Remembering an icon: Sisters Cheri Woods and Bev Moss remember Queen Elizabeth II over tea and biscuits.
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Megan Fisher
It wasn’t a feeling of mourning but the feeling of celebration as Tallygaroopna residents commemorated the life of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
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With Thursday, September 22 set aside for Australians to officially mourn the loss of the beloved former monarch, residents of Tallygaroopna gathered together to reminisce at the War Memorial Hall.
On display at the event was memorabilia of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, including photos used in public halls throughout the decades. Other pieces of memorabilia comprised trinkets and paintings.
One of the young attendees was even dressed up in an imitation horse riding uniform which Queen Elizabeth II often wore during the Trooping of the Colours.
Miniature queen: Eight-year-old Olivia Akers dressed as a younger version of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Megan Fisher
The turnout to the event was good with a large portion of Tallygaroopna’s population and the surrounding area in attendance.
Though Queen Elizabeth II was the centrepiece and focus of the event, organisers ensured that there were plenty of tea, scones and biscuits to go around.
Trish Moss, who helped organise the event, believes that the turnout was down to the magnetism of the former monarch and her ability to inspire love from people wherever she went.
“She’s been on the throne for so many years and she has spent her life attending public events and being there for her people,” Mrs Moss said.
Mrs Moss shared the shock and surprise of many of the public upon hearing the death of Queen Elizabeth II due to the suddenness of it all, with Mrs Moss noting she kept to her royal duties right up to her death.
Items on show: Queen Elizabeth II memorabilia including photos used in public halls.
Photo by
Megan Fisher
Attendee Glenda Dempster has been an avid royal follower since childhood and actually saw Queen Elizabeth II personally during a royal trip to Melbourne in 1963.
“I nearly touched her … she was in this car and she was only that far away (signalling an arms length).”
The late Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 at her Balmoral residence on September 8, 2022. She had reigned over the Commonwealth for 70 years and visited Australia 16 times including the Goulburn Valley area in 1952.
She was buried next to her late husband Prince Philip at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle after a state funeral at Westminster which was attended by hundreds of foreign dignitaries including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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