PhotosbyYear-1950s

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Charles Boyles was born in 1888 and apparantly started taking photos in the late 1920's through to the early 1960's. Charles Boyles died at the age of 83 in 1971. This window of history serves as a broad focus for this website.

*This page ONLY lists photos in the collection when the year is known. Many photos are NOT listed on these pages.

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1950

• Australia joins Korean War
• First Test match including play on Boxing Day (in Melbourne), replacing the regular Victoria-New South Wales match. Annual Boxing Day Matches begin in 1980
• Frank Sedgman retained Australian Tennis title, defeating Ken McGregor
• Melbourne: Coloratura soprano Joan Sutherland wins the Mobil Quest after winning the Sydney Sun Aria the year before
• Power Without Glory author, Frank Hardy, in court over libel charge. Hardy is acquitted on June 18, 1951
• Hawthorn (VFL) change to the brown and gold vertical stripes.
• Collingwood (VFL) Coach Jock McHale retires. Bervyn Woods appointed but is replaced within days by Phonse Kyne who would go on to coach the club for 14 years.
• North Melbourne (VFL) reaches the Grand Final for the first time since joining the League in 1925.
• 11th ANFC Carnial at Brisbane, won by Victoria.
• VFA Premiers - Oakleigh (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Essendon (VFL)

Game Details

• 1950 VFL Grand Final - Essendon v North Melbourne
• 1950 VFA Grand Final - Oakleigh v Port Melbourne

Boyles Photos

• Carlton Senior Team 1950 (SLV 122_159)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1950 (FBLHS S50)
• Richmond Senior Team 1950 - Richmond Annual Report 1950

1951

• Frank McEncroe from Bendigo introduced the Chico Roll as a new fast food snack.
• 1951-52 Polio Epidemic
• Divisional vans introduced for police patrol duties.
• Jean Lee became the last woman to be hanged in Australia, when she, Robert Clayton and Norman Andrews were executed in Melbourne for the murder of bookmaker William Kent. Lee was the first woman hanged at Pentridge since 1894
• Train collides with a bus at a level crossing. (Near Horsham) - 11 Deaths
• 'Coulter Law' player payments payments increased from ?4 to ?5 per game
• John Coleman (Essendon) missed VFL Grand Final due to suspension by the Tribunal. Essendon lost the Grand Final by 11 points.
• Box Hill (VFA) enter the VFA
• Moorabbin (VFA) enter the VFA
• VFA Premiers - Prahran (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Geelong (VFL)

Game Details

• 1951 VFL Grand Final - Geelong v Essendon
• 1951 VFA Grand Final - Prahran v Port Melbourne

Boyles Photos

• Geelong Senior Team 1951 (SLV 122_182)
• North Melbourne Senior Team 1951 (Bill Liddy)
• Richmond Senior Team 1951 (SLV 122_017)
• Rose, Bob (SLV 122_188)
• South Melbourne Senior Team 1951 R04 (DG_059)
• Wilkie, Bob (SLV 122_001)

1952

• Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in England
• The first express trains run between Melbourne and Adelaide, following the completion of a railway between the two cities
• Essendon player Lance Mann wins the Stawell Gift, his team-mate, Norm McDonald runs second
• VFA Premiers - Oakleigh (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Geelong (VFL)

Game Details

• 1952 VFL R08 Geelong v Essendon - First VFL Home and Away Game Under Lights
• 1952 VFL R08 Richmond v Collingwood - In Sydney
• 1952 VFL Grand Final Geelong v Collingwood
• 1952 VFA Grand Final Oakleigh v Port Melbourne

Boyles Photos

• 1952 Argus Weekend Magazine
• Carlton Seconds 1952 (BL_024)
• Carlton Thirds 1952 (BL_005)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1952 (FBLHS S52)
• Hawthorn Senior Team 1952 (HM 08)
• South Melbourne Districts 1952 (SLV 122_430)
• South Melbourne Seconds 1952c (SLV 122_094)

1953

• First Begonia Festival held in Ballarat
• Melbourne Knights FC founded as 'SC Croatia' and joins the Victorian Football Federation the following year
• 12th ANFC Carnival in Adelaide, won by Victoria
• Alan Ruthven (Fitzroy) kicked a goal late in the 'Flood' match at the Western Oval (Footscray) to provide Fitzroys only score. Heavy rain had caused the drains to clog and the ground had deep pools of water on it Footscray kicked 10-6 (66) to 1-0 (6).
• VFA Premiers - Port Melbourne (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Collingwood (VFL)

