NRS-15499 | Royal tours memorabilia

Full description

This series appears to be a collection of record items relating to railway arrangements for Royal Tours of New South Wales. It is likely that some of these items were removed from existing series, for example, correspondence series, to document all aspects of a Royal Tour.

There are specific transport documents including timetables plus train and ticket arrangements along with schematic diagrams of Royal train carriages. Tour programmes, luncheon and dinner menus, souvenirs, staff instructions, press clippings, details of street decorations, and correspondence have also been included in the series.

The Royal tours documented include:
T.R.H The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, May, 1901
H.R.H The Prince of Wales, June- August, 1920
The Duke and Duchess of York, 1927
H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, 1934
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, 1954
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1980

Some material included is undated.

Custody History

From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an ‘in house archives’ consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the ‘State Rail Archives’ the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.

This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R513. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R513 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.