The Queen’s Album
The Queen’s Album explores the unique story of a series of photographs gifted to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in 1882 on behalf of the people of NSW.
The album contained 64 photographic images of sites and scenes in Sydney and regional NSW that were constructed to promote the state as a progressive and desirable place and to consolidate its position within the British Empire. At the time, the album was described as a ‘graceful tribute of loyalty’ to Queen Victoria. Today, its whereabouts is unknown. The Queen’s Album gives us a rare glimpse of a changing colony seeking to establish its identity in the world.
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Past venues
Parliament of New South Wales
Fountain Court
5 to 27 May 2021
Newcastle City Library - War Memorial Cultural Centre
15 Laman Street, Newcastle 2300
25 September to 2 November 2019
Everglades House and Gardens gallery
37 Everglades Avenue, Leura 2780 NSW
11 to 27 July 2019
Government House Sydney
Macquarie Street, Sydney
24 May to 16 June 2019