Game Details

• 1953 R05 Footscray v Fitzroy - Flood Match
• 1953 VFL Grand Final - Collingwood v Geelong
• 1953 VFA Grand Final - Port Melbourne v Yarraville

Boyles Photos

• Collingwood Senior Team 1953 (SLV 292_009)
• North Melbourne Senior Team 1953 (PR01-06)
• Richmond Senior Team 1953 (DG_009)
• South Melbourne Seconds 1953 (SLV 122_100)
• South Melbourne Senior Team 1953 (SLV 122_032)
• St Kilda Senior Team 1953 (Stephen Ackroyd)

1954

• Australia's first drive-in theatre, 'Skyline', opened in the Melbourne suburb of Burwood.
• Queen Elizabeth II arrives with Prince Philip for Royal Tour, included greeting around 70,000 ex-servicemen and women at the MCG
• The 'Petrov Affair' rocked Australia. The Affiar climaxed with the defection of a Soviet Secretary and the seizure by Australian Officials of his wife from the hands of KGB agents while they were taking here on a plane back to Russia while it refueled at Darwin Airport. The Petrov's later lived in Melbourne.
• North Melbourne (VFL) begin using 'The Kangaroos' rather than 'The Shinboners'
• John Coleman (Essendon) dislocated his kneecap, ending his career
• VFA Premiers - Williamstown (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Footscray (VFL)
• Victorian Railways closes the Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook narrow-gauge railway (now Puffing Billy Railway).

Game Details

• 1954 VFL Grand Final - Footscray v Melbourne
• 1954 VFA Grand Final - Williamstown v Port Melbourne

Boyles Photos

• 122_064 - South Melbourne Football Club Trainers and Staff 1954
• Carlton Seconds 1954c V1 (SLV 122_127)
• Carlton Seconds 1954c V2 (SLV 122_155)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1954 (FBLHS S54)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1954 (PR01-03)
• Footscray Senior Team 1954 (CLA23)
• Millers Sunday League Team c1954 (SLV 122_210 v1)
• Millers Sunday League Team c1954 (SLV 122_211 v2)
• Richmond Senior Team 1954 (CM)
• South Melbourne Football Club - Trainers and Staff 1954
• South Melbourne Seconds 1955c (SLV 122_101)

1955

• Arrival of Australia's one-millionth post-war migrant, Barbara Porritt of Yorkshire, arrives in Melbourne
• Melbourne's first parking meters are installed
• First Moomba festival was officially opened (following similar parades since 1951)
• Summer of the 17th Doll', by Ray Lawler, opens at the Union Theatre, Melbourne
• First theatrical appearance of 'Housewife Megastar' Edna Everage by actor Barry Humphries at Melbourne University
• VFA Premiers - Williamstown (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Melbourne (VFL)
• Victoria's first parking meters were introduced in Melbourne.

Game Details

• 1955 VFL Grand Final - Melbourne v Collingwood
• 1955 VFA Grand Final - Williamstown v Port Melbourne

Boyles Photos

• 122_356 - South Melbourne footballers basketball team
• Carlton Thirds 1955 (BL_006)
• Carlton Thirds 1955 (SLV 122_138)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1955 (FBLHS S55)
• Geelong Senior Team 1955 (PR01-05)
• Richmond Senior Team 1955 (PR01-10)
• Richmond Senior Team 1955 (SLV 122_019)
• South Melbourne Professional Basketball Team First Season 1955-56
• South Melbourne Senior Team 1955 (SLV 122_170)

1956

• Electric trams cease operation in Geelong.
• International and Australian Surf Championship Carnival begins at Torquay, Victoria.
• Olympic Games rowing events on Lake Wendouree (Ballarat)
• The 16th Olympic Games held in Melbourne, with 67 nations competing.
• International and Australian Surf Championship Carnival begins at Torquay, Victoria.
• TV stations GTV9 and HSV7 open in Melbourne.
• Myer Christmas Windows began in 1956 and later the Myer Christmas Parade.
• Electronic Scoreboard first used at the MCG for the Olympic Games. Designed by Adelaide inventor Edward Thomas Both, The scoreboard was placed in front of the existing scoreboard and was removed after the games.
• 1956 Olympic Demonstration Sport - Aussie Rules Match
• 13th ANFC Carnival in Perth, won by Victoria
• VFA Premiers - Williamstown (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Melbourne (VFL)

