3.6K views · 165 reactions | 65 years ago #OnThisDay 22 November 1956, the Summer Olympics commenced in Melbourne. In two hours of supreme spectacle, an MCG crowd of 103,000 watched 314 Australians march into the arena, heard the Duke of Edinburgh declare the 1956 Olympic Games open and saw athlete Ron Clarke light the cauldron. | I Grew Up in Mortdale 2223 | Facebook
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The 1956 Melbourne Olympic's was the first to be held in the Southern Hemisphere and the first Australian event to be covered extensively on radio and television. #NFSAOnline #SoundsofAustralia #Olympics #Melbourne https://bit.ly/32Hyj6f | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
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Today marks the anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. 🏅 Throwback to the lighting of the Olympic cauldron by 19-year-old Ron Clarke. 🔥 This clip is from the ‘Olympic Postscript', made by the Postmaster General's Department. Watch the full video here: https://bit.ly/2V0qsQg NAA: C4189, 1334655; NAA: A7135, 05/23A. | National Archives of Australia
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10K views · 77 reactions | #OnThisDay A promising 19-year-old Ron Clarke lights the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremonies of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. | Australian Olympic Team | Facebook
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