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Australian & Colonial History — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:625
Sale Title:Australian & Colonial HistoryLots with images:618
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:624
Date:15-Jul-2018
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1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Competitor's Badge, enamelled with 'British Empire & Commonwealth Games/ Perth, Western Australia, 1962', pale green ribbon with 'Competitor'. Australia headed the medal tally at the Perth Games with 38 gold, 36 silver & 31 bronze, ahead of England and New Zealand; winning 105 of the 320 medals on offer. There were 35 teams in competition and of them, 17 won medals. Murray Rose and Dawn Fraser each won 4 gold medals in individual or team races.
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1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Official's Badge, enamelled with 'British Empire & Commonwealth Games/ Perth, Western Australia, 1962', red ribbon printed 'Headquarters'.
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1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Official's Badge, enamelled with 'British Empire & Commonwealth Games/ Perth, Western Australia, 1962', pale green ribbon printed 'Official'.
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1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Official's Badge, enamelled with 'British Empire & Commonwealth Games/ Perth, Western Australia, 1962', light orange ribbon printed 'Radio.Tv'.
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1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica, Silver Participation Medal '1966 VIII British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Kingston, Jamaica', hallmarked silver, 54 mm, 68.05 grams. The only example we have seen of this rare medal, previously sold by Leski Auctions in March 2012 for $384 incl. Bp. England, with a total of 80, led the medal count ahead of Australia with 73, Canada with 57 and New Zealand with 26. 34 teams competed, with 22 of them taking home medals. Ron Clarke won 2 silvers, Dianne Burge 3 golds. In…
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1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica, 3rd Place Winner's Medal '1966 VIII British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Kingston, Jamaica', 57 mm diameter, with one link of the chain.
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1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica, Participation Medal '1966 VIII British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Kingston, Jamaica', 54 mm diameter, in original red cardboard box.
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1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica, Official Badge for Games Competitor, enamelled with 'Competitor/Jamaica/Kingston/ Be & Cg', 49 x 40 mm. Rarely seen. The similarly designed Official's badge has only been offered by us on one occasion: December 2008, when it sold for $483 incl. Bp.
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1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica, Official's Badge enamelled with 'Official/Jamaica/Kingston/ Be & Cg', 49 x 40 mm. Rarely seen. The same Official's badge has only been offered by us on one occasion: December 2008, when it sold for $483 incl. Bp.
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1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Three Official's badges, each enammeled with 'Bcg, Endinburgh, 1970', two with red ribbon 'Team Official Boxing' & 'Team Hq', other with blue ribbon 'Technical Official Athletics'. England won the most medals overall at these Games, with 84 (27 gold, 25 silver, 32 bronze) with Australia next on 80 (36 gold, 24 silver, 22 bronze), followed by Canada and Scotland. There were 42 teams representing their countries or states and 22 succeeded in winning medals. Australia…
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1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, Participation Medal, 64 mm diameter. Superb condition. 38 teams competed in 121 events, with Australia winning 29 gold, England 28, Canada 25 and New Zealand 9. Raylene Boyle won 3 golds, Don Wagstaff won his 2 events, while Australian men won 8 of the 15 swimming golds available and the women won 4. Notably, the Games were the first large international athletic event after the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The Athletes Village, the student…
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1978 Commonwealth Games in Canada, Participation Medal '1978 XI Commonwealth Games/Edmonton, Canada', bronze, 43 mm diameter. The Edmonton Games attracted 47 teams totalling 1475 athletes competing in 128 events. Canada was the most successful team, winning 45 gold, 31 silver and 33 bronze medals. England came 2nd in the medal tally and Australia 3rd. At Edmonton, Tracy Wickham emerged onto the world swimming stage, winning both the 400m and 800m freestyle. That same year, she set world records in both…
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1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Participation Medal, 67 mm diameter, in original presentation case. At the Brisbane Games 46 teams comprising 1583 athletes competed in 141 events, with Australia winning 39, one more than England on 38 and Canada in 3rd place with 26. In the pool, Tracey Wickham, Lisa Forrest and Lisa Curry won 7 swimming golds between them and Neil Brooks starred for the men, with 1 individual and 2 team golds. Rob De Castella won the marathon, Gary Honey set a new games record in…
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1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Participation Medal '1986 XIII. Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, Scotland', 69 mm diameter. Only 27 teams participated in the Edinburgh Games. The majority of Commonwealth nations staged a boycott, meaning that the Games appeared largely to be a whites-only event. 32 of the eligible 59 countries or territories, largely African, Asian and Caribbean states, stayed away because of the Thatcher government's policy of keeping Britain's sporting links with apartheid South…
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1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, Participation Medal '1990 XIV. Commonwealth Games, Auckland, New Zealand', 50 mm diameter, in original presentation case. Australia topped the medals table once again, securing 52 gold, 54 silver & 56 bronze medals; with England and Canada coming 2nd & 3rd. Australia's team was comprised of 247 competitors and 69 officials. In all, 55 teams sent 2074 athletes to compete in 213 events. Some of Australia's stars included Russell Butler, Craig Rogerson & Jenny Donnet in…
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1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada, Participation Medal '1994/ XV Commonwealth Games/ XV Jeux du Commonwealth/ Victoria, Canada', 50 mm diameter, in original presentation case. There were 63 participating teams at the Games in Victoria, British Columbia, with 2557 competitors. Australia's 241 athletes won 87 gold, 52 silver & 43 bronze medals, securing top spot on the medal table followed by Canada, England and Nigeria.
