Royal watchers with a penchant for history are bound to love images like these.
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To coincide with the visit of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Libraries ACT staff are encouraging us to have a look through Images ACT, a treasure trove of pictures including vintage shots of visiting royals enjoying Canberra.
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The image of a young, shy looking Princess Diana stepping on to an ACTION Bus is just priceless. How many princesses does one see on an average ACTION Bus?
We're also partial to images of the Queen at Canberra landmarks some decades ago.
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The fully searchable image library is home to more than 8000 digitised photos of the territory and region and is updated every few months.
Libraries ACT director Vanessa Little said, ''By typing 'Queen Elizabeth' into the search field you will find 131 images which include previous visits by the Queen, and a lot more about the life of Canberra, including previous prime ministers, coronation celebrations both social and military, facilities named in the Queen's honour and the construction of key monuments.''
Those passionate about pictures and history can visit the ACT Heritage Library which is located upstairs at the Woden Library.
It is home to some 300,000 images, more than 63,000 catalogued public documents and more than 280 manuscript collections.