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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, escorted by The Governor-General of Australia, Field-Marshal Sir William Slim 1954
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, escorted by The Governor-General of Australia, Field-Marshal Sir William Slim and followed by H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh (white cap), Governor of New South Wales Lt. Gen. Sir John Northcott, Premier of New South Wales, Hon. J. J. Cahill and the Prime Minister of Australia, Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies is about to step from the landing pontoon on to Australian soil for the first time at Farm Cove, Sydney. February 3, 1954.