![1956 MELBOURNE OLYMPICS - BALLARAT INVITATION BOOK: "City of Ballaarat - Olympic Rowing, 1956 - An Invitation - Rowing 1956" [Ballarat, 1950]; issued by the Mayor of Ballarat to the Chairman and Members of the Olympic Games Sites Committee (Melbourne), explaining the suitability of the Lake Wendouree site for the rowing and canoeing events of the Games that were then being planned; very scarce - we know of only one other, which we sold in 2016.](https://auctions.leski.com.au/images/lot/5299/529923_m.jpg?ts=1772164685)
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1956 MELBOURNE OLYMPICS - BALLARAT INVITATION BOOK: "City of Ballaarat - Olympic Rowing, 1956 - An Invitation - Rowing 1956" [Ballarat, 1950]; issued by the Mayor of Ballarat to the Chairman and Members of the Olympic Games Sites Committee (Melbourne), explaining the suitability of the Lake Wendouree site for the rowing and canoeing events of the Games that were then being planned; very scarce - we know of only one other, which we sold in 2016.
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A$800–1,200
Realised
A$1,400
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