Souvenir produced for the Melbourne Olympics in 1956 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Includes drawings of the MCG in 1864 and 1956. Coloured Olympic Rings are on the front.Folded paper printed one side in colour1956 olympics, melbourne cricket ground, mcg

Glass tumbler with marks indicating the Olymic Pageant with the five rings and Melboourne, Australia, 1956 under that. It refers to Faith Leech, Australia may represent in the 100 metres freestyle and the picture of Faith Leech is on the other side of the tumbler.Olympics pageant, Olympic rings, Olympic torch. Picture of Faith Leech.tumbler, melbourne, olympics, 1956, greig's honey

Commemorative letter opener issued to celebrate the Olympic Games in Melbourne 1956.Metal letter opener, handle contains Olympic rings and Olympic flame.On handle "Melbourne 1956"letter openers, olympic games melbourne 1956, memorabilia

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956. These Games were the first to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania, as well as the first to be held outside Europe and North America. Scarf produced as a souvenir for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Ivory coloured synthetic fabric scarf. Flags from competing nations are arranged in two circles. In the top LH corner and lower Rh corner are are symbols of the Olympic torch and rings, with lettering "XVIth Olympiad Melbourne 1956". The five Olympic rings are placed in the lower LH corner and the top RH corner.1956 olympics, scarf

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956. These Games were the first to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania, as well as the first to be held outside Europe and North America. Handkerchief produced as a souvenir for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Synthetic fabric. The handkerchief s bordered in red thread and divided into four squares of contrasting colours. 1. A table of main events and ceremonies, Olympic rings and symbol. 2. Map of Australia (green) with an Olympic torch and kangaroos in each corner. 3 An image of the main stadium. caption "AUSTRALIA" in white on a green background. 4. Map of Melbourne in red with connecting road and rail links to other parts of Victoria. 1956 olympics, handkerchief

Official Program for Melbourne Olympics 1956, green and beige, trifold. Written on front ' Olympic Games Melbourne Australia 1956'organization, melbourne olympics, 1956

Belonged to Ian Howie- White plastic badge with blue inscription - Attached blue ribbonOlympic Games - Official - Melbourne 19561956 olympic games, melbourne, official uniform

This is a soft mud sand-stock moulded or semi-dry pressed brick bearing the 5 Olympic rings with the words "GLEN 1956 IRIS" across the bottom.5 Olympic Rings "GLEN 1956 IRIS"olympics 1956, glen iris brick works

Held in Melbourne from the 22nd November to 8th December, the 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad or the Melbourne Olympics were the first held outside of Europe or the USA. The Olympic torch relay passed through Central Victoria on its way from Cairns to Melbourne. Faith Yvonne Leech (31 March 1941 – 14 September 2013) was born in Bendigo and won a gold medal in the 4×100–metre freestyle relay and bronze in the 100-metre freestyle at the Melbourne Games.White cotton towel with green and gold horizontal stripes with the word Australia written across centre.left top manufacturers label; Olympic Games / 1956 / Manufactured by Supertex. Verso manufacturers label; Super Tex / All Cotton Fast Colour / Made in Australiamelbourne olympics, 1956, olympic games, bendigo, faith leech, faith leech memorial swimming pool, city of greater bendigo tourism

Souvenir material from 1956 Olympic Games3 X 1956 Souvenir Olympic stamped envelopes - postmarked.Various1956 olympics, envelopes, stamps

Held in Melbourne from the 22nd November to 8th December, the 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad or the Melbourne Olympics were the first held outside of Europe or the USA. The Olympic torch relay passed through Central Victoria on its way from Cairns to Melbourne. Faith Yvonne Leech (31 March 1941 – 14 September 2013) was born in Bendigo and won a gold medal in the 4×100–metre freestyle relay and bronze in the 100-metre freestyle at the Melbourne Games.Commemorative glass produced by Greig's Honey prior to the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956. The glass has both images and text printed on the outside and features an image of Faith Leech in swimsuit, accompanied by Olympic symbols and advertising text. [Head, shoulders and torso image Faith Leech], [Olympic ring, torch and wreath], OLYMPIC PAGEANT / MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA / 1956 / Faith Leech, Australia / May represent / in / 100 metres / freestyle / Greig's Honeyfaith leech, melbourne olympics, 1956, faith leech swimming pool

