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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.
March 1954: Source: Woolloongabba Police Station illuminations - Royal Visit, Brisbane, March 1954 published by Queensland State Archives on Flickr: Author: Lands Department of the Queensland Government
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited Rockhampton on 15 March 1954. Plans for another royal visit to Rockhampton commenced in October 1951 when Minister in Charge of the Royal Visit Eric Harrison confirmed Rockhampton was included as a city that Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh would ...
As King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive Down Under, take a look back at the history of the royals in Australia.
The King is embarking on his 16th official visit and 17th overall to Australia – but his first as the country’s monarch. Royal tours of Australia: Security scares, a kiss and the baby ...
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]
1 March - Adelaide and large parts of southern South Australia are shaken by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake, resulting in the injuries of 16 people, and a damage bill of £17 million (2017: $578 million). 3 April – Vladimir Petrov, a Soviet diplomat, defects to Australia, sparking the Petrov Affair; Shirley Bliss wins the Miss Australia Quest
Menzies oversaw an effusive welcome to Queen Elizabeth II on the first visit to Australia by a reigning monarch, in 1954. However, as British influence declined in South East Asia, the US alliance came to have greater significance for Australian leaders and the Australian economy. British investment in Australia remained significant until the ...