Victoria Collection

Little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor), two standing on rocks at night, silhouetted against Melbourne city lights. St Kilda breakwater, Victoria, Australia. December 2016

Queen Victoria
QUEEN VICTORIA As Empress of India, 1887

Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey, was one of the first womens colleges in England, when it was opened by Queen Victoria in 1886. Designed by W.H. Crossland for T. Holloway

Queen Victoria family tree 1897
Queen Victorias family tree Date: 1897 Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840

Queen Victoria
Colour portrait of Queen Victoria produced for her Golden Jubilee, 1887

Victoria province, Australia, 1800s
Map of Victoria, Australia, 1870s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

John Jack Travers Cornwell, Battle of Jutland
John Jack Travers Cornwell (1900-1916), posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery on HMS Chester during the Battle of Jutland

Cricket match at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Short Solent Passener Flying Boat - Victoria Falls - Zambesi
A Short Solent Passenger Flying Boat (G-AHIN) close to the Victoria Falls on the Zambesi River - Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). Date: circa 1949

Royal Coat of Arms
The royal coat of arms of Queen Victoria

Suffragette W. S. P. U Holloway Brooch
The Holloway Brooch, designed by Sylvia Pankhurst, for presentation to W.S.P.U released prisoners. It depicts the portcullis symbol of the House of Commons with chains and broad arrows in purple

The Pipe Organ of St Pauls Cathedral in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
St Pauls Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The cathedral was built in stages and is one of the City of Melbournes major landmarks

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their Children
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Consort Albert (1819-1961) and their Family (from top left, going across and then down): Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa)

Victoria Tower on Castle Hill, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
View of the Victoria Tower on Castle Hill, overlooking Huddersfield, Yorkshire. The tower was opened in 1899 to commemorate Queen Victorias 60+ year reign. Date: 1940s

Map of Victoria Park
The proprosed plan of Victoria Park, Bethnal Green. The entire tract of land lying between the Hackney and Whitechapel roads contains about 290 acres

Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim, c. 1890
Photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, pictured at her writing desk, c.1890

Fairmont Empress Hotel, James Bay Inner Harbour, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Wombat (Vombatus ursinus), Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Big Ben and London Tram
A wet evening at the Westminster Bridge end of the Victoria Embankment, with Big Ben showing the light which indicates that Parliament is sitting. Note also the tram

ZULU WAR 1880
Privates Flawn and Fitzpatrick each win a Victoria Cross during an attack on Sekukunis town

Dunville Park and Royal Victoria Hospital, Falls Rd. Belfast - a view of a lot of children in the park beside a fountain, there is a park cleaner in centre frame

Australia, Victoria, Melbourne. Yarra River and city skyline by night

The Goring Hotel, Victoria, London. A photograph taken not too long after the opening of this luxurious London Hotel (in 1910 by founder Otto Richard Goring)

Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, VC
Captain Noel G. Chavasse was Medical Officer to the 1/ 10th Battalion of the Kings Liverpool Regiment during the First World War

Michael O leary Poster
Recruitment poster from WWI encouraging men to join an Irish regiment and emulate the bravery of their fellow countryman, Sergeant Michael O Leary VC

Queen Victoria
QUEEN VICTORIA Circa 1845

The colorful Brighton Bathing Boxes, Melbourne, Australia
The iconic colorful beach huts of the Brighton Bathing Boxes with Melbourne skyline in the background

POSTAGE STAMP, 1840. The Penny Black of Great Britain, engraved by Frederick Heath and printed by Perkins Bacon & Co. Issued on 6 May 1840, it was the worlds first adhesive postage stamp

Five adjacent pubs in Portsmouth, Hampshire
Portsmouth was a town of many wonders in 1911. One of them was the possession of five fully licensed houses standing next to each other

Queen Victoria and Munshi Abdul Karim, 1900
Queen Victoria, Empress of India, listening to a despatch describing the elation of the troops at the services they had rendered to the Queen. Her Indian servant, Munshi Abdul Karim, supports her

Queen Victoria
QUEEN VICTORIA With Albert, Edward, Princess Royal, Alice, Alfred and Helena at Osborne. Date: Circa 1848

