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During her first royal tour of Queensland in March 1954, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was accompanied by her husband His Royal Highness Prince Phillip, The Duke of Edinburgh. HRH Queen Elizabeth II captured the hearts of the Queensland people. Following the austerity and impact of the Second World War (1939 – 1945) and the death of her father King George VI in 1952, our nation's fascination with the Royal family was significant. We greeted Queen Elizabeth II with open arms on her first official tour as the new monarch. Streetscapes identified as the official route for the motorcade were highly decorated and festooned with colorful flags and banners. In the 50s, many business houses displayed signage and billboards on exterior façades, welcoming the young Queen to our state. An overseas correspondent traveling with the Royal party observed… “The more I see of it the more I feel that Queen Elizabeth is satisfying some human urge across the face of the whole Western world... the mystique of her sovereignty acknowledged so emotionally is no doubt the basis of this appeal.” Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/hear-ye-hear-ye-its-1954-and-her-...

Does anyone know where the slum areas of Newcastle were?

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Smoking cigars while holding babies, as magnates do.

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Cheers for that erm.. museums!

Prince Edward visited Warwick for about an hour, on Monday 26 July 1920. He arrived at Warwick by train at 3 pm and was greeted by the Mayor, Alderman R. E. Gillam. A band played the National Anthem and the Prince was escorted through the main entrance of the railway station to where returned soldiers were drawn up in files. He passed here and there through the ranks, shook hands with one or two of the men, and chatted for an instant before passing onto another. He then stepped into the waiting car and was driven down Grafton Street to the cheering of the people. The car took him to the Rotunda in Leslie Park where the Prince received a gift of painted views of Warwick. The Prince was then driven back to the railway station. The train moved off to the accompaniment of ringing cheers, with the Prince standing on the platform at the rear of the rail car. (Information taken from The Warwick Daily News, 27 July 1920, p. 5.)