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Melbourne 1956, Torch, aluminium, the head cast with fretted Olympic ring motif and legend 'XVI Olympiad 1956:Olympia - Melbourne', 16 in.(41cm.) high, affixed at base to polished segmented turned wood spreading circular stand. The flame sprang into being at 9:30 a.m. on the 2nd November 1956. It was flown from Greece to Australia, a distance of 20,000 Kms. Then 2,830 runners, the first an aborigine, carried the torch in mile-stages from Cairns to Melbourne
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Melbourne 1956, Torch, aluminium, the head cast with fretted Olympic ring motif and legend 'XVI Olympiad 1956:Olympia - Melbourne', 16 in.(41cm.) high, affixed at base to polished segmented turned wood spreading circular stand. The flame sprang into being at 9:30 a.m. on the 2nd November 1956. It was flown from Greece to Australia, a distance of 20,000 Kms. Then 2,830 runners, the first an aborigine, carried the torch in mile-stages from Cairns to Melbourne

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Melbourne 1956, Torch, aluminium, the head cast with fretted Olympic ring motif and legend 'XVI Olympiad 1956:Olympia - Melbourne', 16 in.(41cm.) high, affixed at base to polished segmented turned wood spreading circular stand. The flame sprang into being at 9:30 a.m. on the 2nd November 1956. It was flown from Greece to Australia, a distance of 20,000 Kms. Then 2,830 runners, the first an aborigine, carried the torch in mile-stages from Cairns to Melbourne
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