The King has launched an Australian version of his King’s Foundation charity in Sydney. His Majesty unveiled the plans for The King’s Foundation Australia at a special reception at Admiralty House in Sydney on the final day of his visit. The charity’s first project will be as the custodian of the Hillview Estate in Sutton Forest, New South Wales, working to restore the historic property and its surrounding land. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I'm thrilled that we've been joined today by Governor General Sam Mostyn,
00:03New South Wales Governor Margaret Beazley and the New South Wales Minister for Heritage Penny Sharpe.
00:11We protect heritage assets and knowledge, promote sustainable ways of living and put these values
00:17and approaches into practice at our sites. 15,000 students were enrolled on one of our programmes
00:23and nearly a third of a million people chose to visit one of our projects.
00:27As many of you already know, His Majesty has a long and very affectionate relationship with Australia
00:36and has been dedicated to helping Australian communities. Projects have already included
00:40helping to design some sustainable social housing here in Sydney and rebuilding a bushfire
00:45devastated community on Kangaroo Island. Today we take a further step with the launch of King's
00:53Foundation Australia. This marks the first team on the ground. King's Foundation Australia will be a
01:01locally run independent charity but take inspiration from the broader King's Foundation family and our
01:08projects around heritage-led regeneration to new build projects and providing vital education in
01:14traditional building crafts and sustainable land use. As someone who was actually born less than
01:21two miles from this very building, today is a particular pleasure for me and I would like to
01:27thank everyone in this room who has done an enormous amount to make this possible. Thank you.
01:34It's a particular honour for me to give back to a country that gave me such a great start and to a
01:40country that His Majesty is naturally fond of because of the can-do attitude, the positivity
01:46and the way that Australians are so generous and kind with their time and with their
01:50approach to life. It is very noticeable the second you get off the plane
01:54and I'm very lucky to be able to come back here and give something back to the country that gave
01:58me so much. In the 30 years that I have been, I was wondering what would be the best word that
02:04would describe His Majesty's approach to things. The word that I would use is the word kindness.
02:11His Majesty is committed to cost-free so kind as to unknowable parts of the world.
02:41Would I be able to say hi?
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