Australian honorifics
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[1] | 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" or "Dear Governor-General" | "Your Excellency", and thereafter as "Sir/Ma'am" |
| Wife of the Governor-General[1] | Her Excellency e.g. Her Excellency Mrs Hurley | "Your Excellency" or "Dear [Title][Surname]" e.g. Dear Mrs Hurley | "Your Excellency", and thereafter as "Ma'am" or "[Title][Surname]"[2] |
| 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 | Your Grace | "His Grace the Duke of [peerage]" e.g. His Grace the Duke of Manchester | "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 | Honourable | "The Honourable [name]" e.g. Dr the Honourabale Robert Bailieu | "Sir/Ma'am" |
| Ministers of the Crown, judges, magistrates | Honourable | "The Honourable, [Ministerial title]", "His/Her Honour Judge [name]" | "Sir/Ma'am" in the case of a minister, "Your honour" in the case of a judge or magistrate |
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gollark: I don't think it would technically need to do a *full* reverse proxy job, since all it needs to do is look at the Host header (or SNI on HTTPS requests, although that might go away at some point?) and route accordingly, but still.
gollark: I suppose you could install caddy instead of nginx too, but I don't like it.
References
- "Contact". Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- "Protocol". Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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