Africa Visit
Governor General of Australia, March 2009
Quentin Bryce, the newly appointed Governor General of Australia, visited Southern and East Africa on the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Africa. The trip took in ten African nations and aimed to highlight the work that Australia does in Africa.
The Governor General visited numerous aid projects in the countries she visited that are supported by AusAid, the Australian Development Department on her eighteen day tour.
Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia, walks to inspect the official parade upon her arrival at the airport in Windhoek, Namibia on the 19th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.
Young girls perform a dance for Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia as she arrives at the airport in Windhoek, Namibia on the 19th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.- Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia, presents a small girl with a toy Koala bears at a visit to a local NGO, Ben's Bikes', run by an Australian, in Windhoek, Namibia on the 19th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.
- Dignitaries await the arrival of Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia, at the airport in Windhoek, Namibia on the 19th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.
- Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia, talks to women who were prostitutes, but now mend bicycles as part of a project called Ben's Bikes, an NGO set up by an Australian, in Windhoek, Namibia on the 19th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.
- A member of Ben's Bikes, an NGO set up by an Australian to assist women who were prostitutes find jobs, stands against a pile of Bikes in the workshop where she works after the visit of Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia, Windhoek, Namibia on the 19th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.
- Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia, inspects the Guard of Honour before her departure from Lusaka, Zambai on the 23nd March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, AC, Governor General of Australia, talks to a patient in the female ward of the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka Zambia on the 20th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.
- Participants hold a banner in the rain, welcoming Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia, to an HIV support project run by HATSFO (HIV AIDS Technical Support Foundation) that is supported by AusAid, in Kazimva Lusaka Zambia on the 21st March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.
- Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia walks through the rain to visit an HIV support project run by HATSFO (HIV AIDS Technical Support Foundation) that is supported by AusAid, in Kazimva Lusaka Zambia on the 21st March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.
- A small girl holds her mother's hand, while Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia talks to a community that runs an HIV support project run by HATSFO (HIV AIDS Technical Support Foundation)that is supported by AusAid, in Kazimva Lusaka Zambia on the 21st March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.
- Quentin Bryce, Governor General of Australia (C) meets a child who is a part of the Sishemo Foundation that is supported by AusAid, on a visiti to their project n Lusaka Zambia on the 20th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.
- Quentin Bryce, AC, Governor General of Australia, addresses an audience and school children at the Sishemo Project, which receives funding from Australian Aid, in Lusaka Zambia on the 21st March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa.
- Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia, (L) accompanied by Seretse Khama Ian Khama, the President of Botswana (R) greets dignitaries on her arrival at the airport in Gaborone, Botswana on the 23nd March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Traditional Kalahari dancers perform for Quentin Bryce the Governor General of Australia on upon her arrival in Gaborone, Botswana on the 23nd March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, AC, Governor General of Australia greets school children on her arrival at the airport in Gaborone, Botswana on the 23nd March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Andrew Edge, First Secretary for Development to the Australian High Commission in South Africa, plays with children in the SOS children's village that is supported by AUSAID in Gaborone, Botswana on the 24th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, Governor General of Australia reads a children's story about a possum to kindergarten children on a visit to an SOS children's village, that is supported by AusAid, in Gaborone, Botswana, on the 24th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, Governor General of Australia reads a children's story about a possum to kindergarten children on a visit to an SOS children's village, that is supported by AusAid, in Gaborone, Botswana, on the 24th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- A guard of honour stands to attention for the departure of Quentin Bryce, Governor General of Australia, from the airport in Gaborone, Botswana, on the 24th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, the Governor General of Australia greets the head of the military upon her arrival in Maputo, Mozambique on the 24th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, the Governor General of Australia greets dignitaries upon her arrival in Maputo, Mozambique on the 24th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- A dancer greets Quentin Bryce the Governor General of Australia on her departure from Maputo Airport, Mozambique on the 26th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, the Governor General of Australia accepts some flowers from school children upon her arrival in Maputo, Mozambique on the 24th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- ADC Matthew Williams, and Paul Singer, Sr Logistics Adviser, awaits the arrival of the Governor General of Australia at the war Memorial in Maputo Mozambique on the 25th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce the Governor General of Australia stands with the Minister of Culture upon her arrival at Addis Ababa Ethiopia, for the playing of the National Anthem with the on the 26th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- A ceremonial guard greets Quentin Bryce, Governor General of Australia upon her arrival at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 26th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- An elderly woman waits to greet the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, on her visit to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital that is supported by AusAid, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 27th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- A nurse waits to greet the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, on her visit to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, that is supported by AusAid in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 27th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, the Governor General of Australia, arrives at the airport in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 28th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Traditional dancers perform for the Governor General of Australia, upon her arrival at the airport in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 28th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, the Governor General of Australia, inspects the Guard of Honour upon her arrival in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 28th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, the Governor General of Australia, signs the visitors book upon her arrival at the airport in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 28th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Girls perform a dance in the rain to greet the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, to the Girl Child Network Project, that is supported by AusAid at Kawangware School, in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 28th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, Governor General of Australia, looks at a dilapidated classroom, that is used by over forty children, on a visit to Muusini Primary School, that is supported by Ausaid in Tala, Kenya on the 29th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Children wait to greet Quentin Bryce, Governor General of Australia, at Muusini Primary School, that is supported by Ausaid in Tala, Kenya on the 29th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, Governor General of Australia, addresses a meeting with prominent Kenyan women, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 30th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, the Governor General of Australia, and her husband, Michael Bryce receive flowers upon their arrival in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the 30th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- A traditional dancer performs for Quentin Bryce, the Governor General of Australia upon her arrival in Dar es Salaam Tanzania on the 30th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- A traditional dancer performs for Quentin Bryce, Governor General of Australia on her visit to the offices of Care Tanzania, in Dar es Salaam on the 31th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Quentin Bryce, Governor General of Australia admires homemade jam at a display put on of handicrafts on a visit to the offices of Care Tanzania on the 31st March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- Members of 34 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force pay their respects at the Dar es Salaam War Cemetery along with the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce and her delegation, on March 31st, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
- The official plane of the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, takes off over the heads of the Guard of Honour in Dar es Salaam Airport, Tanzania on April 1st, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region.
