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

281K views · 611 reactions | #OnThisDay, 63 years ago, the team of Strickland, Croker, Mellor and Cuthbert won the women's 4x100m relay in World Record time (44.5) at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games!  Olympic | Australian Olympic Team | Facebook

1.6K views · 24 reactions | 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 | Facebook

3K views · 71 reactions | On this day, 65 years years ago the 1956...