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Britain–Australia Society

Index Britain–Australia Society

The Britain–Australia Society was established in 1971 as a friendship society to promote historic links between the United Kingdom and Australia. [1]

34 relations: Alastair Goodlad, Alec Douglas-Home, Alexander Downer, Arthur Phillip, Australia, Australians, Barry Humphries, Barry Tuckwell, Bath, Somerset, Cambridge, Charitable trust, David Attenborough, Earl of Buckinghamshire, Helen Liddell, High Commission of Australia, London, High commissioner, John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim, June Mendoza, Kylie Minogue, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, List of High Commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom, London, Norfolk, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Politician, Portsmouth, Prime minister, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Robert Menzies, Roger Carrick, St Mary-le-Bow, United Kingdom, William Hague.

Alastair Goodlad

Alastair Robertson Goodlad, Baron Goodlad (born 4 July 1943) is a British Conservative politician who served as the British High Commissioner to Australia from 2000 until 2005.

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Alec Douglas-Home

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, (2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995) was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.

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Alexander Downer

Alexander John Gosse Downer AC (born 9 September 1951) is a former Australian politician and diplomat who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 1995, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2018.

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Arthur Phillip

Admiral Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a Royal Navy officer and the first Governor of New South Wales who founded the British penal colony that later became the city of Sydney, Australia.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australians

Australians, colloquially known as Aussies, are people associated with Australia, sharing a common history, culture, and language (Australian English).

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Barry Humphries

John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author.

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Barry Tuckwell

Barry Emmanuel Tuckwell AC, OBE (born 5 March 1931) is an Australian horn player who has spent most of his professional life in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Bath, Somerset

Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.

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Charitable trust

A charitable trust is an irrevocable trust established for charitable purposes and, in some jurisdictions, a more specific term than "charitable organization".

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David Attenborough

Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster and naturalist.

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Earl of Buckinghamshire

Earl of Buckinghamshire is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.

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Helen Liddell

Helen Lawrie Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, PC (born 6 December 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monklands East from 1994 to 1997, and then for Airdrie and Shotts until 2005.

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High Commission of Australia, London

The High Commission of Australia in London is the diplomatic mission of Australia in the United Kingdom.

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High commissioner

High commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.

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John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim

Colonel John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim OBE, DL, FRGS (born 20 July 1927) is a British peer and soldier.

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June Mendoza

June Yvonne Mendoza, AO, OBE, RP, ROI, HonSWA (born 1924) is an Australian portrait painter, working mainly in oil.

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Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian-British singer and actress.

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Leicestershire

Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in east central England.

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List of High Commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom

The High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in London.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England.

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Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington

Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, (born 6 June 1919) is a British Conservative politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary between 1970 and 1974, Foreign Secretary between 1979 and 1982, chairman of General Electric between 1983 and 1984, and Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988.

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city in Hampshire, England, mainly on Portsea Island, south-west of London and south-east of Southampton.

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Prime minister

A prime minister is the head of a cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, (20 December 189415 May 1978), was an Australian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966.

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Roger Carrick

Sir Roger Carrick (born 13 October 1937) is a former British diplomat and an author and business adviser.

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St Mary-le-Bow

St Mary-le-Bow is a historic church rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666 by Sir Christopher Wren in the City of London on the main east–west thoroughfare, Cheapside.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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William Hague

William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, (born 26 March 1961), is a British Conservative politician and life peer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain–Australia_Society

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