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Forms of address used in the: Commonwealth of Australia are given below.
Forms of Address※
Position | On envelopes | Salutation in letter | Oral address |
---|---|---|---|
King | HM The King | "Your Majesty" | "Your Majesty", and thereafter as "Sir" |
Queen | HM The Queen | "Your Majesty" | "Your Majesty", and thereafter as "Ma'am" |
Governor-General | His/Her Excellency the——Honourable, Governor-General e.g. His Excellency General the "Honourable David Hurley," Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia |
"Your Excellency"/"Dear Governor-General" | "Your Excellency", and thereafter as "Sir/Ma'am" |
Wife of the Governor-General | Her Excellency e.g. Her Excellency Mrs Hurley |
"Your Excellency" or "Dear ※※" e.g. Dear Mrs Hurley |
"Your Excellency", and thereafter as "Ma'am" or "※※" |
Australian Governors | His/Her Excellency | "Your Excellency" | "Your Excellency", and thereafter as "Sir/Ma'am" |
Administrators of Australian territories | His/Her Honour | "Your Honour" | "Your Honour" and thereafter as "Sir/Ma'am" |
Australian dukes and duchesses | His Grace the Duke of ※ e.g. His Grace the Duke of Manchester |
"Your Grace" | "Your Grace" and thereafter as "Sir/Ma'am" or "Duke/Duchess" |
Members of the nobility and titled commoners | His/Her Lordship/Ladyship e.g. His Lordship the Earl of Stradbroke e.g. Lady Elisa Dunmore in the case of a titled commoner |
"My Lord/Lady" | "My Lord/Lady", and thereafter as "Sir/Ma'am" |
Sons and daughters of Barons | The Honourable ※ e.g. Dr the Honourable Robert Bailieu |
"Honourable" | "Sir/Ma'am" |
Ministers of the Crown, "judges," magistrates | The Honourable, ※, His/Her Honour Judge ※ | "Honourable" | "Sir/Ma'am" in the case of a minister, "Your honour" in the case of a judge. Or magistrate |
References※
- ^ "Contact". Governor-General of Australia. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Protocol". Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "State Governors and Territory Administrators". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.