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2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Participation Medal '2002 Manchester, The XVII Commonwealth Games, 50 mm diameter, in original presentation case. At the first Games in 1930 Australia won only 8 medals against England's 61. However, by these first Games of the 21st century held in Manchester, Australia's medal tally had moved to 207, ahead of any other country including England's 165. Australian's secured 82 gold, 62 silver and 63 bronze medals.
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2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Participation Medal 'XVIII Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006', 60 mm diameter, in original presentation case with cardboard sleeve.
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Australian Rules Football Cigarette Cards: 1933 Wills 'Footballers 1933' a collection comprising 180 of the set of 200 all contained in a contemporary album; plus an additional album which appears to contain a quantity of duplicates. Mixed condition.
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2008 Beijing Olympics: Official Torch, red and grey anodized aluminum, 72 cm tall, with original presentation box. Superb condition. A total of 433 competitors competed for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The team was Australia's second largest away team after the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, which included a team of 482 competitors. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. In the overall medal count Australia ranked 6th with 14 Gold, 15 Silver…
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A collection of mostly Olympic memorabilia including 1956 Melbourne Opening and Closing Ceremony Recordings, various stamps and First Day Covers from Sydney 2000, a Carl Lewis signed card, 1996 Atlanta tickets and shirt, Athens 2004 Torch Relay jacket, various pins, badges, booklets, etc. (Qty). A collection of mostly Olympic memorabilia including 1956 Melbourne Opening and Closing Ceremony Recordings, 1976 Montreal souvenir medal, various stamps and First Day Covers (some signed) from Sydney 2000, a Carl…
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1956 Melbourne Olympic Games: The official Olympic Delegation blazer made by David Lack Pty Ltd for the Chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee, Mr Arthur W. Coles. With Coles' name in pen on the ownership panel in the inside pocket, and numbered '1339'. The first 'Delegation' blazer we have offered; extremely rare. Sir Arthur William 'A.W.' Coles [1892, 1982] was a prominent businessman and philanthropist, a son of Victorian shopkeeper George W. Coles (who had died in 1932). With his brothers, A. W.…
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1964 Tokyo Olympics Official torch, used in the torch relay. Manufactured by Nippon Light Metal Co., the bowl is engraved 'XVII Olympiad Tokyo 1964' with a set of Olympic rings, and the lower portion of the cylinder bears the Tokyo Games logo and reads 'Showa Kaseihin Co., Ltd., 3?1964.' The Olympic torch was carried for 51 days by 870 runners for a total of 26,065 kilometers. Designed on the principle of the coal-mine safety lamp, the Tokyo Olympic torch was filled with priming powder and fumigant, a…
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1994 Winter Games Official Torch scaled replica: The burner features the inscription The XVII Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer 1994 and the Games emblem. The sports pictograms appear on the part in copper, while the upper part in aluminium was the recipient for the pyrotechnic system. The torch consists of a long wooden handle and a metal blade. Fine condition. Australia was represented at the 1994 Winter Olympics by a team of 25 athletes, competing in 9 different sports. Kirstie Marshall was the flag…
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2004 Athens Olympics: Official Torch, magnesium and olive wood, 66 cm tall, inspired by the olive tree's leaf, used in torch relay. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The Australian Olympic Committee sent a total of 470 athletes (268 men and 202 women) to the Games to compete in 29 sports. Australia ranked 4th in the medal tally, achieving 17 Gold, 16 Silver & 17 Bronze.
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