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PRiME MINISTER
FOR PRESS 4 OCTOBER 1977
OFFICIAL VISIT BY THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES
CROWN PRINCE HASSAN AND PRINCESS SARVATH OF JORDAN
Details of the programme for the Official Visit to Australia of
Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Hassan and Princess Sarvath
of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan have now been finalised.
Their Royal Highnesses will visit Canberra from 11-13 October,
Mt Isa 13-14 October, Cairns 14-16 October, Melbourne 16-18 October,
Adelaide 18-19 October and Sydney 19-22 October.
The programme includes discussions in Canberra, the laying of a
wreath at the Australian War Memorial, a dinner party at
Government House and a luncheon given by the Commonwealth Government.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will visit the CSIRO
Headquarters and speak at the National Press Club.
The programme in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and
New South Wales includes visits to Mt Isa Mines,, and parts of
the Great Barrier Reef, the CSIRO Divisions of Mechanical
Engineering and Building Research, the Bureau of Meteorology,
an animal research institute, an agricultural college, the
Nicholson Museum of Antiquitics at the University of Sydney,
Sydney Opera House, and Taronga Park Zoo, and the CSIRO
Division of Fisheries and Oceanography.
Her Royal Highness Princess Sarvath will also visit a centre for
physically handicapped children, schools and a children's hospital.