Royal visit

Pineapple invitation, 1920. Inside pages of an invitation to a banquet held by the Government of Queensland for the visit of HRH Prince of Wales, 1920 at Finney’s Café, Brisbane.

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Decorations for Queen Elizabeth's first Brisbane visit, Treasury Building, Brisbane, 1954. Slide by Allan Webb, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

The Queen in Queensland was the feature subject in Pix magazine on 27 March 1954. The cover showed the Queen arriving at the State Recepiton at Parliament House, Brisbane, greeted by the State Premier Vince Gair. Other pages featured photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Brisbane, Toowoomba, Townsville, and Cairns. Much was made of the weather and the mix of formality and informality surrounding the tour. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Royal Visit, Townsville, 1954

Townsville, QLD

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1 January 1954

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Townsville, QLD

Australia

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4 August 2010

Collection of the State Archives of Queensland

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Map of the City of Townsville, overprinted with the route in red to be taken by the Queen through Townsville. After landing at the airport, the Royal Tour proceeded by car down Flinders Street West to the Sports Ground Reserve and then via the Strand, Wickham and Palmer streets to the Wharf to board the Royal Yacht for Cairns. Such maps gave visitors the best vantage points to see the Queen. From a collection of maps, 'Maps of Queensland and Places to be visited', 1954, Collection of the State Archives of Queensland.

Air route of the Queen's visit, 1954

QLD

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1 January 1946

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QLD

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4 August 2010

Brisbane

Survey Office, Department of Public Lands

Collection of Queensland State Archives

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This map was produced by the Survey Office, Department of Public Lands, Brisbane, in March 1946 and issued in conjunction with the Royal Visit, 1954. The map has been overprinted in red with details of the Royal Visit showing the route, mode of transport, distance in miles and dates of the itinerary. Although the Queen travelled more than 3000 km, her itinerary only reached as far inland as Toowoomba, with Queenslanders travelling from inland areas to see her in coastal regional cities. Collection of Queensland State Archives.