Newspaper clippings, associated with Sybil Taggart and 1956 Olympic Games
Object Type
Documents and books/Document/Newspaper/Clipping
Date Used
27 May 1950-10 Nov 1953
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Brief Description
Sixteen newspaper clippings from various periodicals, dating between 1950-1953, chronicling the struggle for the inclusion of women in state and national sporting councils, culminating in the inclusion of Sybil Taggart and Doris Carter as members of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Organising Committee, an unprecedented and historic event in both Olympism and Australian national sports administration.
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0 - Whole
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Date Used
27 May 1950-10 Nov 1953
Location
In storage
Registration No
1992.2677.15
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Diana Barnott.
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