Messages are available to Australian citizens and permanent residents celebrating a significant birthday or wedding anniversary.

Anniversary messages are personal messages of congratulations from:

• the Prime Minister
• the Governor-General
• His Majesty The King.

Messages are available to Australian citizens and permanent residents celebrating a significant birthday or wedding anniversary.

Significant anniversaries

Messages can be requested for the following occasions:

Message from the Prime Minister

• 50th wedding anniversary or any year thereafter
• 90th birthday or any year thereafter

Message from the Governor-General

• 50th wedding anniversary or any year thereafter
• 100th birthday or any year thereafter

Message from The King

• 60th, 65th and 70th wedding anniversary then every year thereafter
• 100th and 105th birthday then every year thereafter

Messages from The King for previous (or past) anniversaries are not provided. Please submit a request for the next occasion. For example:

• If a message was not requested for a couple's 60th wedding anniversary, then you can submit a request for one anniversary from their 61st to 64th anniversary.
• If a message was not requested for an individual's 100th birthday, then you can submit a request for one birthday from their 101st to 104th birthday.

A request must be submitted for every occasion. Messages are not arranged automatically.

Supporting documentation

Supporting documentation must be provided when submitting a message request. This is to verify the wedding anniversary or birthday details. The supporting documentation can include the following:

• marriage certificate (for wedding anniversaries)
• birth certificate (for birthdays)
• passport including an expired passport (for birthdays)
• driver’s licence including an expired driver’s licence (for birthdays)
• proof of age card or similar documentation (for birthdays)
• statutory declaration from any person with the relevant knowledge, declaring:
  • wedding anniversaries - the full names and full date of marriage of the couple, or
  • birthdays - the full name and full date of birth of the individual.

Statutory declaration forms are available at any post office, or online from the Attorney-General's Department.

If submitting your request by post, please provide copies of supporting documentation. Please do not provide original documents.

You can learn more about requesting a message here.