It’s hard to believe that when the Duchess of Cornwall and York visited Tasmania in 1901, debate raged over whether she should be presented with a rug of platypus fur or, alternatively, that of the black brush tail possum. 😨 The level of excitement in Australia over
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In 1928 the Australian government decided to present a Christmas cake to the Duke and Duchess of York. The main objective was to promote the nation’s agricultural products, the culmination of a year long initiative. All the ingredients used in the cake were produced in this country.
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In a now famous reference to Queen Elizabeth; ‘I did but see her passing by, and yet I’ll love her until I die.’ Prime Minister of Australia R.M. Menzies. (1963) Early in February 1954, a group of WWI diggers travelled down to Sydney to see the young
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