When Lance Pritchard heard Queen Elizabeth II had died, one image immediately came to his mind.
As the secretary of the Werribee District Historical Society, about 15 years ago Mr Pritchard was responsible for copying all the black and white photographs the group had and uploading them to an online system housing more than 8000 images.
The picture was taken when Queen Elizabeth II visited Laverton Station on April 12, 1954, in the lead up to her visit to the Laverton RAAF Base.
“I thought ‘well this is a good time to use it’ because it will probably never be asked for again…it was a terrific opportunity to dig it out,” Mr Pritchard said.
“I can’t remember where it came from originally, I must have copied it from an original photograph, I don’t know whether it was done by a newspaper or what.”
Mr Pritchard said the loss of the Queen would be felt deeper by the older generation, who have stronger links to England.
“She did a terrific job, she’ll have a lot of respect in the community,” he said.
