List of official openings by Elizabeth II in Australia

During her many visits to Australia, Queen Elizabeth II opened sessions of parliament and unveiled various buildings, venues and other things. They included, but are not limited to:

Venue	Location	State	Date
Third session of the thirty-seventh Parliament of New South Wales	Sydney	NSW	4 February 1954
King George V and King George VI Memorial	Hyde Park, Sydney	NSW	5 February 1954
Remembrance Driveway	Sydney–Canberra	NSW/ACT	5 February 1954
Third session of the twentieth Parliament of Australia	Canberra	ACT	15 February 1954
Australian-American Memorial	Canberra	ACT	16 February 1954
Sesquicentenary Memorial	Hobart	Tas	20 February 1954
Fifth Session of the thirtieth Parliament of Tasmania	Hobart	Tas	22 February 1954
Second session of the thirty-ninth Parliament of Victoria	Melbourne	Vic	25 February 1954
Additions to the Shrine of Remembrance	Melbourne	Vic	28 February 1954
Second session of the thirty-fourth Parliament of South Australia	Adelaide	SA	23 March 1954
Royal Children's Hospital	Melbourne	Vic	25 February 1963
University of New South Wales, Wallace Wurth School of Medicine and the School of Biological Sciences	Sydney	NSW	4 March 1963
Australian National University, R.G. Menzies Building	Canberra	ACT	13 March 1963
Council House	Perth	WA	25 March 1963
The University of Western Australia Golden Jubilee Celebrations	Perth	WA	25 March 1963
Royal Hobart Hospital North East Building	Hobart	Tas	3 April 1970
Captain James Cook Memorial on Lake Burley Griffin	Canberra	ACT	25 April 1970
National Carillon	Canberra	ACT	26 April 1970
Sydney Opera House	Sydney	NSW	20 October 1973
Second session of the twenty-eighth Parliament of Australia	Canberra	ACT	28 February 1974
Second session of the thirtieth Parliament of Australia	Canberra	ACT	8 March 1977
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Sports Centre	Brisbane	Qld	10 March 1977
Peel-Cunningham County Council Building	Tamworth	NSW	11 March 1977[1]
High Court of Australia	Canberra	ACT	26 May 1980
HMAS Coonawarra	Darwin	NT	6 October 1982
1982 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony	Brisbane	Qld	9 October 1982
Mount Druitt Hospital	Sydney	NSW	11 October 1982
National Gallery of Australia	Canberra	ACT	12 October 1982
Parramatta Stadium	Sydney	NSW	5 March 1986
Carrick Hill	Springfield	SA	9 March 1986
Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame	Longreach	Qld	29 April 1988
World Expo 88	Brisbane	Qld	30 April 1988
Darling Harbour	Sydney	NSW	4 May 1988
Parliament House, Canberra	Canberra	ACT	9 May 1988
State Library of New South Wales annexe	Sydney	NSW	May 1988
Second session of the fiftieth Parliament of New South Wales	Sydney	NSW	20 February 1992
Bonython Primary School	Canberra	ACT	24 February 1992[2]
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2002	Coolum	Qld	2 March 2002
2006 Commonwealth Games	Melbourne	Vic	15 March 2006
Rain Bank, Rainforest Green, South Bank Parklands	Brisbane	Qld	24 October 2011
The New Royal Children's Hospital	Melbourne	Vic	26 October 2011
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011	Perth	WA	28 October 2011

Photo gallery

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  1954, 1992 - Parliament of New South Wales.
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  1954, 1974 - Parliament of Australia.
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  1954 - Australian-American Memorial.
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  1954 - Parliament of Tasmania.
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  1954 - Parliament of Victoria.
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  1954 - Additions to the Shrine of Remembrance.
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  1954 - Parliament of South Australia.
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  1963 - Council House, Perth.
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  1970 - National Carillon.
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  1973 - Sydney Opera House.
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  1980 - High Court of Australia.
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  1982 - National Gallery of Australia.
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  1988 - Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame.
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  1988 - Parliament House, Canberra.
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  2008 - Ray Walsh House, Tamworth.

See also

• Royal visits to Australia