Royal visit of the Prince of Wales

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Identifiernot specifiedDate24th June 1920Photographernot specifiedDescriptionThe Prince of Wales visited Brooklyn during his Australian royal tour in 1920.
This photograph shows the Prince and Jack Lang both smoking pipes while travelling up the Hawkesbury River. In 1920, Jack Lang was the State treasurer in John Storey's Labor government.

The Royal tour commenced in May 1920 and ended in August of that year. Although he pledged to ‘come back whenever I can’ and serve Australia ‘truly all his life’, the King-to-be would never return.

After briefly ascending the throne after the death of his father in 1936, he abdicated in favour of his brother Albert, the Duke of York, in 1936.

The newspaper article about the visit to Brooklyn is from the Sydney Morning Herald Friday June 25, 1920 page 9.

2nd image: The 1920 Royal tour commemorative medal which was minted for schoolchildren.Physical FormatHawkesbury River

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Building NamePrince of WalesRoyal visitHawkesbury RiverPalm treesBrooklyn

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External Link<National Library Australia>

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Royal visit of the Prince of Wales