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Wagga Wagga Post Office, Fitzmaurice Street
The shops and public buildings in Baylis and Fitzmaurice Streets were decked out with flags and bunting for the visit of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Wagga Wagga Post Office was on the route of the Royal Progress.
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Fitzmaurice Street
The shops and public buildings in Baylis and Fitzmaurice Streets were decked out with flags and bunting for the visit of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, between the Wagga Court House and the Post…
Cox Bros, Fitzmaurice Street
The shops and public buildings in Baylis and Fitzmaurice Streets were decked out with flags and bunting for the visit of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. Trims, Cox Bros, the Rural Bank of NSW, and New Moon Motors, were on the route of the…
Waiting for the Queen
These people, waiting for the Queen and Duke to arrive, are on the corner of Baylis and Morrow Streets, Wagga Wagga. The Lyric Music House cantilever verandah was even used as a balcony by a few people, hoping to gain a vantage point.
Riverina Royal Visit Souvenir Booklet, 1954
The plans for the Royal Progress were proudly published in the Souvenir Booklet of the Royal Visit to Wagga in 1954. Those unluckly enough not be able to find a place at one of the three main stops (City Council Chambers, the Wagga Showgrounds, and…
Riverina Royal Visit Souvenir Booklet, 1954
This page from the Riverina Royal Visit Souvenir Booklet breaks down the visit of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Wagga, almost to the minute. The intention had been for them to only be in Wagga for 123 minutes. However, "the best laid…
Riverina Royal Visit Souvenir Booklet, 1954
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Wagga was just a small portion of events that were organised for the crowds on 13 February 1954, as this page from the Riverina Royal Visit Souvenir Booklet demonstrates.
A carnival was held at…
A carnival was held at…
Riverina Royal Visit Souvenir Booklet, 1954
This page from the Riverina Royal Visit Souvenir Booklet shows just a few of those people who were involved in making sure the 145 minutes that Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh were in Wagga Wagga went smoothly.
Those on the Royal Visit…
Those on the Royal Visit…