STATE VISIT TO AUSTRALIA BY THE KING AND QUEEN OF BELGIUM
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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA THURSDAYi-14 OCTOBER 1982
STATE VISIT TO AUSTRALIA BY
THE KING AND QUEEN OF BELGIUM
His M11ajesty King Baudouin I and Her Majesty Queen Fabiola of
Belgium are to make a State Visit to Australia from Monday 7
to Monday 14 March 1983 at the invitation of His Excellency
The Governor-General.
The State Visit will be the first by a Belgian Monarch to
Australia. It is tangible evidence of the development of
valuable and friendly relations between the two countries.
Their Majesties will be visiting Australia as part of an
overseas tour including Fiji, New Zealand and Singapore.
Details of the State Visit to Australia will be announced
later.
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