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Staff, students and visitors gathered at the entrance to the Wagga Wagga Teachers' College (at the Dame Mary Gilmore Gates in College Avenue) on the occasion of the opening of the E.H. Graham Memorial Gates in Urana Street.

Mrs. Phyllis White, daughter of Eddie Graham, cuts the ribbon at the opening of the EH Graham Memorial Gates, with the Premier of NSW, Mr JJ Cahill, looking on.

Vice-Principal George Muir spoke at the opening of the EHG Memorial Gates, in the absence of George Blakemore, who was seriously ill at the time.

The E.H.G. Memorial Gates were a gift to the College from the students of the 1958-1959 Session and memorialised the State Member for Wagga Wagga, Mr. Edgar H. Graham, who had died in office the previous year. The gates were installed at the entrance…

The Hon. Eddie Graham, Member for Wagga Wagga and Minister of Agriculture, greets Queen Elizabeth as she alights from the open-top car in Baylis Street. Mrs Ivy Graham (we assume...) stands just a little behind him.

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…

The EH Graham Memorial Gates at the Urana Street entrance to the Wagga Wagga Teachers' College ovals.