Olympic stories from the Library's collection

From photographs of the Australian team travelling to the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, to the 1972 Munich Olympics diary of triple gold-medallist Shane Gould, to the 2000 Sydney Olympics and fine definitions of what makes a sandwich, the Library has a wonderful collection of Olympic Games material. In this presentation, Andrew Trigg and Brendan Somes will present a few of their favourite stories from the collection. Dive into not only the competitors and the odd statistic or three, but also the fashions, the programs, the menus and some Ancient Greek. 

Andrew Trigg and Brendan Somes work in the Library’s Collection Acquisition and Curation branch. 

Host or Publisher State Library of New South Wales