28 February 2009
Attended Memorial Service for Mr Tony Fitzgerald, Pee Wees at the Point
Attended Cocktail Party to celebrate the 108th Army Birthday,
1st Brigade Officers’ Mess Robertson Barracks
Attended Lord’s Taverners Fundraising Dinner, Skycity
27 February 2009
Attended the Community Honorary Appointments of Mr Frank Djirrimbilpilwuy and
Mr Marius Puruntatemeri, Menzies School of Health Research
Received a briefing regarding the Indonesian Garden, Charles Darwin University
Attended Reception to welcome Vice-Chancellor Professor Barney Glover, CDU
26 February 2009
Attended briefing and toured the Port of Darwin
Attended Darwin Symphony Orchestra 2009 Season Launch
24 February 2009
Meeting with The Honourable Justice Dean Mildren RFD
23 February 2009
Attended Reception for Tahnee Afuhaamango in recognition of her
her achievements at the 2008 DSISO World Swimming Championships ,
Parliament House
22 February 2009
Attended National Day of Mourning Memorial Service, Rod Laver Arena
Attended Reception and Dinner in honour of HRH The Princess Royal,
Government House Melbourne
21 February 2009
Official Travel to Melbourne
20 February 2009
Presided at Executive Council
Courtesy Call with Mr Peter Grose, author of An Awkward Truth
19 February 2009
Attended Memorial Services commemorating 67th anniversary of
Bombing of Darwin at USS Peary Gun Memorial and The Cenotaph
Followed by a Reception at Parliament House
18 February 2009
Hosted Afternoon Tea for veterans who served in Darwin in WWII
Courtesy Call with Mr Grant Hunt, Chair of Tourism Advisory Board NT
Attended Welcome Dinner for Mr Michael Thurston, US Consul General,
hosted by the Australian-American Association of the NT, Buffalo Court
16 -17 February 2009
Official Travel to Canberra
Toured Darwin Exhibition, National Museum of Australia
Attended briefings presented by Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFC, Chief of Defence Force; Dr Ken Henry AC, Secretary to Treasury; Mr Michael L’Estrange AO, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Attended Dinner hosted by Their Excellencies Ms Quentin Bryce AC,
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE,
Government House, Canberra
13 February 2009
Hosted Afternoon Tea in honour of Mrs Norma Fong Lim’s 80th Birthday
Presented Administrator’s Medals at the Northern Territory Board of Studies Ceremony, Parliament House
12 February 2009
Courtesy Call with Mr Phillip Scanlan AM, Australian Consul-General Designate
to New York
Attended Opening of the Exhibition Supercrocodilians: Darwin’s Ultimate
Survival Story, Museum and Art Gallery
10 February 2009
Attended Opening of the First Session of Parliament 2009
9 February 2009
Courtesy Call with Mrs Debra Chapman, Director, Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Courtesy Call with Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Goldston,
Commanding Officer NORFORCE
Conducted Swearing-in Ceremony, NT Government Ministry
7 February 2009
Observed the Blessing of Government House for Chinese New Year
Attended Qantas Indigenous All Stars vs Adelaide Crows, TIO Stadium
6 February 2009
Guest Speaker at the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of Cridlands
Deputy of the Administrator, Mrs Patricia Miller AO, awarded Administrator’s Medals at the Northern Territory Board of Studies Ceremony, Alice Springs
5 February 2009
Reviewed Police Recruit Squad 97/2008 and presented Rod Evans Memorial Trophy
Attended Re-enactment and Reception to commemorate 140th Anniversary of the arrival of Surveyor-General Goyder in Darwin, Kitchener Drive
4 February 2009
Attended Morning Tea for inaugural Chief Minister’s Territory Read Literature Award Book of the Year, Parliament House
Conducted Swearing-in Ceremonies, NT Government Ministry
Attended Defence Reserves Function, Larrakeyah Officers’ Mess
3 February 2009
Attended Opening of the Legal Year Ecumenical Service at the Supreme Court
followed by Luncheon at the Crowne Plaza
2 February 2009
Courtesy Call with Commodore David Gwyther, Commander Northern Command
1 February 2009
Attended Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Bus Tour
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