Historical information

Colour slides of a demonstration at the Olympic Swimming Pool stadium in 1960. The children are holding large pink balls in the routine. More slides from the 1960 demonstration are catalogued separately.
Throughout the year Melbourne Legacy provided classes for Junior Legatees such as dancing, gymnastics and eurythmics. The Demonstration was an annual event to showcase their skills. Melbourne Legacy conducted Annual Demonstrations / Parades from 1928 through to 1979.
Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image is the best available.

Significance

A record of different routines in an Annual Demonstration at the Olympic Swimming Pool stadium.

Physical description

Colour slide of a Demonstration routine with children holding large pink balls at Olympic Swimming Pool, in a cardboard mount.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten on front 'Demo 1960' in blue pen and '14' in pencil.