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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 20, 1956
Page
5
Radio amateurs announce plans for a world record radio contact with Canberra club members and Jona. Finney to test from his Hobart area home and the Tasmanian east coast, noting a Cooma mountain could interfere and no exact location checks or further tests yet planned.
The FIG announced a set of four stamps to commemorate the Melbourne Olympic Games. A 4d stamp features the Commonwealth coat of arms with the Southern Cross, a 2d stamp shows a view across the Yarra River, and a 7d stamp depicts two hands clasping the Southern Cross emblem.
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