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Below is a list of foreign visits made by Queen Victoria during her reign, which lasted from 1837 until 1901, giving the names of the places she stayed and any known reasons for her visit.
The following year a visit was made in early 2011 by Prince William to flood damaged areas of Queensland and Victoria. Queen Elizabeth II emerges from St John's Church, Reid, ACT after attending the service on 23 October 2011. In October 2011, Queen Elizabeth II visited a number of cities in her role as Queen of Australia and Head of the ...
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors —constituted the Victorian era .
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 ...
Charles and Camilla’s six-day trip to Canberra and Sydney marks the King’s first trip to Australia as its head of state.
Queen Elizabeth II reads a speech in Sydney during her visit in Australia in 1954. In 1954, Queen Elizabeth II became the first reigning Australian monarch to visit Australia. Her presence provided a sense of certainty to the nation, as well as focusing world attention on Australia. [23]
After Prince Albert died at Windsor Castle in December 1861, Queen Victoria continued to visit Osborne House because it was one of her favourite homes. In 1876, as a tribute to Queen Victoria, the Government House in the colony (now State) of Victoria, Australia, was constructed as a copy of Osborne House.
The royal visit to Australia includes a Monday reception at Parliament House in Canberra, the capital, where the king will meet with Albanese. But the premiers of Australia’s six states — New ...