Celebrate a significant milestone

Congratulatory messages can be organised for Tasmanians celebrating a special age or wedding anniversary.

  • Birthdays: 90 years of age and every age thereafter.
  • Wedding anniversaries: 50th, 55th, 60th and every year thereafter.

Making a request

Complete our form and send it with verification of the birthday or anniversary date. Verification can be in the form of a birth or marriage certificate or a statutory declaration declaring the information is correct.

Email your request to Protocol@dpac.tas.gov.au or post to:

Department of Premier and Cabinet
Protocol Office
GPO Box 123
Hobart TAS 7001

Notice time needed

We typically need four to six weeks' notice of your request. Messages may be organised in a shorter timeframe, however cannot be guaranteed they will arrive in time.

We do not accept requests for messages more than three months in advance of the date.

Belated messages

Belated messages can be organised up to five weeks after the date, with the exceptions being the Prime Minister, the Governor-General and His Majesty the King (up to six months after the date).

Who the message will be from

Birthdays

90 - 99th birthday

Yes 

  • Prime Minister
  • Governor of Tasmania
  • Premier of Tasmania

No

  • His Majesty The King
  • Governor-General
101st - 104th birthday

Yes 

  • Governor of Tasmania
  • Premier of Tasmania

No

  • His Majesty The King*
  • Governor-General*
  • Prime Minister*

* An exception is made once if a message was not received in a valid year.

100th, 105th birthday and every year thereafter

Yes 

  • His Majesty The King
  • Governor-General
  • Prime Minister
  • Governor of Tasmania
  • Premier of Tasmania

Wedding anniversaries

50th, 55th anniversary

Yes

  • Governor-General
  • Prime Minister
  • Governor of Tasmania
  • Premier of Tasmania

No

  • His Majesty The King
61st - 69th anniversary (excluding 65th)

Yes

  • Governor of Tasmania
  • Premier of Tasmania

No

  • His Majesty The King*
  • Governor-General*
  • Prime Minister*

* An exception is made once if a message was not received in a valid year.

60th, 65th, 70th anniversary and every age thereafter

Yes

  • His Majesty The King
  • Governor-General
  • Prime Minister
  • Governor of Tasmania
  • Premier of Tasmania