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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. ...
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. The movement had begun to gather real momentum after Henry Parkes wrote to the other premiers in 1889 an...
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 Austral...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
The royal visit [music] : fifth quadrille upon popular French airs / by Charles d'Albert. Visits of state -- France -- Songs and music. Use or borrow this resource from a library, archive or organisation near you or ask your local library to arrange an ...
The royal visit [music] : fifth quadrille upon popular French airs / by Charles d'Albert. Visits of state -- France -- Songs and music. Use or borrow this resource from a library, archive or organisation near you or ask your local library to arrange an ...
Description>Set of three circular metal pin badges with brown coloured portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. The badge has the text: H-M QUEEN ELIZABETH II / ROYAL VISIT 1954 / H-R-H THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. Collection name>Professor ...
The cover features vertical stripes of red, white and blue and text "ER /ROYAL VISIT / TO / NORTH-EAST / VICTORIA / SOUVENIR". Collection name>Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. Collection statement of significanceThe Professor Peter Spearritt col...
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...
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...
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...
Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Photograph of Phillips Electrical Industries electric light decoration for the royal visit in 1954 Description>A photograph of the 'EIIR' electric light decoration created for the R...
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...
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...
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