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Belonging to the British Empire

The death of the Queen … cast on the Empire a shadow like the blackness of an eclipse, and nowhere was that shadow darker than in Australasia … she was the symbol – the human embodiment – of the Empire…

W. H. Fitchett, author and editor,
Review of Reviews for Australasia,
20 February 1901

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Queen Victoria’s statue with mourning wreaths, Queen’s Square, Sydney
Queen Victoria’s statue
with mourning wreaths,
Queen’s Square, Sydney

F Lassetter
1901
State Library of New South Wales
 
 
 
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