Government House is the name of many of the residences of Governors-General, Governors and Lieutenant-Governors in the Commonwealth and the remaining colonies of the British Empire. It serves as the venue for the Governor's official business, as well as the many receptions and functions hosted by the occupant. Sometimes, "Government House" is used as a metonym for the Governor or his office.
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... Umuahia – Ibeku in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State in 1950 ... and was deployed to Sokoto State as a teacher at Government Secondary School, Shinkafi, Isa Local Government Area ... Cabinet Office, Ministry of Lands and Survey, Ministry of Agriculture, and Imo State Government House ...
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... At the Federation of Australia in 1901 Melbourne became the location of government, and Government House, Melbourne became the home of the Governor General ... Stonnington Mansion was acquired by the Victorian Government as a home for the Governor of Victoria ... The house was maintained as Victoria's Government House until 1931 ...
... It was erected in the 1870s to a design by architects Sylwester Hawryszkiewicz and Feliks Księżarski ... The building's centerpiece is a grand staircase designed by Leonard Marconi ...
... of the memorial, and this centered on the future of Government House and the role of the Governor ... A number of left-wing politicians argued that the grounds of Government House should be turned over to the State and used to build the memorial while the ... By 1925 the National War Memorial committee was prepared to accept the Government House grounds as the site of the memorial, but they delayed making an announcement ...
Famous quotes containing the words house and/or government:
“Hours before dawn we were woken by the quake.
My house was on a cliff. The thing could take
Bookloads off shelves, break bottles in a row.
Then the long pause and then the bigger shake.
It seemed the best thing to be up and go.”
—William Empson (1906–1984)
“We have passed the time of ... the laisser-faire [sic] school which believes that the government ought to do nothing but run a police force.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)