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Royal visits to Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Street decorations in George Street during the visit to Sydney of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, June - July 1920, photograph: b&w. The 1867-68 visit of the little-known Prince Alfred to Australia was the very first by a member of the British Royal family. ...

Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006 - Australia's Culture Portal

Cathy Freeman, with the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games identity logo. Photograph courtesy of Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation. The XVIII Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne from 15 to 26 March 2006. ...

Federation - Australia's Culture Portal

The Federation Kiosk, Centennial Park, Sydney at the Proclamation of Federation, 1 January 1901. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. The movement had begun to gather real momentum after Henry Parkes wrote to the other premiers in 1889 an...

Governors-General - Australia's Culture Portal

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia represents the monarch of Australia - currently Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The functions and roles of the Governor-General include appointing ambassadors, ministers and judges, giving Royal Ass...

The Great Depression - Australia's Culture Portal

The Great Depression (1929–32) was a time of extreme hardship for people in Australia. Even before the devastating stock market crash on Wall Street (the centre of stock market trading in New York, United States of America), unemployment in Austral...

Women in politics - Australia's Culture Portal

While New Zealand had granted women the right to vote in 1893, Commonwealth women's suffrage reflected the rights of women to seek election in South Australia and to vote in Western Australia, rights granted between 1895 and 1899. A leading suffragette, ...

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NMA Collections Search - Money box to commemorate the British royal visit to Australia, 1954   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>Tin money box issued by the State Bank of Victoria to commemorate the British royal visit to Australia, 1954. Collection name>Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. 2 is divided into four categories; British Royal Family memorabilia, Austr...

NMA Collections Search - Medallion to commemorate the 1954 Royal Visit to Australia   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>A metal medallion on a red, white and blue ribbon to commemorate the 1954 Royal Visit. One side of the medallion reads "Royal Visit. ...

NMA Collections Search - Medallion to commemorate the 1954 Royal Visit to Australia   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>A plastic medallion with a blue, red and white striped ribbon and bar. Both sides of the medallion are stamped with the Queen's head and the text "To commemorate the Ro...

NMA Collections Search - Souvenir flag of the Royal visit to Australia, 1954   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Collection name>Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. Collection statement of significanceThe Professor Peter Spearritt collection No. 2 is divided into four categories; British Royal Family memorabilia, Australian Republic Movement material, T-shirt...

NMA Collections Search - Souvenir flag of the Royal visit to Australia, 1954   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Collection name>Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. Collection statement of significanceThe Professor Peter Spearritt collection No. 2 is divided into four categories; British Royal Family memorabilia, Australian Republic Movement material, T-shirt...

NMA Collections Search - Souvenir flag of the Royal visit to Australia, 1954   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Collection name>Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. Collection statement of significanceThe Professor Peter Spearritt collection No. 2 is divided into four categories; British Royal Family memorabilia, Australian Republic Movement material, T-shirt...

NMA Collections Search - Souvenir drinking glass made for the Royal Visit to Australia in 1954   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Souvenir drinking glass with a transfer on the side that includes images of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh within shields. 'SOUVENIR ROYAL VISIT 1954' is ...

NMA Collections Search - White china mug to commemorate the (cancelled) 1949 Royal Visit to Australia   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>Souvenir white china mug with a colour vignette printed on one side of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mother). Collection statement of significanceThe collection consists of 196 items. For the most part the collection consists of ...

NMA Collections Search - The Royal Visit to Western Australia 1954   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Collection name>Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. Collection statement of significanceThe Professor Peter Spearritt collection No. 2 is divided into four categories; British Royal Family memorabilia, Australian Republic Movement material, T-shirt...

Royal visits to Australia - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture Portal )

Street decorations in George Street during the visit to Sydney of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, June - July 1920, photograph: b&w. Their visit took in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and We...

A9608 Photograph, black and white, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, issued to mark the royal visit to Australia in 1954, Baron, London, Great Britain, c. 1954 (OF). - D*Hub   (website Design Hub - Your online design resource )

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NMA Collections Search - Royal Visit to South Australia, 1954, State Guide   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

The white cardboard front cover features the 1936 South Australian coat of arms at the top of the page, with text below "ROYAL VISIT / TO / SOUTH AUSTRALIA / 1954 / STATE GUIDE". Collection name>Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. 2 is divided into...

NMA Collections Search - Souvenir badge in commemoration of the Royal visit to Australia in 1954, worn in Canberra by Petronella Wensing   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Metal souvenir badge of the 1954 Royal Visit to Australia with a plastic-coated picture of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip and a metal pin attached to rear. Collec...

NMA Collections Search - The Royal Visit to Western Australia 1954   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

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