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Penrith sees the Queen and the Queen (almost) sees Penrith

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In February 1954, the Queen visited Australia for the first time. This was a time when most Australian were royalists and republican sentiment was just a murmur. Royalists or not, a visit to see the Queen was more or less forced on school children whether they wanted to see her or not. The Cricket Ground […]

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