Editing Governor-General of Australia (section)

===Official dress===
[[File:Portrait of Lord de L'Isle in dress uniform, 1962 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle]], 15th governor-general of Australia (1961–65), in his court uniform]]

Governors-general before the 1970s wore traditional [[Court uniform and dress in the United Kingdom#Foreign Service variants|court uniforms]], consisting of a dark navy wool double-breasted coatee with silver oak leaf and fern embroidery on the collar and cuffs trimmed with silver buttons embossed with the [[Royal Arms]] and with bullion edged epaulettes on the shoulders, dark navy trousers with a wide band of silver oak-leaf braid down the outside seam, silver sword belt with ceremonial sword, [[bicorne]] cocked hat with plume of ostrich feathers, black patent leather Wellington boots with spurs, etc., that is worn on ceremonial occasions.<ref>[[iarchive:dresswornathisma00trenuoft|Dress worn at His Majesty's court : issued with the authority of the Lord Chamberlain]] {{Cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/dresswornathisma00trenuoft |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 September 2016 |archive-date=9 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609090532/https://archive.org/details/dresswornathisma00trenuoft |url-status=bot: unknown }} (1912), pp. 49, 50</ref> There is also a tropical version made of white tropical wool cut in a typical military fashion worn with a plumed helmet. However, that custom fell into disuse during the tenure of Sir [[Paul Hasluck]] with governors-general now observing [[informal wear]] day-to-day. Tasmanian governor Sir [[Stanley Burbury]] extensively lobbied his government in an attempt to regain the right to wear a uniform, going as far to contact Sir John Kerr in desperation, hoping he could contact the Palace directly.<ref name=":11" /> However, it does not appear that he was successful.