*  *  *  Honorable Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to come to the beautiful city of Montreal to participate in the conference to learn successful experience of other countries in economic development.
Indeed, Mary Gilmore spent time at schools in both Cootamundra and Wagga Wagga, just as I did. Both of these writers also have a connection to Queensland. For many years, Mary Gilmore’s husband ran a farm near Cloncurry in northern Queensland. And of course, Banjo Paterson is said to have written the words to Waltzing Matilda during a trip to Dagworth station near Winton.