The First Earl of Gowrie, Alexander Hore-Ruthven https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gowrie-first-earl-of-6441, was the only Governor General of Australia to make a state visit to the Netherlands East Indies, in 1938. He was received in Batavia (now Jakarta) by the Dutch Governor General, Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alidius_Tjarda_van_Starkenborgh_Stachouwer. Of greater interest than the meeting of the two Governors […]