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The 2024 King's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on 10 June 2024 by the Governor-General, David Hurley. [1] [2]The Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms of King Charles III to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.
Most Australian states and territories observe the King's Birthday on the second Monday in June, except in Western Australia and Queensland.As Western Australia celebrates Western Australia Day (formerly known as Foundation Day) on the first Monday in June, the governor of Western Australia each year proclaims the day on which the state will observe the King's Birthday, based on school terms ...
The 2024 King's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms of King Charles III to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the King's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. [1] [2]
His Excellency General The Honourable David John Hurley, AC, DSC, FTSE, lately Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Awarded as part of the 2024 Birthday Honours [12] Lieutenant Paul Singer, MVO, RAN – 22 October 2024 – Upon relinquishment of the appointment of Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia. [13]
The list was announced on 26 January 2024 by the Governor General of Australia, David Hurley. [1] The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the King's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.
Prior to this, Melbourne and Collingwood had faced each other on the King's/Queen's Birthday public holiday on ten occasions: 1898, 1950, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1977, 1983, 1993, 1996 and 1999; among those, the 1996 match was the only time it was the sole match scheduled for the day.
Chris Jackson/Getty. King Charles III and Queen Camilla pose for a photo at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background on Oct. 22, 2024 in Sydney, Australia
At the same time, it was noted that the Queen appeared to have issued her own honours by appointing the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught to be her personal aides-de-camp and the ailing King George of Hanover to be a general in the British Army. [1] The first birthday as king of her successor, Edward VII (r. 1901–1910), fell on 9 ...