Queen Victoria with King George and Queen Mary, 1893
Photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, with her grandson King George V and his wife Queen Mary, pictured at Osborne House, 1893

View over Hong Kong from Victoria Peak, the illuminated skyline of Central sits below The Peak, Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China, Asia

MOTOR BUS
A classic double-decker of the London General Omnibus Company on the 11 route which still links Liverpool Street with Victoria via Charing Cross

Fore Street looking east towards The Square, Probus, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A mixed group of mainly children pose for the photographer, including two people in the upstairs rooms of the Hawkins Arms

Beauchamp falls
Beauchamp Falls, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

City Circle tram in Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Victoria Falls at Sunrise, by Thomas Baines
Victoria Falls at Sunrise with The Smoke or Spraycloud, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). Date: 1863

Daisy Bell by Harry Dacre
Promotional music sheet for Daisy Bell music hall song of 1892 by Harry Dacre and sung by Katie Lawrence shown here in typical cycling costume

Hong Kong city skyline and Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, China
The city skyline of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, China

The Day Dream, 1880 By Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882). English poet, illustrator and painter. Victoria and Albert Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

England. London. The Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton. Great
The Crystal Palace. Cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London for Great Exhibition of 1851. Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865). Victoria and Albert Museum

Princess Alexandra with her five children
Princess Alexandra of Wales (1844 1925) (later Queen Alexandra consort) of Edward VII, photographed with her five children (left to right) Princess Victoria, who remained single

British Military Recruitment Poster - Inter-war period
Recruitment poster, Join the Lancashire Fusiliers, 1920 (c). Printed by Gale and Polden Ltd, 1920 (c). Includes photographs of Victoria Cross winners from the regiment. Date: 1920

Battenberg family, 1906
Prince Louis of Battenberg, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven with his wife, Princess Victoria of Hesse, their four children, their son-in-law and two grandchildren

Halls Gap in Grampians National Park, Victoria

Griffiths Island lighthouse, port fairy, Victoria, Australia

Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia
Known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, the " smoke that thunders", the falls are situated on the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe

Basilica of St. George, Victoria (Rabat), Gozo Island, Malta, Mediterranean, Europe

Marriage certificate, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
Marriage certificate of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

Three Coldstream Guards -- Crimean Braves
Three Coldstream Guards posing in uniform, with their weapons, in a photograph entitled Crimean Braves. The men are Joseph Numa, John Potter and James Deal

Braemar Gathering, men in kilts
Scene at the annual Braemar Gathering, showing three men in traditional Highland costume and one man in a suit. Braemar in Scotland holds an annual Highland Games Gathering on the first Saturday in

Rainforest, Bunyip State Park, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Queen Victoria
QUEEN VICTORIA With family

Queen Victoria C1880
QUEEN VICTORIA Circa 1880

Queen Victoria a Portrait from 1852

Ww1 / 1916 / British Troops
British troops returning to France after leave; boarding the troop train at Victoria Station, London

Australian V8 Supercars
Jamie Whincup (AUS) Team Vodafone 888 Commodore finished race 11 in 3rd. Australian V8 Supercars, Rd6, Winton Raceway, Victoria, Australia, 16 May 2010

Colourful beach huts on Dendy Street Beach, Brighton, City of Bayside, Victoria, Australia

Queen Victoria, c1890. Victoria (1819-1901) became Queen in 1837 and Empress of India in 1877

The Royal Family of Great Britain 1897 (the year of Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee). 1897

Victoria and Albert Museum, London - Aston Webb Front - the final modified design - opened in 1909. Date: 1903

Mrs Congreve, wife of a VC and mother of a VC
Mrs Congreve, wife of General Sir Walter Norris Congreve, VC and mother of Major Congreve. The latter was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at at Longueval, France

Tatler front cover - Mrs La Touche Congreve and baby daughte
Mrs William La Touche Congreve, wife of Major William ( Billy ) La Touche Congreve V.C. pictured with her baby daughter, Mary Gloria Congreve, born 21 March 1917

