Physical description

This is rectangular paper card . The front of the ticket is buff coloured with black text . It has a gold coloured outline of Australia with an outline of a javelin thrower in black. Below that are details of the ticket allocation of seat and date. The Olympic torch sits below the Olympic rings. XVIth 1956 is in gold text. The back of the ticket has a diagram of the MCG marked with the sections of seating . There is a name handwritten in grey lead at the bottom of the ticket.

Inscriptions & markings

Printed,Front of ticket: Main Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground. XVIth 1956. XVI Olympiad Melbourne November 22-December * 1956.Row F 18 L 33 Nov 26 1956 11/-inc. tax. Back: 2nd elevation Main Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground. Handwritten : John Beames 11 year.

Summary

This is a ticket to the Melbourne Olympics held at the MCG in in 1956.