Today is 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II visited Australia for the first time.
The young Queen, who had been on the throne for two years, was the first reigning British monarch to visit Australia - and remains the only one to do so.
When the 27-year-old sailed into Sydney Harbour on February 3, 1954, crowds clamoured to see her.
These nostalgic images tell the story.
A special crown was hung over the road to welcome the Queen to Australia, with crowds many people deep cheering and waving Union Jack flags.
The Australian flag as we know it now was officially signed in by the Queen on her visit.
The royal couple arrived at Sydney Harbour and visited every state capital except Darwin, and 40 country towns.
State Library curator Margot Riley said it was a long-awaited occasion.
"Postwar Australia was gripped by royal fever as people fell under the spell of the young Queen and her consort, following global coverage of the June 1953 coronation," Riley said.
"Excitement reached fever pitch as the glamourous young Queen and her handsome husband began their six-month tour of the Commonwealth."
The Queen waves from a car as it slowly drives through Sydney.
As well as gathering on the streets, special events were held so Aussies could see the royal couple.
In Sydney, 120,000 children and their teachers gathered in Centennial Park, the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and the Sydney Showgrounds, National Archives of Australia says.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported transporting the students took 80 trains, 209 trams and 214 buses.
Students were organised into circles so that the royal couple's Land Rover could pass within a few metres of them, and they were armed with coloured streamers attached to sticks called "wavers", to give them a special welcome.
An aerial shot of the crowds on the streets as well as the effort the city went to, to welcome the monarch, with "ER" - Elizabeth Regina - spelled out in lights on one building.
The formation of words by children in tableaux performances also happened across Australia.
In Brisbane and outside of Parliament House, they formed the phrase "OUR QUEEN". At the Wayville Showgrounds in Adelaide, they formed the word "LOYALTY" and at Manuka Oval in Canberra, "WELCOME", the NAA said.
Queen Elizabeth II heads for the Sydney Harbour Bridge on her visit.
A film was made of the special visit, it became the first feature length film produced in Australia.
A million Sydneysiders are reported to have thronged the harbour foreshore to witness the arrival of the royal yacht Britannia at Farm Cove on 3 February 1954, lining city streets and waiting for hours to catch a glimpse of the royal couple.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh wave to school children in St Leonards Park on Sydney's north shore on February 18.
During their two-month tour around the country, it's estimated that more than seven million Australians – 70 per cent of the population – attempted to see the royal visitors for themselves.
The Queen chats to ex-servicemen who served in World War I at an assembly of ex-servicemen and women on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra on February 17, 1954.
"Official photographers were present throughout the 58-day royal tour, with the media scrutinising all that the 27-year-old monarch said and did – and more especially what she wore – for circulation to a global audience," Riley said.
Crates and boxes were handy boosts to get a better view, these women discovered.
The Duke of Edinburgh reaches out to grab a bouquet of flowers from a schoolgirl in Lane Cove in Sydney's north.
A smiling Queen with the Duke of Edinburgh in his formal military uniform, alongside then-prime minister Robert Menzies, on February 3, 1954.
Plenty of cups of tea were needed while one waited to see the Queen.
Many of the images held at the library show ordinary Aussies waiting patiently for hours - even days - to see the Queen.
"In his series Waiting for the Queen, Australian photographer Max Dupain's turned his camera on the huge crowds of ordinary people – some of whom spent several nights under the stars to secure their vantage points to see the Queen in person," Riley said.
"His images show enterprising souvenir sellers and windows packed with young and old.
"People standing precariously on boxes and suitcases, on doorsteps and windowsills.
"Everyone risking heatstroke as they endure the scorching humidity of Sydney's hottest February in over a decade, stoically maintaining their vigil fortified by endless good humour and the restorative power of a cup of tea."
A couple dressed in their smart suits and hats check out the latest headlines abut the royal visit.
Newspapers were also a handyway to make some shade from the hot February sun, this group discovered.
This little girl used a picnic hamper to take a nap while waiting to see the monarch.
A group leans against railings to see the history sight of the first reigning monarch to visit Australia.
These chaps also had a little lie down while waiting for Her Majesty to arrive.
The Queen visited Australia 16 times during her 70 year reign.
Riley said the images are special.
"70 years after the event, the ongoing power of these images is also surprising, capturing the patriotic enthusiasm and charged emotions of ordinary Australians witnessing the dawn of the modern Elizabethan era," Riley said.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh wave a final farewell to New South Wales as they boarded the Royal Plane at Broken Hill to head to South Australia.