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• 17 Nov 2017

On the 17th of November, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), Governor of New South Wales, and Mrs Linda Hurley, travelled from Menindee to Broken Hill in western New South Wales.

On arrival, His Excellency, as Patron of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, South Eastern Section, accompanied by Mrs Hurley, participated in a Royal Flying Doctor Service Aircraft Naming Ceremony, conducted at Broken Hill Airport. Later in the morning, the Vice Regal couple visited the Burke Ward Public School.

In the afternoon, the Governor and Mrs Hurley visited Broken Hill School of the Air. Later His Excellency, as Patron of Australian Red Cross – New South Wales Division, and Mrs Hurley, attended an Afternoon Tea for Australian Red Cross branch members and volunteers. 

On the 18th of November, the Vice Regal couple attended a morning tea with Legacy Widows and other residents of the Harold Williams Home, and later in the morning visited the Line of Lode Miners’ Memorial. In the afternoon the Governor and Mrs Hurley departed Broken Hill and returned to Government House Sydney.