Download or read book Royal Visits to Australia written by Jane Connors and published by National Library of Australia. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of Australia’s total population of around nine million, an estimated seven million people turned out to catch a glimpse of the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1954. Sixty years later, in April 2014, television news bulletins, newspapers and social media were awash with stories of the royal visit of Prince William, his wife Catherine and their baby son George. The frequent, whirlwind royal tours of today are a far cry from those to Australia between 1867 and 1954. These stretched over months, bursting with events such as civic receptions, state banquets, military reviews, cricket matches, agricultural shows, processions, schoolchildren’s pageants and the laying of foundation stones. Occasionally shambolic, quarrelsome and raucous affairs, they were always intensely patriotic. While most of the visits described in this book are from the British Royal Family, royals from other countries appear too, including ‘Our Mary’ of the Danish Royal Family, proudly claimed by Australians as their own. Royal Visits to Australia provides a fascinating glimpse into the evolving Australian psyche and cultural identity. Although our enthusiasm for the Royal Family has waxed and waned over the decades, it is tempting to attribute the fervour of today’s young people to modern celebrity culture. Royal Visits to Australia uncovers an affection that runs much deeper than a passing crush. The book is richly illustrated with stunning full page and double-page black-and-white photos from the early years to magnificent colour photos of more recent years. Also included is a vast array of drawings, lithographs, illuminated addresses, magazine articles, programs, menus and invitation cards and other souvenirs. Royal Visits to Australia is packed with fascinating stories and firsthand accounts. Read about an assassination attempt on Prince Alfred, the first royal visitor, in 1867; the weeping and hysteria of hundreds of thousands of people at Fremantle at the departure of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, in 1901; the unprecedented scenes of wild welcome at the 1954 visit of Queen Elizabeth II, the first reigning monarch to visit Australia; allegations of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempting to assassinate Prince Philip in Sydney in 1973; media obsession with discerning romantic gestures and stories of cracks in the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, in the 1980s; and, in 2014, William and Kate’s visit, with baby George in tow, the first royal tour since the social media revolution.
Download or read book Papers Relating to Royal Visits to Australia written by Godfrey George Howy Irving and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises programmes, booklets, invitations and newspaper clipping relating to Royal visits to Australia. Includes 8 invitation cards to functions attended by the the Prince of Wales during his 1920 visit to Brisbane, all addressed to Brigadier-General G. G. H. Irving and Mrs Irving; two invitations decorated with etchings depicting figures, inviting Major General G. G. H. Irving and Mrs Irving to balls held by the Lord Mayor, 9 August 1932 and 26 October 1933; Order of Service programme for Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester's visit to the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, 11 November 1934; invitation card, sent to Lt. Col. K. A. L. Best, to attend a function with Princess Elizabeth and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh at the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1952; souvenir booklet for Pageant of Royalty to honour the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 3 June 1953; 3 invitations to Miss Sybil H. Irving to meet Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at State functions in Melbourne, 1954; Order of Service programme for Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh's attendance at St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, 28 February 1954; souvenir booklet "The Royal visit and you" published by the Commonwealth Government, 1954; clipping from the Sun, 16 February 1954, regarding Queen Elizabeth's speech in Federal Parliament; and invitation extended to Sybil H. Irving to attend a State reception in the company of Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne and the Prince of Wales, 6 April 1970.
Download or read book The Royal Tour written by Vincent Namatjira and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Records of the Proceedings and Printed Papers of the Parliament written by Australia. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook written by National Library of Australia and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 1998 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Palace Papers written by Tina Brown and published by Crown. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “addictively readable” (The Washington Post) inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana years—only to confront new, twenty-first-century crises “Frothy and forthright, a kind of Keeping Up with the Windsors with sprinkles of Keats.”—The New York Times (Notable Book of the Year) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Elle, Town & Country “Never again” became Queen Elizabeth II’s mantra shortly after Princess Diana’s tragic death. More specifically, there could never be “another Diana”—a member of the family whose global popularity upstaged, outshone, and posed an existential threat to the British monarchy. Picking up where Tina Brown’s masterful The Diana Chronicles left off, The Palace Papers reveals how the royal family reinvented itself after the traumatic years when Diana’s blazing celebrity ripped through the House of Windsor like a comet. Brown takes readers on a tour de force journey through the scandals, love affairs, power plays, and betrayals that have buffeted the monarchy over the last twenty-five years. We see the Queen’s stoic resolve after the passing of Princess Margaret, the Queen Mother, and Prince Philip, her partner for seven decades, and how she triumphs in her Jubilee years even as family troubles rage around her. Brown explores Prince Charles’s determination to make Camilla Parker Bowles his wife, the tension between William and Harry on “different paths,” the ascendance of Kate Middleton, the downfall of Prince Andrew, and Harry and Meghan’s stunning decision to step back as senior royals. Despite the fragile monarchy’s best efforts, “never again” seems fast approaching. Tina Brown has been observing and chronicling the British monarchy for three decades, and her sweeping account is full of powerful revelations, newly reported details, and searing insight gleaned from remarkable access to royal insiders. Stylish, witty, and erudite, The Palace Papers will irrevocably change how the world perceives and understands the royal family.
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Australia. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia New Zealand and the Pacific written by Phyllis Mander-Jones and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Palmer s Index to The Times Newspaper written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the period from 1790 to 1905 in The Times of London.
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Download or read book Journals of the House of Lords written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity 1919 22 written by G. H. Bennett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book thoroughly explores and analyses naval policy during the period of austerity that followed the First World War. During this post-war period, as the Royal Navy identified Japan its likely opponent in a future naval war, the British Government was forced to “tighten its belt” and cut back on naval expenditure in the interests of “National Economy”. G.H. Bennett draws connections between the early 20th century and the present day, showing how the same kind of connections exist between naval and foreign policy, the provision of ships for the Royal Navy, business and regional prosperity and employment. The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity 1919-22 engages with a series of important historiographical debates relating to the history of the Royal Navy, the failures of British Defence policy in the inter-war period and the evolution of British foreign policy after 1919, together with more mundane debates about British economic, industrial, social and political history in the aftermath of the First World War. It will be of great interest to scholars and students of British naval history.
Download or read book Celebrations in Our History written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource book for history teachers of students in years 9 to 12. The documents featured are from the Australian Archives collections and date from the 1850s to the 1950s. Includes student questions, student activities and project suggestions, and notes for teachers on the historical background and use of other sources.
Download or read book When the Weight of the Paper written by Graham Hyslop and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-01-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This aviation/travel journal is an account of the author’s experiences in 59 years of travelling the globe. His half-Scottish roots may have something to do with his yearning for a desire to visit a number of cold-weather countries that many of us might stay away from, but might like to read about! There are some tropical visits and temperate ones too, but the latest tally has been 21 landings or take-offs within the Arctic Circle, and photos included in the book show Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Svalbard (sometimes called Spitzbergen), The Falklands and Antarctica amongst others, but there are some in warmer temperature zones! Over those years of travel 124 separate trips have been made involving over 450 different flights. In the early years, many were propeller aircraft and then later jet transport but over that period 64 different types have been flown, and each is supported in the book by brief technical notes and a photo. The author’s work in airline operations and then later in the travel agency sector allowed him the opportunity to extensively travel the world and see these sights. Later in retirement, the travel bug has continued. Interspersed into the timeline of the book is the author’s autobiography of his time spent in the three countries he has lived in during his working life.
Download or read book Palmers Index to the Times Newspaper written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
