50-year Olympics Commemoration
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The rowing and canoeing events of the 1956 Olympics took place on Lake Wendouree. The 50th anniversary of the games was commemorated here in 2006.
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Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 05/13/2015
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THE 1956 SUMMER OLYMPICS (Games of the XVI Olympiad)
The Olympic Games took place in the southern hemisphere for the first time in 1956. They were hosted in Melbourne, Australia, from the 22nd November to the 8th December 1956.
The Rowing and Canoeing events took place at Ballarat's Lake Wendouree, approximately 100km from Melbourne.
BALLARAT'S OLYMPIC PRECINCT
The Olympic Precinct was developed to commemorate Ballarat's involvement in the Olympics and to honour the achievements of Ballarat Olympians. The Precinct, on the Lake Wendouree foreshore, includes a focal memorial of a boomerang topped with the 5 Olympic rings, a cauldron fountain, and bronze hand and foot imprints of Ballarat’s Olympians.
In 2006 the "Hearts and Minds Reunite" ceremony took place here to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Olympics here.
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