FOR PRESS TOT FOR r UBLICTIOIJ Dœ FORE 1.00 1, OUATURDA-Y 21ST AUGUST 1965
P. i~ i. 62/ 1965
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~ 3TAT~ hBviYENT TFRIMI 2aTLTIYR TRT. 101K, bIR ROBEQRT ~ NIS
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The Prime Minister ) nnounced in Q nberra toy that the
followin: S staite; Aent had been issuod from Clbrence,, Htouse, London~-
queen 7Mizabeth The -Queen > ohrhas accepted invitations
from the Governments of Austr.? lin and " epland to visit those
countries durine, and A,, ri1 next year.
-i'een Elizabeth will trqvel to Australia by air in the
latter r~ art of -Li'arcl-and, ifter attending the Zourth Adelaide
Festival-of irts, of which Her Oajest-y. is Patron, will spend
two or three weeks in South Australia, Jie stern Austrralia and
the Australian Capital Territory.
-lit the end of hier time in Australia, Queen '-lizabeth will
join the r~ oynl Yatch ;' Britannia--, in which Her M~ ajesty will be
ed for -visit of about three weeks to Nlew Zealand, at the
end of which Queen Elizabebth w7ill return by air to England."
The Pri:-e .:, inistar , r, ie. lvc omeO the announcement of
the visit to Australi b'; r ler MVajest., The Queen co t 11e r. He
recalled how deeply disa -pointed i.' er ~ Iajesty had been when her
proposed visit in 1964 had to be cancelled and said that hie w 7s
delighte9 at theo prospect of '.' ueen : liz-abeth once a3. k; ain seein6
somnethaing of ustrali-:. and of the Australian people.
Sir ; kobert said th-t he vas particularly u leas that
Tier A~ ajestV would be . ible to a9 * tend the L-ourth Adelaide Foes; Iival
of Arts9 which was indeed the prime ' purpose of the visit.
Ther; Prime 1inister sts ted that wrhile precise dates for the
visit had yot to be deci'-' ed, it would not be possible for 2 uoen
' Mi7zabeth to be in AdIelaide for the official opening of the i: estivael.
Her MTTajesty, hor~ kever, 1wouldl be in A" delaide for the g' rea--ter part of
the second week of the 1" estival. The visit to Australia would then
extend into e:: rl~ r Apr-ril , hen F-er Liajesty would leave in the Royal
Yatch for New Zealand.
Menzies, Robert
Period of Service: 19/12/1949 - 26/01/1966
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FOR PRESS: P.M. 62/1965 - VISIT BY HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER - STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT, HON, SIR ROBERT MENZIES, K.T., C.H., Q.C., M.P.
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