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The forgotten Australian actress In the 1930s when the movie industry was exploding in the United States, a young Australian-born actress was one of the few antipodeans attempting to make her mark in the dazzling world of fame, fortune, and fantasy. Mary Maguire, born Helene Teresa Maguire in February 1919 in Melbourne, was the second of five sisters to Mickey Maguire and Mary Jane (nee Carroll). The family moved to Brisbane and the pretty young actress was cast in her first film at the age of 16 by director Charles Chauvel in the movie Heritage. A movie about a 'fifty-year tale of Australian settlement that shaped a nation' was to help catapult the young Mary, also known as Peggy, to a career in Hollywood. The pretty young Australian actress Mary Maguire was expected to become a major star in Hollywood. "Now storming the heights of Hollywood...Seventeen years of age and a native of Brisbane, she is heading for a successful screen career." said The Newcastle Sun as she prepared to travel overseas. Contracted to Warner Bros Mary made her US debut in That Man's Here Again with comedian Hugh Herbert. Work continued with Confession, then Alcatraz Island, and Sergeant Murphy with Hollywood star Ronald Reagan. By 1938 Mary had left Warners and moved to 20th Century Fox. After appearing in Mysterious Mr. Moto, she moved to Great Britain. Her career continued with Keep Smiling, a Gracie Fields comedy and British dramas including The Outsider, Black Eyes, An Englishman's Home and This was Paris. Her married life to Robert Gordon-Canning MC was short-lived. Older than Mary by 30 years, he was a First World War veteran and had been active in far-right British politics, including organizations like the British Union of Fascists and The Link. She was keen to show her 'Bobby' the land of her birth, planning a trip back to Australia in 1940, saying their relationship was love at first sight when interviewed by The Australian Women's Weekly. While she told the magazine she didn't believe in divorce, the marriage broke down only a few years later after the couple lost their child as a baby. In 1945 Mary married Philip Henry Legarra and she returned to the US, where he worked as an engineer. Despite an attempt to re-establish her movie career, Mary didn't work in films again. She died in 1974 of tuberculosis. This was three years after her husband died and she is buried a long way from her Australian home at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California. Source: www.talesfromthegrave.org/post/the-forgotten-australian-a...

Royal Visit Record Glittering State event The Queen met more than 250 of the leading citizens of Queensland in a glittering function at Parliament House last night that is one of the highlights of Her Majesty's tour of the State. For- three-quarters of an hour, she and the Duke of Edinburgh received members of the judiciary, members and former members of the Executive Council, Members of Parliament, members of the Industrial Court, members of the services, consuls, and representatives of the churches. Cheers from the thousands of people waiting in George Street for the Royal Couple to drive to Parliament House and a fanfare from the Northern Command Band heralded their approach. Before the television cameras, movies and Press cameras, the Queen and the Duke shook hands with a succession of 262 people. In boll gown Her .M a j e s t y was escorted into the Legislative Council by the Premier (Mr. Gair), followed by the Duke and Mrs. Gair, and the remainder of the Royal party. The Queen wore a strapless gown of parchment satin, with a trail of white roses on the skirt outlined in green. It was the second appearance of this gown in Australia as she wore it to the Lord Mayor's ball in Sydney. Her Majesty wore her favorite tiara of diamond fleur de lis, a wedding gift from her late grandmother, Queen Mary. Her jewelry included diamond stud earrings, a diamond necklace and bracelet, and a true lovers' knot of diamonds fastened the sash of the Order of the Garter at the back. Miss Mavis Brown, 13, a pupil of the Dutton Park Opportunity School, Dutton Park presented Her Majesty with a bouquet in the form of the Queensland coat of arms. After Her Majesty and the Duke left the Legislative Council, they went to the Legislative Assembly to sign the visitors' book and then appeared on the balcony before the thousands of people outside Parliament House grounds. On her return to the Legislative Council guests clapped her on her way through to the official supper in the Premier's suite adjoining the Council chamber. Source: Brisbane Telegraph, 10 May 1954 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/218352786?searchTerm=%...

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Locomotive 3801 at Central station.