1. Press - daily seat ticket. Printed on blue paper and pasted to white card. Press pass to the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. 2. Daily Staff Duty Pass. Printed on white (now yellow) paper pasted on card. Daily Staff Duty Pass with no seating allocated.Logo on left hand side: XVII OLYMPIAD / MELBOIURNE 1956 (Olympic Rings & Torch in middle.) 1. MAIN STADIUM - M.C.G. / PRESS / DAILY SEAT TICKET / DATE.............................. SEAT NO............................ / No. 1247 / £1-1-0 (Inc. Tax). 2. VENUE...Roof 1 Front. No. 26 / DAILY STAFF DUTY PASS / NO SEATING RIGHTS / THE BEARER IS ENTITLED TO / ADMISSION ON ..............(DATE) / FOR DUTIES AS ............................................... / Authorised by ...........................................melbourne olympics, 1956, press pass, daily staff duty pass

Diary of attendance at Melbourne Olympic Games 1956.Hard cover Diary of journey to 1956 Olympic Games.olympic games, melbourne 1956, diary

Belonged to Ian Howie20-page programme for Hockey for 1956 Olympic Games. Cream and red Colouring.Olympic Games Melbourne 1956 Hockey programme1956 olympic games programme, hockey

Displayed at History HouseUnknown

1956 Olympics - Melbourne1956 Olympics Press badge 8 x 6cmother meeting

A book on the The Olympic Games Melbourne 1956 with text including many black & white and color photograpths of various events at the gamesolympic games, melbourne

Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games souvenirSmall souvenir metal bottle opener in shape of boot1956 Olympic and 4 ring Olympic logo olympic games melbourne 1956, bottle openers

Vol. 2, No. 1, Feb-Mar 1997 CONTENTS MEDALS AND MODERNISM A retrospective look at the cultural impact of the Melbourne Olympics 3 CD REVIEWS 6 NEW HORIZONS Judy Jacques takes a new direction 6 LA MAMA 30 YEARS ON Liz Jones at the helm 10 PAST AS POST CUBISM Annita Furey on Heather Shim men 14 GRAPE GRAZING FESTIVAL Food, wine and music in the Yarra Valley 16 SHORT STORY Fantasia on a cup of coffee 18 WHAT'S ON A round-up of events for February 22 WHO'S TEACHING WHAT Classes in the region 24 FRANCES DUFFY RETROSPECTIVE An artist who extended the boundaries of tonalism 26 ANDY WARHOL AND THE CAN OF SOUP More than 15 minutes of fame 27 A ‘DUTCH’ FESTIVAL COMES TO ST ANDREWS 28 LISTINGS Artists, performers and galleries 29 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) 1956 melbourne olympics, 1956 olympics, 1995 eltham arts ball, a.d. (archie) colquoun, abu baku, adams of north riding, afandi siyo, albert namatjira, alice (1956), andy warhol, annita furey, anthony dymke, art streams magazine, ballarat school of mines, bathing in the dark, bob sedergren, bob valentine, bourbo's belly, brian brown quntet, bulleen art & garden centre, cafe margot, charles blackman, christine edwards, circushead, clifton pugh, cottlesbridge, council amalgamation, cuddlefish, dave pithouse, david lord, david tolley, dawn sime, dione mcintyre, dixon's creek, edward grigoryan, eltham college concert band, eltham wiregrass gallery, erika mcgilchrist, fergusson winery, food for all seasons, frances duffy, fred williams, frenzi, geoff achison, geoff mainwaring, graeme bell, grape grazing festival, half caste child, heather shimmen, hoodangers, isobel lindsay, james wakeling, janette geri, john brack, john mcall, john murphy, jordie albiston, judy jacques, kath mckinnon, katherine's silly women, kelly 1956, ken harrison, kevin borland, kim harriss quartet, la mama theatre, lauurie dawes, leonard french, lighthouse, liz jones, lloyd jones, lothlorien, lovegroves, lovey's estate, luxum, maelstrom, max meldrum, may grigg, michelle nicolle, mighty servant, mirka mora, miss suzannah espie, moma, montsalvat jazz festival, moonee valley drifters, moonlight shadow, museum of modern art at heide, mystery train, the melbourne jazz band, nicole eveleigh, nigel shipley, olympomania, peter mcintyre, phyllis murphy, pip avent, portrait of georges mora (1956), ray horsfield, red shed theatre company, reed's gallery, richardson house (1955), river house (1955), robin boyd, sandro donatti, secret of the west wind, seville, shantell vineyard, shedlevellers bush band, shirley bourne, sigmund jorgensen, sir william dargie, soul sister swing, sydney nolan, that handsome couple, the band who knew too much, the broken fence (1956), the gusset rustlers, the rhonda movement, the russian gypsey jazz quartet, three amigos, victorian artists supplies, warburton, wholefood delights, yarra valley grape grazing festival, yellow dog jazz band, yering station, art streams

