Past events

The Royal Queensland Show and the Queensland Government have teamed up to offer a special class in the "Ekka" Cake Decorating competition to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

In celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Australian Mint is proud to release this 2022 50c Fine Silver Proof Coin.

Between 2 to 5 June 2022, more than 80 iconic buildings and monuments around Australia will be illuminated in royal purple to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

To commence Platinum Jubilee celebrations, on Thursday 2 June 2022, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon will be lit on Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin.

On Saturday 4 June 2022, at approx. 11.30 am members of the public can view a 21 Gun Salute and RAAF flypast from vantage points around Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin Central Basin (weather permitting).

On Saturday 4 June 2022, a ceremony will be held to rename Aspen Island on Lake Burley Griffin to Queen Elizabeth II Island.

In 2022 to mark the Platinum Jubilee, the Royal Commonwealth Society will again deliver The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition, the world’s oldest international schools’ writing competition.

From Shakespeare to Winehouse, the National Portrait Gallery London holds the world’s most extensive collection of portraits.

See a customised 1958 Land Rover utility used by Queen Elizabeth II in Australia. This vehicle from the National Museum of Australia's collection is one of a fleet of Land Rovers used for royal tours and other vice-regal occasions between the 1950s and 1970s.