King Charles III and Queen Camilla greeted the public outside a North Sydney church on October 20, 2024.
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00:30Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming His Majesty the
00:59King.
01:14President of the Legislative Council, Governor and Mr Wilson, Premier, Chief Justice, State
01:24Parliamentarians, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.
01:30Having been with you for your 150th anniversary, I am delighted and proud to be able to return
01:38to the Parliament of New South Wales in order to celebrate the occasion of your bicentenary.
01:47I will be saying more at your reception in Canberra tomorrow, but I cannot let this opportunity
01:54pass without saying a few words to mark this most important milestone.
02:01It is fascinating, I think, to reflect back to 200 years ago, and thinking about those
02:09times makes me wonder what that inaugural handful of members of the New South Wales
02:16Legislative Council would make of this Parliament today, and of how this great state has progressed.
02:26Those original Council members were, as I understand it, squeezed into the old Government
02:32House not far from here, and then moved into borrowed rooms in this building.
02:41From that vantage point, regardless of their optimism, it was no doubt impossible to imagine
02:49what is now the vast and vibrant state of New South Wales, which has grown and evolved
02:57alongside this legislature.