The King and Queen's previous visits to Australia

King Charles III has visited Australia 16 times.

King Charles III has visited Australia 16 times, 15 of which he either accompanied or represented his mother, the Late Queen Elizabeth II. These visits took place in 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2005, 2012, 2015 and 2018.

  • His first visit to Australia was in 1966 when, at the age of 17, he spent six months (two terms) as an exchange student at Timbertop, Geelong Grammar School in Victoria.
  • His first official visit was in 1967, when he represented Queen Elizabeth II at the memorial service for Prime Minister Harold Holt.
  • His Majesty’s most recent visit occurred in 2018, when he opened the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Camilla has visited Australia three times between 2012 and 2018. In 2012, as The Duchess of Cornwall, Queen Camilla visited Australia as part of the Diamond Jubilee year celebrations. In 2018, Queen Camilla accompanied King Charles to open the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

Previous visits by The King and Queen
Black and white photograph of Charles, Prince of Wales using a bush saw to fell a tree.
Charles, Prince of Wales walking in front of a crowd of people reaching out to meet him.
Charles, Prince of Wales wearing a blue safari suit, walking on the beach with a group of men.
Black and white photograph of Charles, Prince of Wales seated with Molly Meldrum on the set of television show Countdown looking at an open record cover.
Charles, Prince of Wales, wearing a white coat and a hard hat fitted with a mining lamp, is greeted by a line of schoolchildren during a visit to the Mount Charlotte Gold Mine on the edge of Kalgoorlie.
A large crowd gathered in front of the Sydney Opera House to greet Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana Princess of Wales.
Charles, Prince of Wales standing in a supermarket in front of fruit and flowers.
A large crowd of people on the steps in front of Sydney Opera House holding Australia flags, greeting Charles, Prince of Wales.
Charles, Prince of Wales greeting a large crowd of people that are holding Australia flags.
Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall holding two koalas wrapped in blankets.
Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall waving farewell while boarding a Royal Australian Airforce aircraft.
Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in blue suits at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth games on the Gold Coast.
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