A Year to Remember 1952, The 1952 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, held in Helsinki, Finland, Opening ceremony, athletes parade representing their countries. Flag bearer for Australia Mervyn Wood lead the parade. Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Kent sit in the royal box watching the Womens 200 meters sprint, Marjorie Jackson wins race and Shirley Strickland wins gold in the womens 100 meter hurdles. Final of the Womens 100 meter sprint, Marjorie Jackson from Australia wins race, is the fastest women in the world and Shirley Strickland comes in at 3rd place from Australia. 2nd place Wasenjager from Sth Africa, 4th place Crips Australia, 5th place Sander from Germany, 6th place Faggs from USA. Winning leader board, crowds. Sydney, Lithgow have a welcome home parade in the street for Marjorie Jackson known as the Lithgow Flash and her two gold olympic medals, celebration. Plane arrives at Melbourne airport, HERE IS CORDON PARKER, of Ringwood, Victoria, with his Japanese wife, being the first Japanese bride arrives in Australia. Melbourne Victoria, through the dense crowd outside the Toorak Presbyterian Church when Frank" Sedgman, Australian tennis star, married Miss Jean Spence.1952 photographers ball Valerie May, Loretta North, Pat Woodley, models, Fashion parade. Aage Thaarup (1906–1987) was a Danish-born milliner who ran a celebrated hat making business in London between the 1930s and 1970s, Aage placing hats on models, June Dally Watkins Modelling a hat. Upper Hut Wellington New Zealand, Women playing Rugby, Sports,tackles, try scored. London Buckingham Palace, George VI died on 6th February 1952 at Sandringham and was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 15th February 1952, following a State Funeral in the Chapel. William Morris Hughes, visiting Australian soldiers in France WWI, Born in London, Hughes migrated to Australia in 1884. After becoming involved in trade unions and Labor electoral leagues, in 1901 he emerged on the federal stage and quickly became an important figure in Australian politics. In 1915 he succeeded Andrew Fisher as Prime Minister, concentrating his policies on issues relating to the First World War. He changed parties several times in line with his beliefs at the time. Hughes resigned as Prime Minister in 1923 but continued to play an active role in Parliament until his death in 1952, State funeral. Brisbane, war memorial, plaque unveiled in memory of the contribution the united States of America made during WW2, World War Two, The memorial was unveiled by the Governor of Queensland, Sir John Lavarack on the 3rd May 1952. A former U.S. Army private, Mr Taylor D. Marsh, Australian and USA flag flying together. Sydney St Andrews Cathedral, Anzac service, priests, Archbishop Howard West Kilvinton Mowll,Sir William John McKell lays a reef of flowers. Sydney, Cockatoo Island, HMAS Voyager was a Daring class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy She was launched on 1 May 1952 by Dame Pattie Menzies, smashes the bottle of Champaign against the hull. Aerials of The Montebello Islands, also known as the Monte Bello Islands,The islands were the site of three nuclear weapons tests by the British military in the 1950s, A bay on Trimouille Island was the site of Operation Hurricane, the first ever atomic weapon tested by the United Kingdom, on 3 October 1952, details of the test were never made public. Atomic bomb explosion. University of Canberra, Sir Marcus "Mark" Laurence Elwin Oliphant, Director of the Physics school of Sciences, John Northcott, university students. Melbourne, Government House, Sir William John McKell, Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, Vice Admiral Sir John A. Collins, Billiards Walter Lindrum, Harry Hopeman tennis player. Qantas plane, Sports, boxing James "Jimmy" William Carruthers arrives in Australia airport, gives speech on the first Australian to win a world boxing title. Dave Sands, (born David Ritchie),Indigenous Australian boxer walks off the plane, boxing match, KO, knock out. 1952, Professional wrestling, Wild Wrestle. Both Jim Mitchell and Bob McCune, drop kicks, body slams. Rodeo, horse back riding, extreme Sports, Warwick Rodeo in Queensland, bronco. Sydney Northern Beaches, Freshwater beach or Harboard beach, Surf boats in surf, life savers, rough seas, surf boats collide. Sydney Castle Hill golf country club, Paul Hahn, trick shot golf artist, has been made a golf star. Melbourne cup, Flemington racecourse, Fashion, horse racing, big crowds, walking through the entrance, book makers, bookies, Delray wins Melbourne Cup, traffic jam as punters leave Flemington Racecourse. 1952 whaling, whale boat, harpooning humpback whales, killing whales. Natural Disaster, New South Wales, The town of Forbes, NSW was cut in three by floods in 1952, which is acknowledged as the highest flood from the Lachlan River, houses and roads underwater, people evacuated, food drops to people isolated, helicopters picking up people from roof tops. Victoria, TNT blasting, explosion, earth moving trucks, dam building, VIC. GOVERNMENT, AMENDS CONTRACT FOR EILDON WEIR Dam The contract for the big Eildon Weir project has been amended, talks between the State' Government and the contractors' The Utah Construction Company. Australia Agriculture, dusting bi plane fills up with pesticides, spraying over ground and sheep, crop dusting, plague of Kangaroos, kangaroo pushes through fence, big red kangaroo jumps over fence. Drought, dead cattle lying on ground, skinny cattle drink water from water troughs, Australian cowboy, jackaroo, stockman drive cattle across land, water holes become mud traps, kill cattle.