- Migrant ships arriving into Port Melbourne in 1956. Migrants boarding the train to Bonegilla camp and resettling in Victoria. - Section on Olympic Games in Melbourne was filmed by Father Basil Valentin OFM who was the Chaplain of the American Olympic team. -Also showed extracts of Moomba festival in 1957. - Slovenian settling on Australian farms and weddings of members of the Slovenian community This video shows the magnitude of migrants who arrived in Australia in 1956 by ships mainly from Italian ports from Genoa, Trieste and Naples. It shows the settling of migrants into camps and depicts their everyday life including education and recreation and assimilation into Australia. 120 minute video cassette in colour depicting migrant ships arriving to Port Melbourne in 1956 and short clips of the Melbourne Olympic Games. Also includes footage of train journey to Bonegilla camp and camp housing facility.0002migration, resettlement, bonegilla, slovenians, ships, olympics 1956

1956 Olympic Games, Melbourne- Small black pennant flag - Souvenir of 1956 Melbourne OlympicsSouvenir XVI (16th) Olympiad Melbourne1956 olympic games, souvenir, pennant

1956 Olympic Games Memorabilia Black and white photograph of Rex Horner with his collection 1956 Olympic Games Memorabilia Kalimna Victoriapeople

The 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games produced a variety of commemorative silk and rayon souvenir scarves. These highly collectible vintage pieces typically feature a map of Australia, the Olympic rings, and an Olympic torch design.A small square green silk souvenir scarf of the Olympic Games in Melbourne 1956 with sport logos around the edges, four venues, the Olympic rings and a map of Australia in the middle.'Melbourne Australia 1956 Olympic Games Olympic Park, Olympic Village, Olympic Swimming Pool, and Main Olympic Stadium'.scarves, clothing, olympic games - souvenir

1956 Olympic Games Melbourne1956 Melbourne Olympic Car badge - 5 Olympic rings with 'Melbourne' and 1956.Melbourne 1956olympic games, 1956, melbourne, car assessory

3 photographs looking from the crowd attending the Melbourne Olympic Games 1956 onto the field at the MCG|Photograph of Australian Team marching into the Arena at the Olympic Games|Calendar of events|Programme offical Athletics Main Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground 29 November 1956olympic games

1956 Olympics - Melbourne1956 Olympics pin & ribbon pin: 5 x 3cm - mounted on backing sheet 30 x 23 cm black feltother meeting

Robin’s brother Pat Boyd took Mandie and Penleigh Boyd (Patricia and Robin’s eldest children) to the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. At this time, Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts North American academic year 1956-7.Colour slide in a mount. Pakistan althletes, Opening Day, Melbourne Olympic Games, 19565 / O' games (Handwritten) / Opening Day Pakistan (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

This photograph was typical of the mid 1900's when photography was in the hands of the professional artist for important events, be they family or public occasions. This photograph holds and protects from ageing, part of a very significant occasion, the 90th birthday photograph of the matriarch Claire Roper, one of the founding grazier families from Tawonga within the Kiewa Valley This photograph therefore hold a very historical significance and has good exhibition value. This black and white photograph was professionally taken on Kodak paper in the time of the Australian Melbourne Olympics 1956. See KVHS 0092 for frame.On back of photograph "KODAK official sponsor of the Olympic Games" Underneath the symbolic rings of the Olympic Federationphotograph of early 1900's kiewa valley pioneer, the roper family, claire roper, pioneer family, cattle, bogong high plains