PHOTOS
Here are a few photographs reflecting my life and work as an Australian diplomat, working internationally. And some giggles from my student days.
![With Secretary of DFAT, Frances Adamson, at the Canberra launch of the book in February 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/f80c3352-2860-408c-aaea-a5872d4a9175/Sue+Boyd+-+Frances+Adamson.jpeg)
With Secretary of DFAT, Frances Adamson, at the Canberra launch of the book in February 2021
![With leaders in Rotuma, 2001](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/b6d4db26-4cb5-46f6-8050-076cb1349424/Sue+Boyd+-+Community+Leaders+in+Rotuma+2002.jpg)
With leaders in Rotuma, 2001
![With Jim Dollimore, in Public Affairs in DFAT, handling media calls during the first Iraq war, 1986](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/c8662cdf-8488-4f90-bd88-5797f8a41a2e/Sue+Boyd+-+With+Jim+Dollimore+1986.jpeg)
With Jim Dollimore, in Public Affairs in DFAT, handling media calls during the first Iraq war, 1986
![At presentation of credentials ceremony in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1986](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/bb59ec68-abe1-4fc0-ab67-0749f78ffba0/Sue+Boyd+-+Presenting+Credentials+Head+of+Mission+Bangladesh+2.jpg)
At presentation of credentials ceremony in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1986
![DFAT Class of 1970 with International Colleagues](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/1caacbaf-1eaa-417f-a6a7-6d7b59440941/Sue+Boyd+-+DFAT+Class+of+1970+with+International+Colleagues+2.jpg)
DFAT Class of 1970 with International Colleagues
![Inspecting the Guard of Honour, Fiji, 1999](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/16c80d16-035d-4480-991e-0e04ee79480e/Sue+Boyd+-+Inspecting+Guard+of+Honour+Fiji.jpg)
Inspecting the Guard of Honour, Fiji, 1999
![With Pope John Paul II on his arrival in Bangladesh, November 1986](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/3e7968c6-dde9-4f2a-871e-25dee8acbfc9/Sue-Boyd-Pope-John-Paul-II-Bangladesh-1986.jpg)
With Pope John Paul II on his arrival in Bangladesh, November 1986
![With my very long time Catherine Bayen at Chataeau Chantilly in France, 2020](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/c86c717d-bd20-427d-a3fd-ead567d0b3f6/Sue+Boyd+-+Catherine+Bayen+at+Chataeau+Chantilly.jpeg)
With my very long time Catherine Bayen at Chataeau Chantilly in France, 2020
![Four former Ambassadors to Vietnam. Graham Alliband, Sue Boyd, Hugh Borrowman, Pete Peterson](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/4579c589-b61e-4c01-97c5-35d84975df40/Sue+Boyd+-+Former+Ambassadors+to+Vietnam.jpg)
Four former Ambassadors to Vietnam. Graham Alliband, Sue Boyd, Hugh Borrowman, Pete Peterson
![High Table at St Catherines College Farewell Dinner, 1969. Pat Church, Warden, Carmen Lawrence, Senior Student, self and ….](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/4c5bf86a-ca72-4d51-ae6d-e603a127ad13/Sue+Boyd+-+St+Catherines+College+Farewell+Dinner+1969.jpeg)
High Table at St Catherines College Farewell Dinner, 1969. Pat Church, Warden, Carmen Lawrence, Senior Student, self and ….
![Outside my former house in Platanenstrasse, Berlin, with old friend Karin Peters](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/f0f7a1bc-2507-4505-8b01-bd97f0345c8d/Sue+Boyd+-+Platanenstrasse+Berlin+with+Karin+Peters.jpeg)
Outside my former house in Platanenstrasse, Berlin, with old friend Karin Peters
![Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef to celebrate the 70th birthday of my brother and sister, 2018](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/d5fa8f20-3949-415a-b7bf-0f4a73add1d6/Sue+Boyd+-+Snorkelling+on+the+Great+Barrier+Reef+2.jpg)
Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef to celebrate the 70th birthday of my brother and sister, 2018
![Sue Boyd - Not Always Diplomatic - Book Cover.png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/e34f5cf4-fe17-4ef2-aee6-5ce6facc9be0/Sue+Boyd+-+Not+Always+Diplomatic+-+Book+Cover.png)
![As Miss Judo at the Miss University Quest Ball May, 1966](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/e530c528-0429-449b-b46a-60cfb1487cdf/Sue-Boyd-Miss-Judo-1966.jpg)
As Miss Judo at the Miss University Quest Ball May, 1966
![My East German artist friend, Gigi Mossner, in her Prenzlauer Berg apartment in Berlin](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/50e66613-8950-4ac7-8808-d4353a10f84b/Sue+Boyd+-+Gigi+Mossner+at+home%2C2019.jpeg)
My East German artist friend, Gigi Mossner, in her Prenzlauer Berg apartment in Berlin
![Pottery from Zambia, 1964](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/f4122b0b-e464-4a4b-afd2-e73c0edf47b8/Sue+Boyd+-+Pottery+from+Zambia+1964.jpg)
Pottery from Zambia, 1964
![The Logo of Gelganyem Trust, by artist Jodie Hall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/138087b2-4fec-4173-9e75-a9c086059d48/Sue+Boyd+-+Art.jpeg)
The Logo of Gelganyem Trust, by artist Jodie Hall
![My grandmother Gracie’s’s smelling salts bottle and evening handbag](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/02b418ce-493c-47e3-9756-76afe1db191a/Sue+Boyd+-+Grandmothers+Evening+Bag+and+Smelling+Salts+Bottle.jpg)
My grandmother Gracie’s’s smelling salts bottle and evening handbag
![The self-recording barograph received by my Irish grandparents as a wedding gift, in Dublin in 1918](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/e8437472-1647-42b8-aa32-869e6e7bb835/Sue+Boyd+-+Barograph.jpeg)
The self-recording barograph received by my Irish grandparents as a wedding gift, in Dublin in 1918
![Selling books in front of Berkelouw Books at Eumundi, Queensland, with sister Lynda, December 2020](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/ed5723d9-58ab-4d8a-8f55-9390a2a155aa/Sue+Boyd+-+Berkelouw+Books+Eumundi+Queensland+2020+with+sister+Lynda.jpg)
Selling books in front of Berkelouw Books at Eumundi, Queensland, with sister Lynda, December 2020
![Members of Guild Council in some hilarity at the official photo event, UWA, 1969](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61abe4a86b59e24a371168bf/515e1e94-f4ce-49b4-b320-bdff73cb4927/Sue+Boyd+-+Members+of+Guild+Council+official+photo+event+UWA+1969.jpg)
Members of Guild Council in some hilarity at the official photo event, UWA, 1969
As Guild President, judging the Mr Hairy Legs Competition at UWA, 1969