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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 was established in 1971[1] as a friendship society to promote historic links between the United Kingdom and Australia. It has headquarters in the Australia Centre within Australia House in London, and branches throughout the United Kingdom.[2]
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.
The aims of the Britain–Australia Society are to:
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.
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 honouring the memory of Admiral Arthur Phillip.
The Society grants an occasional Britain–Australia Society Award to recognise a person who has demonstrated a long-term contribution to relations between the United Kingdom and Australia. Past recipients have been Barry Humphries, Lord Hague, Kylie Minogue, David Attenborough, Lord Carrington and Samantha Cohen.
The Patron of the Society was The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
The PresidentisWilliam Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, PC, FRSL (the founding President was Lord Carrington).
The Chairman is Damian Walsh.
Vice Presidents:
Honorary Vice-presidents:
CEO:
As a non-commercial society, 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.
