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‘Melbourne Investiture: Honours Conferred with Sword’, The West Australian, 6 November 1937

Melbourne Investiture_West Australian_6 November 1937_p18.pdf

This article from The West Australian in 1937 reports on a number of new knighthoods awarded as part of the King’s Coronation Honours. For the first time, the article informs readers, the recipients were ‘dubbed’ by the…

Tags: Accolade, authority, ceremony, chivalry, dubbing, Governor-General, honours, investiture, Kingâ€™s Coronation Honours, knight, knighthood, letters patent, Lord Gowrie, pageantry, Parliament House, sword

Investiture, Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1963, Government House, Sydney.

This photograph from 1963 shows Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and other dignatories, knighting someone at Government House in Sydney. The photograph depicts the action of 'dubbing', a light blow with the flat side of the…

Tags: ceremony, coat of arms, dubbing, Duke, Duke of Edinburgh, Elizabeth, investiture, knighthood, New Coat of Arms, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Elizabeth II, sword, Sydney

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