Queen St - Celebration Through the Decades

A DigitalNZ Story by School Kit

Photographs of parades and celebrations on Queen Street. For use by students engaged in the Something Happened Here

Queen Street, Auckland, National Values, Change, Celebration, Parades, Identity

1890s - Electric Light and Labour Day 

Image: Queen Street decorations

Queen Street decorations

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Image: Labour Day Parade, 1906

Labour Day Parade, 1906

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1900s - Royal Visits, Modern Transport, Triumphal Arches, Imperial Troops.

1914-1918 - Going to war 

Image: Auckland's war volunteers

Auckland's war volunteers

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And coming home from the First World war (1918-20)

Image: World War I

World War I

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1930s - change in values 

1940's

Image: HMS Achilles Parade

HMS Achilles Parade

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Image: HMS Achilles parade

HMS Achilles parade

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1950s - A growing national and regional identity

Image: Royal limousine on Queen Street, Auckland, 1953

Royal limousine on Queen Street, Auckland, 1953

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Carnival, Queen Street, Auckland

Carnival, Queen Street, Auckland

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Elephants in procession, Queen Street]

[Elephants in procession, Queen Street]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: The Last Tram, 1956

The Last Tram, 1956

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1960s - a more relaxed view of ourselves

Image: Royal Tour

Royal Tour

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Image: Children line the streets to see Farmers Christmas Parade in Auckland, 1968

Children line the streets to see Farmers Christmas Parade in Auckland, 1968

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Float of Dreams, 1967

Float of Dreams, 1967

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1970's - Christmas Parades celebrating stories that look to Britain

1980's - American culture begins to influence us