The late Queen Elizabeth II visited the national capital more than any other Australian city.
Her Majesty made 14 trips to Canberra, out of a grand total of 16 visits to the nation itself.
Her first visit to the ACT was in 1954, during which the Queen opened a session of parliament at what is now known as Old Parliament House.
On that same trip, the Queen attended festivities at Manuka Oval, where legend has it she mispronounced the name of the locality and Canberrans were so polite, it has been accepted as the official pronunciation.
On February 18, 1963, the Queen was accompanied on her second trip to Canberra by her husband, Prince Philip.
Later that same year Queen Elizabeth II opened the R.G. Menzies Library at the Australian National University, on March 13.
"It is no coincidence that the public burning of books and the destruction of libraries are the first acts of tyrants and dictators," she said.
"Books represent the freedom of thought and the highest expression of the human spirit."
Queen Elizabeth II spoke highly of the capital and, in particular, the new library, which she said had a very special significance.
"It stands at the heart of the National University in the midst of the national capital and thereby demonstrates that high standards of learning are the crux of good government."
In 1970 the Queen returned to Canberra to officially open the National Carillon on Aspen Island in Lake Burley Griffin, a gift from the British Government to the people of Australia to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the national capital.
Aspen Island was renamed Queen Elizabeth II Island in honour of the Platinum Jubilee in June of this year.
Ten years later, in 1980, Queen Elizabeth II opened the High Court Building, planting her first of a few royal trees in the forecourt.
Two years after her visit to open the High Court, she travelled to the capital again, this time to open the National Gallery of Australia.
In 1988 the Queen headed to the races, opening The Queen Elizabeth Stand at Canberra Racecourse.
On May 9, the Queen opened new Parliament House.
Not all monument reveals and official events
Queen Elizabeth II didn't return to Canberra until the 1990s, planning a longer tour of Australia.
The Queen's trip to the ACT in 1992 is one that many still remember.
On February 24, the Queen opened Bonython Primary School, a day then-principal Faith Chegwyn can recall in great detail.
"The Queen was the guest of the ACT Government and the new Bonython school was one place put forward to her that she could visit on that day," Ms Chegwyn says.
"A great sense of excitement was building all week and on the morning when I arrived at school, people were in their deck chairs in the morning ready for her afternoon visit.
"When she arrived she interacted with the younger children very nicely, and they just thought she was this fine lady who came to talk to them.
"When she was leaving she said to me 'oh, those children are able to ride their bicycles to school, isn't that interesting?' And I thought, 'well, that was something you weren't able to do as a child.'"
Stuart Harris was a corporal with the RAAF when he was selected to open the Queen's car door over her two-day visit in Canberra that year.
After a 45-minute wait for Queen Elizabeth II to arrive for an organised visit to RAAF Fairbairn, Mr Harris's hands had gone numb from holding them behind his back in the same place for so long.
"The Rolls Royce came around the corner and I was just worried I'd get her dress caught in the car door or something like that.
"My hands were swelling up, standing there like a little toy soldier and I hoped when I brought my arm up to do a salute, I would be able to do it with some precision."
Mr Harris says he was touched to have been given the job of opening Queen Elizabeth II's car door and it was his greatest honour while serving in the RAAF.
The experience had personal significance for Mr Harris, who lost his mother at the age of nine. The Queen was born the same year as her, only eight days prior, also in the United Kingdom.
He says the Queen played an integral part in his life ever since the loss of his mother.
"My mother was short in stature and quite petite like the Queen.
"The Queen has always been there. There was always this element of her being a mother figure for me," Mr Harris says.
In 2006, the Queen returned to the ACT and on March 14 attended a presentation of commemorative coins by the Royal Australian Mint at Government House followed by a tree planting ceremony.
The final visit
Queen Elizabeth's final visit to the nation's capital was in 2011.
She was greeted by Australia's first female governor-general, first female prime minister and the female chief minister of the ACT at the time.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard was criticised for not curtsying to the queen on her arrival to Canberra.
Many Canberrans caught a glimpse of the Queen and Prince Phillip as they attended the ACT calendar staple Floriade on October 20.
Breana O'Toole, who was in year one at the time, was selected to give her a bouquet that day, and though she didn't really know who the Queen was at her young age, it's sunk in since then.
"I remember getting all dressed up and getting the day off school, picking flowers to give to her from my grandma's garden.
"I think it was just really lucky because I was wearing blue and so was the Queen, so they just came over and said, 'Would you like to hand the Queen flowers?' and I said, 'Yeah! Of course'."
"I told the Queen I really liked her hat, and she told me she liked my dress.
"It wasn't until later that I realised how amazing it actually was that I got to speak to the Queen."
And while Queen Elizabeth II opened many national monuments, the last thing she did in the ACT was rather simple.
On the final day of her 2011 trip, she lay a commemorative wreath at the Australian War Memorial, her last act as Queen on capital soil.
