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Construction underway at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the 1956 Olympics

Danish-born boxing champion Paul Pressler Hansen visits the Melbourne Cricket Ground, site of the main stadium for the 1956 Olympiad.

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National Archives of Australia: A12111, 1/1956/33/9

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