Word: victorias
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There are six states and one territory in the Australian Commonwealth: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory...
...decoration is distinct from a medal, of which the highest is the Victoria Cross-which takes precedence even over the Garter...
Died. Miss Elizabeth Lisle, 104, prominent in British society during the Victorian era; in London. Presented at court in 1845, she was fond in later years of telling how Queen Victoria slid down stairs on a tray on the eve of ascending the throne...
...recently (TIME, May 4, EDUCATION). She remembered the first steam engine and the first balloon. She remembered the days when children honied from school blackened and blued by the schoolmaster's rod. She had seen George V throned and Edward VII laid away. She had seen the great Victoria, Queen and Empress, go to her last rest and, 64 years earlier, had seen the girl Victoria take the crown. She had seen the entire reign of William IV. And in 1830, at the age of 5-two years after she had mastered the little hieroglyphics that are the alphabet...
...Represented the U. S. at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee...