6 - 12 August 2013 Issue: 475
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Aust House turns 100
AUSTRALIA House is celebrating 100 years since King George V laid its foundation stone, initiating construction of the High Commission on the Strand in London. The mission at Australia House is Australia’s oldest diplomatic seat and the longest continuously occupied foreign mission in London. Australia’s High Commissioner to the UK, Mike Rann, said: “This stunning building has been the stalwart sentinel for the Aussie spirit here in the UK and is used everyday for the promotion of Australian business, tourism, sporting, arts, and defence interests.” At the foundation King George V used a mallet to tap the stone into position, a block of Australian trachyte shipped over especially for the occasion. Shouts of “coo-ey” rang out as the grey-green stone was set in to place. The Queen Consort and the royal couple’s only daughter Princess Mary attended the ceremonies on 24 July, 1913. The “impressive ceremony” ...continued on p3
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