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Framed illuminated "Welcome to the City" address presented to His Excellency Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, Governor of Queensland, during his visit to Ipswich, 1932
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TitleFramed illuminated "Welcome to the City" address presented to His Excellency Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, Governor of Queensland, during his visit to Ipswich, 1932Date Created1932PublisherWhitehead Studios
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City & StateIpswich, Queensland
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DescriptionFramed illuminated address to Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, 1932. The Address reads: To His Excellency Sir Leslie Orme Wilson G.C.S.I, G.C.I.E, P.C., C.M.G., D.S.O. May it please Your Excellency. His Worship the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Ipswich, on behalf of the Citizens, desire to accord Your Excellency, Lady Wilson and Miss Wilson, the heartiest of hearty welcomes on this, your first Official visit to our City, and at the same time to assure Your Excellency of our loyalty to the throne and person of His Majesty the King. Your acceptance of the invitation to come to our City so soon after you had taken over your Official duties and responsibilities, as Governor of this large State, adds to our pleasure in according you this welcome. We have no doubt that Your Excellency will, when visiting the various parts of the State, be seized with, and will experience pleasure, in contemplating the importance of its vast mining, pastoral, agricultural, and industrial resources, and will also resolve that Ipswich has been blessed with its fair share of them all. We have in our midst, such industries as Woollen Mills, Butter Factories, Iron Foundries, Engineering Works and the Railway Workshops, one of the largest railway works in the State, which all add to the wealth of our community, and place Ipswich in the forefront as one of the strongest financial Cities of Queensland. Our City is surrounded with coal mines and is often referred to as the Coal City. Ipswich does not lack educational facilities, possessing, as well as the State Schools, a well-equipped Technical College, a Christian Brothers’ College, a Boys’ and Girls’ Grammar School (both separate institutions), and a Convent. Musically, Ipswich has become famous, as our Choirs and Bands have competed successfully in many parts of the Commonwealth. Ipswich is the second oldest Municipality in the State, Brisbane being first by only a few months; but as far as the State is concerned, history was first made at Ipswich. Limestone, now called Ipswich, was discovered by Captain Logan in 1827, and both Limestone and Brisbane were claimants for the position of the Capital City of Queensland. Indeed, on an official visit in 1842, Governor Gipps went so far as to state that Limestone should be Capital; but on his return, influential Counsels prevailed, and the centre of administration was fixed in Brisbane. Subsequently, Captain Logan led several expeditions to Limestone, and his impressions are recorded in a very fine journal, which he wrote at that time, and wherein he describes the wonderful and magnificent district he had found. We trust Your Excellency’s term of Office will be a pleasant one, and will be blessed with the restoration of all that in the past pertained, and in the future will pertain, to peace, and that you will also be blessed with health and strength to enable you to carry out your important duties. Again cordially welcoming you to our City. Given under the Seal of the Council of the City of Ipswich. Oliver Perry Mayor. B. F. Smith Town Clerk. 13th July 1932.
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EventsVice-regal visitsPeople & FamiliesSir Leslie Orme Wilson (1876-1955)SubjectsIlluminated addressesGovernorsCurated CollectionsWhitehead Studios - The Whitehead CollectionRoyal & Celebrity Visits
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