Ceremonies - Royal Visits and city ceremonial achievements
1897
- 4 November, 1897
official inauguration of the railways although the
first train arrived in
Bulawayo on October 18.
1901 - 2 February, 1901
Memorial for Queen Victoria, (Alexandrina
Victoria)
1904 - 16 September 1904. Royal Visit Princess Helena and Princess Christian
the first
Royal visitors to the Victoria Falls
1906 - February 1906. Lord
Selborne visit to Bulawayo
1911 - Lord Gladstone was the first
Governor General of South Africa.
1925 - 30 April - 19 July 1925. Edward
Prince of Wales the Prince
toured Southern Africa.
1930 -
1933 - Queen 40 years anniversary
1940 - Jubilee
1947 - Royal Tour was made by their
Majesties King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and their two daughters,
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Elizabeth (now the reigning monarch,
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret.
Tour included an excursion
to Union of South Africa, Southern Rhodesia and Bechuanaland
Protectorate. The Royal Family travelled to
Southern Africa in H.M.S. Vanguard,
1953 - 30th June, 1953, 60 years
anniversary, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Her Royal
Highness The Princess Margaret set out from England for their second
visit to Southern Rbodesia.
Itinerary
1968 - ? 75 years anniversary