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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 121732 Queensland Jubilee 1859-1909 postcard.jpg en Queensland Jubilee 1859-1909 postcard Queensland Jubilee 1859-1909 postcard including the allegorical figure of Britannia and an image of a warship Represented is the outline of Queensland's coast tropical fruit flora wool and stock a waterfall and the state badge the imperial crown superimposed on a Maltese cross An acrostic poem spelling Q-U-E-E-N-S-L-A-N-D is also included Queensland the fairest Dominion that stands/ Under the Union Jack / Ever progressing most virile of lands;/Energy never grown slack /Now in the pride of her jubilee she/Stands as a model both loyal and free /Loyal to Britain more loyal are none /And free with the Freedom that confidence won /Never had Empire a province more fair /Daughter of Britain of radiant air Postcard is number 118 in the Curlew Series 1909 handle 10462/deriv/109789 Copied and digitised from an original Falk and Wilkins colour postcard PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Black and white photographs 1909 in Australia Anniversaries Queensland Images of postcards from the State Library of Queensland | ||||
