Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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N , Skrange Animals . . . P The Australian continent claims a lot' of unusual creatures as native, some ot which are direct decendants ot prehistoric animals which once populated the Earth. At the park-like zoos and sanctu- aries we savv the ostrich-sized Emu birds fbelowl, Koala bears Ctop rightl, Kangaroos Cmiddlej, and the rarest marsupials of them all, the Duck-billed Flatypusf Unidentitied Americanus Whitehattus

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We saw the United States win two gold medals that first afternoon, and felt the tenseness of the huge crowd as famous Australian miler John Landy lthird from last at rightl came from behind but couldn't do better than third in the l5OO meters final. The pillarless swimming stadium lleftl, and the facade of the cycling rink.

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49 Q The most important personality in attendance at the Games and several fancy parties, vvas the Dulce ot Edinburg fsecond from top, abovey, whose Royal Yacht Brittania fbelowy, with enameled sides glistening, was tied up in the Yarra River. A l il ..,. l ., no .l I l Etzgqff-X. .. Silk A 0 1 l Several important people came aboard on otticial calls, including the Governor-general ot the State ot Victoria faboveb. Lots ot less otticial visitors came aboard too, fright?-in fact some 32,000 people toured Bremerton during eight days ot open house. lOO ot them were orphans Qopposite pageb who had the good tortune ot being presented with white hats -a commodity we tound to be in demand almost as much as our autographs.