For her arrival to Sydney airport on October 18th, along with King Charles III, at the beginning of their tour of Australia and the Samoa Islands on the occasion of the Commonwealth summit, Queen Camilla wore Queen Elizabeth II's Australian Wattle Brooch.

A lovely mark of attention for her Australian hosts - but also not an unexpected choice, as this brooch had been presented to Queen Elizabeth II by the Australian government on her first visit to Australia in 1953.



I hope that this royal tour to Australia will be an opportunity for Queen Camilla to wear other jewels with an Australian connection:

- the opal and gold brooch presented as a wedding gift in 1947 to Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) by the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmens Imperial League of Australia:


- the opal and diamond demi-parure with the over-sized "Star of Andamooka" opal, presented to Queen Elizabeth II in 1953:



- the opal pendant and the opal earrings presented as wedding gifts to Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) in 1947, respectively by the city council of Brisbane and by the Queensland branches of the Royal Society of Saint George (I don't think that Queen Elizabeth II has ever worn them publicly)

- the ruby and diamond Hibiscus brooch presented by the Australian government to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1958 :