"The friendly games"?: The Melbourne Olympic Games in Australian culture 1946-1956

Deposited with permission of the author. © 1989 Shane CahillMelbourne is making a concerted bid to obtain the centenary 1996 Olympic Games. While much of its bid is occupied with explanations of the city’s ability to meet the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) requirements, it is underpinned by a common theme that the city possesses a unique quality of “Friendliness”. (For complete abstract open document