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  2. Royal tours of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Queen Elizabeth II reads a speech in Sydney, 1954. Since 1867, the British royal family has visited Australia over fifty times, with only six visits before 1954. Elizabeth II was the first reigning monarch of Australia to have set foot on Australian soil; she first did so on 3 February 1954, when she was 27 years old.

  3. Royal visits to Rockhampton, Queensland - Wikipedia

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    The Queen became the first reigning Australian monarch to set foot on Australian soil when she arrived in Sydney on 3 February 1954. In 1953, it was announced that, subject to royal assent , the northern approach to the newly constructed Fitzroy Bridge would be called Queen Elizabeth Drive to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II .

  4. The Queen in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Queen in Australia is a 1954 documentary about the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Australia in 1954. It was the first colour film made in Australia. [2] It was released in the US by the Australian government information service. [3]

  5. A Look Back at Royal Tours of Australia, from Queen ... - AOL

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    Queen Elizabeth, then Princess Elizabeth, had been en route to Australia as part of a larger royal tour on Feb. 6, 1952 when she found out, at just 25 years old, that her father King George VI ...

  6. The Best Photos of the British Royal Family in Australia ...

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    For decades, the British royal family has regularly made trips to Australia. Queen Elizabeth herself visited Australia 16 times, the first trip coming in 1954, when she became the first reigning ...

  7. List of state visits made by Elizabeth II - Wikipedia

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    Presentation of a book of the Six Decades of H.M.The Queen's Commonwealth and State Visits, 18 December 2012. Queen Elizabeth II undertook a number of state and official visits over her 70-year reign (1952 to 2022), [1] as well as trips throughout the Commonwealth, making her the most widely travelled head of state in history.

  8. List of official openings by Elizabeth II in Australia

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    4 February 1954 King George V and King George VI Memorial: Hyde Park, Sydney: NSW: 5 February 1954 Remembrance Driveway: Sydney–Canberra: NSW/ACT: 5 February 1954 Third session of the twentieth Parliament of Australia: Canberra: ACT: 15 February 1954 Australian-American Memorial: Canberra: ACT: 16 February 1954 Sesquicentenary Memorial ...

  9. List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II - Wikipedia

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    The Queen meeting Australian entertainers who performed in a Royal Charity Concert at the Sydney Opera House, 1980 The Queen posing with the New Zealand Cabinet during her visit to New Zealand, 1981 The Queen surrounded by children in Queen Street Mall, Brisbane City, 1982 The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Closing Ceremony of the XII ...