Wonderful archive images show history of royal tours Down Under as Prince Harry and Meghan tour Australia

These stunning images show previous royal visits to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

The royal family have a long history of visiting Australasia and the Pacific islands, as these images show.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are currently in the middle of their first royal tour down under and are yet to visit Tonga, Fiji and New Zealand.

The Queen was the first reigning monarch of Australia to set foot on the country’s soil in February 1954 and since then has visited the country over 16 times.

However she is not the only royal to have spent time in the region.

In images from 1927, future King George VI and his wife Elizabeth can be seen wearing Maori mats presented to them at a gathering in Rotorua, New Zealand.

In 1977, their daughter, now Queen Elizabeth, was seen sporting the same Maori cloak during a trip to New Zealand. She was in the continent as part of a Silver Jubilee tour.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana visited Australia and New Zealand in 1983, bringing nine-month-old William along with them.

An adorable image shows a young William playing with a bumblebee toy with his parents on the lawn of Government House in New Zealand.

Photos show the Prince of Wales bringing the Duchess of Cornwall with him to Papua New Guinea in 2011.

Prince William returned to Australasia two more times, bringing his wife the Duchess of Cambridge and his son Prince George with him to New Zealand in 2014.

Prince Harry who is currently in Australia along with his wife Meghan, previously visited Sydney and Perth in 2013.

During this royal tour, he will also visit New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji taking part in over 70 engagements over 16 days.