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Queen Elizabeth II visiting Australia

Last Monday was Queen's Birthday Holiday in Australia (excluding WA and QLD) so in this post wanted to recall the Queen's visits to the country. Many members of the British Royal family visited Australia, you can read more in my previous post. The early royal tours stretched over months, full of official events such as... Read more »
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Royal visits to Brisbane – Part 1

When I was researching about Annerley for blog posts I came across the history of Princess Alexandra Hospital located in this suburb. The institution was named to honour Princess Alexandra who visited to celebrate Queensland’s centenary year in 1959. 100 years earlier Queen Victoria signed the Letters Patent to create the colony of Queensland on 6... Read more »