Game Details

• 1956 Olympic Demonstration Sport - Aussie Rules Match
• 1956 VFL Grand Final - Melbourne v Collingwood
• 1956 VFL 2nds Grand Final Melbourne v South Melbourne
• 1956 VFA Grand Final - Williamstown v Port Melbourne

Boyles Photos

• Carlton Seconds 1956 (BL_002)
• Carlton Seconds 1956 (SLV 122_145)
• Carlton Senior Team 1956 (BL_023)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1956 (FBLHS S56)
• Hawthorn Senior Team 1956 (HM 09)
• Reference_ 1956 Olympic Demonstration Sport - Aussie Rules Match

1957

• The last edition of The Argus newspaper is published.
• First In Melbourne Tonight Show (IMT) starring Graham Kennedy on GTV9
• Mordialloc (VFA) enter the VFA
• Fitzroy changed from the Gorrillas to the Lions
• VFA Premiers - Moorabbin (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Melbourne (VFL)

Game Details

• 1957 SF Hawthorn v Carlton - Hawthorns First VFL Final
• 1957 VFL Grand Final - Melbourne v Essendon
• 1957 VFA Grand Final - Moorabbin v Port Melbourne

Boyles Photos

• 122_093 - South Melbourne Fourths 1957
• Carlton Seconds 1957 (BL_003)
• Richmond Senior Team 1957 (PR01-09)
• Richmond Senior Team 1957 (SLV 122_021)
• South Melbourne Fourths 1957

1958

• Charles Boyles turns 70
• ICI House at the top edge of the CBD becomes Melbourne's first skyscraper.
• Monash Univeristy founded in Melbourne's eastern suburbs
• Thousands of Greek men riot when the bridal ship Castel Felice is 9 hours late to arrive in Melbourne
• Stirling Moss records a lap time of 1:50.0 on the Original Albert Park Circuit
• Dandenong (VFA) enter the VFA
• Player numbers changed at the last minutes in the VFL Grand Final due to a dispute over copyright, confusing many.
• VFA Premiers - Williamstown (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Collingwood (VFL)

Game Details

• 1958 VFL Grand Final - Collingwood v Melbourne
• 1958 VFA Grand Final - Williamstown v Moorabbin

Boyles Photos

• Carlton Senior Team 1958 (PR01-01)
• Carlton Senior Team 1958 (SLV 122_010)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1958 (FBLHS S58)
• Fitzroy Senior Team 1958 (PR01-04)
• Hawthorn Senior Team 1958 (HM 10)
• South Melbourne Seconds 1958c (SLV 122_030)

1959

• Heatwave - One source puts death toll at 145 (Southern regions, Australia) - 105+ Deaths
• Melbourne: Actors Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner arrive to film On the Beach
• Modernist Artists group, The Antipodeans, hold their first exhibition. The artists include Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, John Brack, David Boyd, Robert Dickerson, John Percival and Clifton Pugh
• Outdoor Venue, the 'Sidney Myer Music Bowl' officially opened by Prime Minister Robert Menzies.
• American Evangalist Billy Graham drew 130,000 people to an event at the MCG.
• South Melbourne Hellas formed by the merger of three existing clubs and attracts a large following in Melbourne's large Greek community
• Prahran (VFA) leave the VFA after loosing occupancy of Toorak Park (Armadale)
• Sunshine (VFA) enter the VFA
• A 'Premiership Cup' first awarded by the VFL to the winners at the Grand Final.
• VFL renames the Second Eighteens' competition as the Reserves
• VFL renames the Third Eighteens' competition as the Under-19s
• VFA Premiers - Williamstown (VFA)
• VFL Premiers - Melbourne (VFL)

Game Details

• 1959 VFL Grand Final - Melbourne v Essendon
• 1959 VFA Grand Final - Williamstown v Coburg

Boyles Photos

• Hawthorn Senior Team 1959 (HM 11)