Britain–Australia Society
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Formation | 1971; 53 years ago (1971) |
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Founder | Lord Carington |
Headquarters | Australia House, London |
President | William Hague |
Chairman of the Board | Damian J. Walsh |
Website | www |
The Britain–Australia Society is an organization that was established in 1971[1] to promote historic links between the United Kingdom and Australia. Its London headquarters is in the Australia Centre within Australia House. It has other branches throughout the United Kingdom.[2]
History
In 1971, Sir Robert Menzies and Sir Alec Douglas-Home, former Prime Ministers of Australia and the United Kingdom, re-founded the pre-existing Australia Club to form two apolitical and non-commercial societies, based in the United Kingdom and Australia.[citation needed]
Events
A primary activity is organising events including diplomatic dinners, seminars and social gatherings. The West Country branch arranges an annual service of remembrance and lunch in Bath, England, honouring the memory of Admiral Arthur Phillip.[citation needed]
Awards
The Society grants an occasional Britain–Australia Society Award to recognise a person who has been recognized for contributing to the relations between the United Kingdom and Australia. Past recipients have been Barry Humphries, Lord Hague, Kylie Minogue, David Attenborough, Lord Carrington, and Samantha Cohen.[citation needed]
Structure
Branches are maintained in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Portsmouth, and the West Country. Regional functions are held by these branches in addition to centrally-organised activities.[citation needed]
The Patron of the Society was The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The President is William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond (the founding President was Lord Carrington). As of March 2019, the Chairman is Damian Walsh[3][as of?]
Vice Presidents
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Sponsors
The administration and events are funded by membership subscriptions, management fees and corporate sponsors, including Australian Government agencies and businesses and organisations with an Australian interest in the United Kingdom or a British interest in Australia, such as the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.[citation needed]
Affiliates
Three charitable trusts are maintained by the society:
- The Britain-Australia Society Educational Trust provides sponsorship for both countries.[citation needed]
- The Northcote Trust funds postgraduate scholarships to Australia.[citation needed]
- The Royal Flying Doctor Service – Friends in the UK.[citation needed]
Australian Britain–Australia Society members have reciprocal rights when in Britain, and vice versa.[citation needed]
References
External links
- Official website
- Australia–Britain Society
- The Menzies Foundation
- The Northcote Trust
- Britain-Australia Society Education Trust
- RFDS Friends in the UK
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- New South Wales Act 1823
- South Australia Act 1834
- South Australia Act 1842
- Australian Constitutions Act 1850
- Papua Act 1905
- Statute of Westminster 1931
- Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942
- Australia Act 1986
- Australian Constitution (Public Record Copy) Act 1990
- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
- Treaty of Bern
- Berne Convention (1906)
- International Agreement for the suppression of the White Slave Traffic
- Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications
- International Opium Convention
- Paris Convention of 1919
- Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast
- International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children
- Svalbard Treaty
- Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War (1929)
- Geneva Convention on the Wounded and Sick (1929)
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