About the ROSL

The Royal Over-Seas League is a mutual society owned by its members. The League is also an official Commonwealth Non-Government Organisation incorporated by Royal Charter as a non-profit organisation. The Patron of the world-wide League is Her Majesty The Queen whilst the Vice-Patron is H.R.H. Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy KG GCVO. In Australia our Patron is the Governor-General of Australia, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, whilst the League's Patron in Victoria is the Governor of Victoria Professor David de Kretser AC CVO.

What does the ROSL do?

The ROSL is an organisation which was set up to bring like-minded people together, to foster friendship and understanding between Commonwealth peoples of different cultures and nationalities and to work for the good of humanity at large. The League in Victoria boasts a wide cross-section of society taking in many religions and all ages. Meetings of the League are neither formal nor obligatory, rather they are normally of a social nature based on the desire of the members to see, for example, a show or the newly-refurbished State Library of Victoria.