Queen Elizabeth II visited Australia 16 times throughout her 70-year reign, winning over even strong republicans.
Buckingham Palace announced her Majesty’s death at 96, prompting a global outpouring of mourning.
Australia will remember her for her dignity, selflessness, and duty.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in Australia in 1954.
The Queen enchanted Australians up close and from afar throughout 16 royal journeys and 16 prime ministers.
Hospitals, highways, races, and even mines bore her name; her likeness appeared on stamps and coinage.
In 1954, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Australia for the first time.
Her Majesty and Prince Philip landed on the SS Gothic after six weeks at sea.
As Princess Elizabeth, she was supposed to visit Australia two years earlier, but her father died while she was in Kenya, so the trip was postponed.
The royal couple visited the ACT, NSW, Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia during their six-month Commonwealth trip.
The Queen and Prince Philip left the Sydney Meyer bowl in Adelaide in a Rolls-Royce.
Queen Elizabeth II chats with riders Ron Quinton and Hilton Cope before the 1970 Queen Elizabeth Stakes in Sydney.
According to estimates, 75% of the people saw the Queen and Prince Philip in 1954. The pair is shown in Hobart’s City Hall.
The Queen grins at Brisbane’s Cultural Centre in 1982.
It’s estimated that 75% of the population saw the Queen during the tour.
Thousands lined city streets to see the 27-year-satin, old’s lace, and chiffon outfits.
She was personable and calm whether inspecting troops on parade, taking posies from schoolgirls, or meeting dignitaries.
The Royal couple enjoyed their time in Australia, setting the stage for future visits by Charles, Anne, William, and Diana and Catherine.
Juliet Rieden said in The Royals in Australia that the royal family had real fondness for Australia and that Australians of all ethnicities reciprocated.
Indigenous Australians respect the Queen more than their own politicians, she claimed.
1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.
In 1954, Queen Elizabeth II attended a ball at Sydney’s Town Hall.
In 1988, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Foreshore Development in Newcastle before traveling to Canberra for three days.
When the Queen meets Indigenous Australians, it’s elders meeting elders, and back at Buckingham Palace, she greets delegates and listens to their problems.
The Royal family owns a large collection of Aboriginal art, which is rarely reported.
The first Australians are part of the realm quietly and without fanfare.
The Queen visited Australia in 1954, 1963, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2011.
She had to perform her duties at pompous events, but she also had time for pleasure.
She watched Test cricket in Adelaide, tennis in Kooyong, and horse racing at Royal Randwick and Flemington.
In 1992, Queen Elizabeth II walked with Queen’s Cup winner Shane Dye to the winner’s circle at Royal Randwick Racecourse.
In 1963, the royal couple departed Vancouver for Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia.
The Queen remains unmoved as Bob Hawke’s horse wins the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at the Canberra Races.
Dame Joan Sutherland received the Order of Merit from Queen Elizabeth in 1992.
In 1954, the Queen received 70,000 ex-servicemembers at the MCG.
In 1963, the Queen visited Kununurra, Northern Territory, and Koolan Island, Kimberley, Western Australia.
In the 1970s, she visited Queensland’s Cunnamulla, Mount Isa, Cooktown, Townsville, Mackay, Cairns, and Longreach.
Queen Elizabeth II arrives at St John the Baptist Church in Canberra, Australia.
The Queen takes flowers from fans following a 2000 church service in Canberra.
Children applaud and cheer as the Queen visits Bourke Primary School in NSW.
In 1963, the Queen visited Kununurra, Northern Territory, and Koolan Island, Kimberley, Western Australia. 2002 photo near Cairns
On the Queen’s last visit to Australia in 2011, Julia Gillard called her a “essential constitutional pillar of Australian democracy.”
From her earlier travels, the Queen was interested in Indigenous matters and met First Nations leaders.
The royal family owns a large collection of Aboriginal paintings, which she welcomed to Buckingham Palace.
The Queen watched cricket in Adelaide, tennis at Melbourne’s Kooyong, and horse racing at Royal Randwick and Flemington. At the 1982 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Brisbane.
In 1954, the Queen received 70,000 ex-servicemembers at the MCG. She met a World War II veteran at Hobart’s 1988 Anzac Day ceremony.
The Queen visited Australia in 1954, 1963, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2011. 1981 photo
In 2011, then-prime minister Julia Gillard called the Queen a ‘essential constitutional pillar of Australian democracy’ During her journey, she visited Perth.