Flag, 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games

Object Type
Flags and signage/Flag
Date Used
1956
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Brief Description
Flag, large; from the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games; consisting of four cream (unbleached cotton) panels sewn together; cotton Olympic Rings in red, blue, yellow, green, black sewn in. Reinforced corners and edges; cotton rope rigging; cotton binding. Woollen panel sewn onto lower edge (verso), with following red embroidered inscription: "XVIth OLYMPIAD / THIS FLAG WAS FLOWN AT // MELBOURNE OLYMPIC GAMES Nov 1956 / PRESENTED BY WorBRO CURNOW".
Museum
Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 3300 W: 1800 D: 30mm (H: 129 15/16 W: 70 7/8 D: 1 3/16")
Media/Materials
Cotton
Wool
Rope
Associated Event
Olympic Games 1956; 1956; Melbourne, Victoria
Associated Person
Date Used
1956
Location
In storage
Registration No
1996.3238.2
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Lodge Olympus (631), on ceasing to function (1996).

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