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This man appears to be Lieutenant Governor of Alberta John J. Bowlen. A somewhat similar photograph of them in Calgary can be found in the Glenbow Archives CU1204081 (digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/asset-management/2R3BF1SYENAJ).

Yes, you are correct. The title of the photograph is for the entire series of photographs, but I will edit the title to indicate that this is Bowlen. Thank you!

The biggest news of the year, the decade, and arguably the century was the visit of the newly-crowned Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince of Edinburgh to Bundaberg. March 11 that year was proclaimed a public holiday for the occasion. A crowd of 10,000 greeted the Royals at the airport. Then 30,000 people, at places 20-deep, lined the procession route from the hospital through the CBD and finishing at the old showgrounds. Once there, the Royals spent 15 minutes driving up and down lanes of 8000 screaming, flag-waving children. The city's oldest woman, Ellen Clarry, who'd turned 100 the previous August, was invited along with her daughter, Mrs T. Broom, who she lived with, to meet the monarch. All up, 70,000 people were thought to have turned out for a brush with the Royals. About 5000 caught trains from other areas so they could be in Rum City. Source: www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/bundaberg/photos-r...

Daily newspapers filled their columns with royal updates and ‘tiny details,’ describing events on the Queen’s schedule. On 17 March on one of these occasions, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was greeted by more than 3,000 women who attended a reception for her in Brisbane’s City Hall, accompanied by Mrs. Gair, wife of the Queensland Premier, The Honourable V. C. Gair. Representatives from 18 women’s organisations were presented to the Queen and another 130 organisations carried flowers and bouquets as floral tributes to give to Her Majesty. These were later distributed among various hospitals in Brisbane. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/hear-ye-hear-ye-its-1954-and-her-...

" "I am very glad to be with you today and to have this opportunity of meeting representatives of the women's organisations of Queensland. "The wide scope of Interest you represent is sure evidence of the valuable part that is being played by the women of Queensland in this State, and in the national life of Australia, to an ever-increasing degree since the war, and no doubt because of it the influence of women is being extended beyond the home. "This is right, for there is a great deal that women can do in many spheres of public life, not only in arts and in medicine, and in education, but also in commerce and in the business of Government. "Indeed. I do not think that there is any field of human activity in which the influence of women cannot be joined profitably to that of men for the two are complementary, and together create a balanced attitude to life and its problems. THOSE GREAT VIRTUES "But woman's paramount duty will always be in the home and towards her family where the virtues that make for human welfare and happiness have their origin. "It is there that women are not only most useful but also find their truest fulfillment. "I wish you all every possible success in the work you are doing here in the great cities and outposts of settlement, and I pray the family life of Queensland will always continue to bring happiness and strength to her people." Source: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212330864?searchTerm=c... The Queen addressed the women's audience at City Hall, Brisbane 1954.