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Royal Train at Thornleigh, New South Wales, 9 February 1954
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DescriptionThe Queen arrived in in Australia, with her husband the Duke of Edinburgh on 3 February 1954 she undertook a journey through the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, including greeting 70,000 ex-servicemen and women at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and opening the Australian Parliament in Canberra. In all, the Queen travelled 10,000 miles by air, making approximately 33 flights, 2000 miles by road (130 hours in cars in 207 trips), visiting all capitals except Darwin and 70 country towns, many by special "royal trains"
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Royal Train at Thornleigh, New South Wales, 9 February 1954. Hornsby Shire, accessed 27/04/2026, https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/3774