jpg|1954 - Additions to the Shrine of Remembrance.

Image:SAParliamentHouseStructure.JPG|1954 - Parliament of South Australia.

Image:Council House, Perth.jpg|1963 - Council House, Perth.

Image:National Carillon, ACT - Rectilinear projection.jpg|1970 - National Carillon.

Image:Sydney opera house side view.jpg|1973 - Sydney Opera House.

Image:High Court Australia-02JAC.jpg|1980 - High Court of Australia.

Image:NGA Canberra-01JAC.jpg|1982 - National Gallery of Australia.

Image:Stockman-Hall-of Fame.jpg|1988 - Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame.

Image:Lake-ParlHouse.JPG|1988 - Parliament House, Canberra.

Image:Tamworth_RC.JPG|2008 - Ray Walsh House, Tamworth.

See also

References

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External links

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/9174.html|title=Speeches Presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Australia, 1954-1992|work=National Library of Australia|access-date=3 November 2011}}

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