King Charles III delivered a speech to the NSW Legislative Council to mark their bicentenary.
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00:00It is fascinating, I think, to reflect back to 200 years ago, and thinking about those
00:08times makes me wonder what that inaugural handful of members of the New South Wales
00:16Legislative Council would make of this Parliament today and of how this great state has progressed.
00:26Those original council members were, as I understand it, squeezed into the old Government
00:31House, not far from here, and then moved into borrowed rooms in this building. From that
00:41vantage point, regardless of their optimism, it was no doubt impossible to imagine what
00:48is now the vast and vibrant state of New South Wales.
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