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Notable Events
CHRISTMAS page 4
1940
Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Qld.), Tuesday 24 December 1940
1940
Mail (Adelaide, SA), Saturday 14 December 1940
1943
Western Mail (Perth, WA )Thurs 23 December 1943
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1943
Alexandra and Yea Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express (Vic.), Friday 24 December 1943
1952
West Australian (Perth, WA), Saturday 20 December 1952
1952
Canberra Times (ACT), Thursday 25 December 1952
1953
Western Mail (Perth, WA), Thursday 29 January 1953
1953
Western Mail (Perth, WA), Thursday 24 December 1953
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continued from previous column Western Mail (Perth, WA), Thursday 24 December 1953
1956
The Myer Christmas windows were the brainchild of Fred Asmussen (1913-1974)
https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/ Coles Myer archive https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/coles Make Believe: The Story of the Myer Christmas Windows
Click on photo to play video 1957
Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), Wed 18 December 1957
1960's
Download Foy & Gibson catalogues
https://digitised-collections 1960's
Foy’s rooftop fun park, which ran during the Christmas shopping period (estimated date 1960-1967)
https://whatsonblog.melbourne Western Herald (Bourke, NSW), Fri 24 December 1965
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1962
Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), Wed 24 January 1962
1965
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Western Herald (Bourke, NSW), Fri 24 December 1965
1966
Western Herald (Bourke, NSW), Fri 23 December 1966
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1967
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continued from previous column Australian Women's Weekly Wednesday 17 May 1967
1973
Australian Women's Weekly, Wed 31 January 1973
1974
1974
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Daryl Danahay, took over the Myer windows in 1974, after Freddie died Australian Women's Weekly 24 Nov 1976
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Myer Windows
The Myer Christmas Window
https://desktopmag.com.au/ Magic of Myer Christmas window displays captured in new museum exhibition https://www.abc.net.au/news/ 2018
The most meaningful gifts to give and appreciate this Christmas
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-20/ What did kids want for Christmas in 1965?
2:14 Retro Christmas Toy Commercials - 50's, 60's & 70's
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