Papers relating to Royal visits to Australia. 1920-1970.

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Papers relating to Royal visits to Australia. 1920-1970.

Comprises programmes, booklets, invitations and newspaper clipping relating to Royal visits to Australia. Includes 8 invitation cards to functions attended by the the Prince of Wales during his 1920 visit to Brisbane, all addressed to Brigadier-General G.G.H. Irving and Mrs Irving; two invitations decorated with etchings depicting figures, inviting Major General G.G.H. Irving and Mrs Irving to balls held by the Lord Mayor, 9 August 1932 and 26 October 1933; Order of Service programme for Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester's visit to the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, 11 November 1934; invitation card, sent to Lt. Col. K.A.L. Best, to attend a function with Princess Elizabeth and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh at the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1952; souvenir booklet for Pageant of Royalty to honour the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 3 June 1953; 3 invitations to Miss Sybil H. Irving to meet Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at State functions in Melbourne, 1954; Order of Service programme for Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh's attendance at St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, 28 February 1954; souvenir booklet "The Royal visit and you" published by the Commonwealth Government, 1954; clipping from the Sun, 16 February 1954, regarding Queen Elizabeth's speech in Federal Parliament; and invitation extended to Sybil H. Irving to attend a State reception in the company of Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne and the Prince of Wales, 6 April 1970.

2.0 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7037504

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Irving, Godfrey George Howy, 1867-1937.

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Irving, J. C. (John Carlyle), 1897-1973

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Windsor, House of.

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