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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...

Military music - Australia's Culture Portal

Military bands have accompanied Australian ceremonies, parades, church services, mess dinners and performed at concerts on innumerable occasions since then. Band musicians and band music owe a great deal to Australia's Salvation Army. Other Australian p...

Women in politics - Australia's Culture Portal

This reflected the rights of women to vote and seek election in South Australia and to vote in Western Australia, rights granted in 1895 and 1899 respectively. Indigenous women were not granted suffrage in federal elections until 1962, although Aborigina...

Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Organisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been established to bring these important health services to remote and regional Australian communities. The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides free emergency and medical care to people w...

National parks - Australia's Culture Portal

Blue Lake, Kosciuszko National Park. Australia has over 500 national parks. Most of our national parks are managed by the States and Territories of Australia; however the Commonwealth of Australia manages six national parks and a further 13 marine parks...

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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...

Journal Article - The 1901 Royal Visit to Adelaide: an Account by William and Gwendoline Bragg - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. See the background page for more information. This site is still under construction and will be changing and improving in the coming months....

PNG Royal visit   (website Department of Veterans' Affairs )

The Princess Royal visited the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery on 29 September 2005. A short service was conducted during which the Princess Royal laid a wreath at the Cross of Sacrifice in memory of the 3821 Australian and Allied service personnel bu...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

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Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=72946&search=towel&site_id=3 > 87/1423 Rack, tea towel, wood, Australia, 1920-40 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=72946&search=towel&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=369778&search=towel&site_...

P3462 Booklet, 'The Royal Visit and You', paper, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra, Australia, 1954 (OF). - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

>User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. >P3462 Booklet, 'The Royal Visit and You', paper, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra, Australia, 1954 (OF). The Museum continues to update and ...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=348334&search=1901&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=214763&search=1901&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=291334&search=1901&site_id=3 > N12204-1 Medal, commemorative, Federation 1901...

P3473 Booklet, 'The Royal Visit 1952', issued in preparation for proposed visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip to Australia in 1952, issued by the Commonwealth Government, Australia, c. 1952 (OF). - D*Hub   (website Design Hub - Your online design resource )

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P3429 Book, The Royal Visit to New South Wales, Oswald L Ziegler [editor and publisher], Australia, 1954 (OF). - D*Hub   (website Design Hub - Your online design resource )

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H8331 Souvenir sugar spoon, Royal Visit 1954, EPNS, England, c. 1954. (LC).. Showing Queen Elizabeth & Prince Phillip. Size 4 1/2". (SB). - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

>User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. Decorative Metalwork > Sugar spoons>>+ 95/76/3 Sugar spoon, silver, Rhoda Wager... >H8331 Souvenir sugar spoon, Royal Visit 1954, EPNS, England, c. ...

85/1705 Beer bottle, green glass, commemorative Royal Visit 1963-1964, Canada - D*Hub   (website Design Hub - Your online design resource )

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