I thank you for your kind answer.
Indeed she was wearing the turquoise brooch in your first photos.
However, she was given a large opal brooch during the tour in Australia (Press articles).
I think that the Duchess of York was wearing the opal brooch for the visit to Mt Cootha in Brisbane.
Franck, the various reports in the Australian press of QEQM wearing a large opal brooch during the tour turned out to be the brooch from the turquoise parure which George V gave her as a wedding gift. (A couple of press reports got it correct and stated it was a turquoise)
For years, I assumed the brooch had an opal, but you pointed out some time ago that it was the turquoise.
QEQM wore it to the Opening of Parliament in Canberra.
A closer view
What has always intrigued me is the brooch HM wore for a visit to Mt Cootha in Brisbane. It has a large central stone. I don't think we have ever identified it.
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