MELBOURNE INVITATION COMMITTEE FOR OYLMPIC GAMES 1956 PRESENTATION XVI Olympiad 1956 Melbourne's Plan, 16 pages, facsimile letter 15th February 1949 by J.B Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia, tipped-in at the front, printed in blue and black, facsimile signatures of Lord Dugan (Governor of Victoria), T.T Holloway (Premier of Victoria), James Disney (Lord Mayor of Melbourne 1948-1949), F.R Connelly (Lord Mayor of Melbourne 1945-1948), Sir Frank Beaurepaire (President of the Victorian Olympic Council), and others, 3 coloured plates 'Proposed Stadium planned for the 1956 Olympic games in Melbourne', 'Proposed Olympic Stadia, Royal Agricultural Showgrounds, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia' (double page), 'Royal Showgrounds in relation to the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia', loosely inserted Melbourne Invitation Committee compliment slip, original buff wrappers, folio 30.5 x 23 cm Melbourne 1948 Melbourne's Olympic Games Invitation Melbourne's Intermediate proposal including plans to host the 1956 Olympics at the Royal Agricultural Showgrounds