Their Royal Highnesses left Melbourne by train for Brisbane at noon on Saturday, and a few hours later had said good-bye to Victorian territory--had looked their last ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 20 May 1901, Page 5
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