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Royal visits to Australia - Australia's Culture PortalStreet 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. ...
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. ...
The Federation Kiosk, Centennial Park, Sydney at the Proclamation of Federation, 1 January 1901. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. Commonwealth Arch, Park Street, Sydney. ...
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 (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 Australia was...
In 1902 Australia's new Commonwealth Parliament paved the way for a new form of democracy by granting women the vote and the right to be elected on a national basis. While New Zealand had granted women the right to vote in 1893, Commonwealth women's suff...
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Royal visits to Australia - Australia's Culture Portal (website Culture and Recreation 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. ...
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Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Tin money box issued by the State Bank of Victoria to commemorate the British royal visit to Australia, 1954. On the back: ER / BORN / April 21st 1926 / MARRIED / Novem...
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 ...
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 ...
irn=156092&search=ruth&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=109336&search=ruth&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=88697&search=ruth&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/databa...
> + 93/352/31 Pamphlet, 'Women and AIDS', pa... > + 93/352/32 Pamphlet, 'AIDS special inform... > P3427 Souvenir pamphlet, The Royal Visit to Australia, 1954, cardboard/paper, Commonwealth Government Printer, [Canberra, Australia], c. Souvenir pamphlet, ...
irn=133814&search=royal+visit&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=198339&search=royal+visit&site_id=3 A8458 Commemorative spoon, Royal visit,electroplate silver/enamel, Australia, 1954 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collec...
Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Colour printed fabric pennant with dowel handle featuring yellow edge, kangaroo and text on red background. Text "ROYAL / VISIT / SOUVENIR / 1954" and "WELCOME / TO / A...
7 January 2002 -Indigenous leaders in Queensland have asked the Queen to apologise for the way Aborigines were used as human ornaments during a royal visit to Australia in l901. They have also demanded the return of Aboriginal remains from London's Natur...
Aboriginal remains to be returned from Swedish museums 22 October 2003 - Aboriginal remains and thousands of sacred objects held in Swedish museums could be returned to Australia as early as next year. The Swedish government has offered to return the rem...
Note that the Australian flags are Red Ensigns. A WWI Australian Red Ensign overlaid with "The Famous Battlefields of the Australian Forces". Autographed Australian red ensign carried by NX17521 Corporal W E Watson as a POW in Greece, and later in New G...
Hold up your head in England, Tread firm on London streets; We come from where the strong heart Of all Australia beats! And his brave heart hopes and sickens as the weary days go round; There is lots o' time for blue-lights ere they reach King George's So...
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