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- Since 1867, the British royal family has visited Australia over fifty times, with only six visits before 1954.
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Since 1867, the British royal family has visited Australia over fifty times, with only six visits before 1954. Elizabeth II is the first and only reigning monarch of Australia to have set foot on Australian soil; she first did so on 3 February 1954, when she was 27 years old.
His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty Queen Camilla will visit Australia from 18 to 23 October. Find out more about the 2024 Royal Visit.
Sep 12, 2024 · The last time the British royals visited Australia was in April 2018, when they represented Queen Elizabeth at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, and opened the ceremony.
Jul 14, 2024 · King Charles and Queen Camilla last visited Australia in 2018 when the Commonwealth Games were hosted on the Gold Coast. The pair also visited the Northern Territory.
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The queen’s 1954 tour took place during a time described by historian Ben Pimlott as the age of “British Shintoism”. Deference to the Crown was paramount in Britain and the Commonwealth, and many Australians were madly enthusiastic about their queen. After her arrival at Farm Cove in Sydney on February 3 1954, Elizabeth II became the first British ...
During her first two tours in 1954 and 1963, the Australia laid-out for display for the queen was depicted as having gone from being a small colonial settlement to a thriving economy that had ridden to prosperity “on the sheep’s back”. The queen was treated to endless displays of sheep shearing, surf carnivals, wood chopping, whip cracking, and mas...
As early as the 1963 tour, the nation-wide royal fervour had dimmed a little. The 1963 visit witnessed smaller crowds and fewer mass public events. When Prime Minister Robert Menzies courted the queen with the now-famous line, “I did but see her passing by, and yet I love her till I die”, the ensuing blushes – including the queen’s own – reflected ...
By the 12th tour in 1992, the cost of the queen’s visits to Australia were increasingly scrutinised by a public feeling largely indifferent about the royal family. The prime minister of the day, Paul Keating, was seen not so much as an entranced liege lord revelling in the opportunity to see his sovereign “passing by” as one who instead – unthinkin...
- Giselle Bastin
Oct 19, 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II’s last visit to Australia was in October 2011. In 1954, the late queen opened the NSW parliament, marking the beginning of the sitting session for that year.
Jul 15, 2024 · Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, along with the Governor-General Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, will welcome Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Australia in October this year. This will be The King’s first visit to Australia as Sovereign.