Sunset at Cape Nelson
Cape Nelson lighthouse at sunset, Portland, Victoria, Australia

Emigrant Ship Leaving Belfast (1852). Wilson, James Glen 1827-1863. This painting, by a young artist from County Down, shows a departing ship, probably bound for America

Loch Ard Gorge
The Loch Ard Gorge is part of Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia, just a few minutes drive west of The Twelve Apostles

Royal Victoria Docks
12th June 1972: Ships at the Royal Victoria Docks, London. (Photo by Chris Djukanovic/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Queen Victoria and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
Queen Victoria with her grandson Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (later Kaiser Wilhelm II) during the 1860 s. Date: c.1865

Unveiling Statue - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Newcastle-upon-Tyne - King Edward VII unveils the statue of his late Mother Queen Victoria at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, July 11th, 1906. The sculpture was made by George James Frampton (1860-1928)

Marquess and Marchioness of Anglesey
Sir Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey GCVO (1885-1947) and his bride, Lady Victoria Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland

Queen Victoria with the Munshi
Queen Victoria at her desk, assisted by her servant Abdul Karim, the Munshi

Queen Victoria with her dog, Sharp
Queen Victoria at Balmoral in 1867 with her dog, Sharp

A Selection of Bicycles, 1888
Engraving of a selection of bicycles on display at the Stanley Show of 1888. In the centre is The Coventry Machinists Companys Coolie Cycle Cab built for the Sultan of Morocco and at bottom left

Organ - Tippoos Tiger
The unusual organ Tippoos Tiger, constructed to the order of Tippoo Sahib (1753- 1799), Sultan of Mysore, and represents the mauling of an East India Company Officer

Zimbabwe / Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia, south-east Africa

Label, Victoria, Murcia
Label from the HOTEL VICTORIA, MURCIA (Spain) features Spanish dancers

Rescued and orphaned Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in captivity, feeds on the nectar of a flowering native eucalyptus tree. ÔÇ¿Black Rock, Victoria, Australia

Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

The Twelve Apostles limestone stacks, Port Campbell National Park, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

City tram passing Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

City skyline of Melbourne at sunset and Princes Bridge over the Yarra River, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm
Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign, 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904)

Queen Victoria opening Parliament 1886
Queen Victoria opening Parliament, Lord Chancellor Baron Halsbury reading the Queens speech at Westminster Palace, London. Date: 21st January 1886

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"Victoria: A Tapestry of History, Nature, and Majesty" In the enchanting darkness of a December night in 2016, two little blue penguins find solace on the rocks at St Kilda breakwater. Their silhouettes dance against the mesmerizing backdrop of Melbourne city lights, showcasing the captivating beauty of Victoria, Australia. This breathtaking image became a joint winner in the COP26 Countdown Photo Competition 2021. Delving into history, we encounter Queen Victoria herself. Her reign marked an era of grandeur and influence that echoes through time. The intricate branches of her family tree in 1897 reveal a lineage intertwined with power and legacy. Venturing further back to the 1800s, we discover Victoria province in Australia—a land rich with stories waiting to be unveiled. From its vibrant cities to its serene landscapes, this region has witnessed countless tales unfold over centuries. The majestic Pipe Organ at St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne stands as a testament to both artistry and devotion. Its resounding melodies have filled hearts with awe for generations. Shifting gears from music to aviation, we stumble upon Michael O'Leary's poster—an emblematic representation of ambition taking flight amidst Victorian skies. Returning our gaze to royalty once more, we find ourselves captivated by Queen Victoria's regal presence. Her grace and strength continue to inspire admiration even today. Across oceans lies another jewel named Victoria—the Fairmont Empress Hotel nestled within James Bay Inner Harbour on Vancouver Island. This architectural marvel invites visitors into a world where elegance meets natural splendor. Nature enthusiasts are drawn towards Wilsons Promontory National Park where wombats roam freely amidst breathtaking vistas—proof that harmony between wildlife and humans is possible even in Pacific lands like Victoria. Symbolism takes shape through the Royal Coat of Arms—a proud emblem representing heritage and tradition that resonates deeply within every corner of this remarkable place called Victoria.