Temporary Closure

The south viewing deck outside the Visitors Centre will be closed for maintenance starting Monday 23 June. Access will remain available via the southern doors during this time.

We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Tree plantings


2022

Rosie Batty AO - Crusader Against Family Violence - 29/11/22

2021

Her Excellency The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM, QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand, and His Excellency Sir David Gascoigne KNZM, CBE - 3/6/2021

His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley - 1/6/2021

Mr David Williamson AO, Australian Playwright - 27/5/2021

Professor Fiona Wood FRACS AM, Director of the Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit and the Western Australia Burns Service - 11/3/2021

Mr Ricky Stuart, Elite Sportsman/Coach and Advocate for Autism - 4/2/2021

2020

Professor Tom Calma AO, Chancellor of the University of Canberra - 5/11/2020

2019

The Honourable Josaia Vorege Bainimarama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji - 16/9/2019

The Honourable James Marape MP, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea - 22/07/19

2018

Mr Gen Nakagawa, Mayor Nara City - 25/10/2018

The Honourable Bill Hayden AC Governor-General of Australia 1989 to 1996 - 28/09/2018

The Honourable Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu and Mrs Marie-Justine Salwai – 25/06/2018

Her Excellency Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar – 19/03/2018

2017

Mr Andrew Colvin APM OAM, Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police and Mr Andrew Barr MLA, Chief Minister of the ACT - 11/12/2017

His Excellency Mr Issoufou Mahamadou, President of the Republic of Niger - 13/10/2017

Her Excellency Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of the Republic of Croatia - 16/8/2017

The Honourable Mr Manasseh Damukana Sogavare MP, Prime Minister of Solomon Islands and Madam Mrs Emmy Sogavare – 14/8/2017

His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - 24/5/2017

His Excellency the Honourable Baron Divavesi Waqa, President of the Republic of Nauru, and Madam Louisa Waqa - 7/4/2017

2016

Their Majesties King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein and Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - 24/11/2016

His Excellency Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran - 15/03/2016

2015

Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall - 11/11/2015

Ms Jocelyn Plovits, Chair of the Friends of the National Arboretum Canberra - 17/9/2015

His Excellency Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania and Her Excellency Mama Salma Kikwete - 28/7/2015

Tree dedication by Mr David Noble, discoverer of the Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) - 21/7/2015

Their Excellencies General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC and Lady Cosgrove - 20/7/2015

Their Excellencies Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand, and Lady Janine Mateparae - 28/5/2015

His Excellency Mr Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Madame Tran Thanh Kiem - 18/3/2015

2014

Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - 24/4/2014

His Excellency Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, President of Singapore and Mrs Mary Tan - 15/6/2014

Her Majesty, Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck, Queen Mother of Bhutan - 22/10/2014

His Excellency Mr Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands – 07/11/2014

The President of the Senate, Senator the Honourable Stephen Parry – 28/11/2014

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honourable Bronwyn Bishop MP – 28/11/2014

2013

His Majesty Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam – 2/5/2013

His Excellency Professor Doctor Boediono, Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia and Madam Herawati Boediono - 12/11/2013

2012

The Honourable Gordon Darcy Lilo, Prime Minister of Solomon Islands and Madam Bronwyn Lilo - 21/08/2012

The Honourable Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe – 23/07/2012

Her Excellency, Prime Minister of Thailand, Ms Yingluck Shinawatra - 28/5/2012

His Excellency, President of Portugal, Professor Aníbal Cavaco Silva - 25/05/2012

His Excellency, President of the Republic of Lebanon, General Michel Sleiman - 16/4/2012

Mr Aldo Giurgola - 15/3/2012

2011

Former Chief Minister Jon Stanhope - 10/12/2011

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark - 22/11/2011

Swedish Ambassador and Anne Sofie von Otter - 10/11/2011

Mr Glenn McGrath, McGrath Foundation -  7/11/2011

Mr Gen Nakagawa- Mayor of Nara -  22/10/2011

The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the Hon. Peter O'Neill - 11/10/2011

Mr Wolfgang Blass - 7/10/ 2011

Mr Tony Godden KCHS, - Catenian Grand President - 5/10/2011

Mr Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General -  8/9/2011

His Excellency Mr Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission - 5/09/2011

His Excellency Mr James Alix Michel, President of the Republic of Seychelles - 23/08/2011

Mr Thomas Keneally AO - 12/07/2011

Delegation on behalf of the Anglo-Boer War - 26/06/2011

The Honourable Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of of the Independent State of Samoa - 16/06/2011

His Excellency Mr Demetris Christofias, President of the Republic of Cyprus - 25/05/2011

His Excellency Mr Jeffery L Bleich, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Australia -  11/05/2011

The Honourable Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister of Australia - 19/4/2011

Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC - 12/04/2011

Voices in the Forest Concert launch and sod turning for the Village Centre - 23/03/2011

Mr Jimmy Barnes - 14/03/2011

The Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser AC CH CGL PC - 9/03/2011

Mr Mal Meninga, Ms Lauren Jackson, Mr Robert de Castella and Mr David Campase - 7/03/2011

His Excellency Mr Sukhbaatar Batbold MP Prime Minister of Mongolia - 22/2/2011

Mr John Schumann and Mr Hugh McDonald – 26/2/2011

Sir William Deane, former Governor-General of Australia – 7/2011

2010

Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, The Governor-General of Australia, The Returned and Services League of Australia and Kindred Organisations Committee (KOC) Tree Planting -  102 Turkish pines, Pinus brutia - 12/11/2010.

The Honourable Peter Garrett MP - 3/08/2010

His Excellency Dr José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste - 23/06/2010

His Excellency Mr Mohammed Nasheed, President of the Democratic Republic of Maldives - 4/06/2010

His Excellency Mr Jeffery L Bleich, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Australia - 14/05/2010

His Excellency Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama, President of the Republic of Botswana - 2/3/2010

2009

His Excellency Mr Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria - 29/10/2009

His Excellency Mr Lásló Sólyom President of the Republic of Hungary -  30/09/2009

The Right Honourable Mr John Key MP, Prime Minister of New Zealand - 20/08/2009

His Excellency Mr Zhang Junsai, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China and Madam Yin Guomei -10/06/2009

Delegation on behalf of Engineers Australia 90th Anniversary Celebrations - 19/05/2009

2008

The Honourable Mr Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister of Australia and representatives from the RSL - 4/09/2008

His Excellency Mr Takaaki Kojima, Ambassador of Japan – 29/07/2008