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92/1638 Toy koala, and packaging, fabric / plastic, Speedo Australia Pty Ltd, used at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, [1988]
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Object statement
Toy koala, and packaging, fabric / plastic, Speedo Australia Pty Ltd, used at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, [1988]
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
1988 Australian team mascot for the Seoul Olympic Games.
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
Used by Speedo UK as a promotional give away for the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games.

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Description
Toy koala, and packaging, fabric / plastic, Speedo Australia Pty Ltd, used at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, [1988].
Koala in synthetic brown pluch fabric, brown glass eyes and black plastic nose and claws, wearing a bright yello swimsuit with 'SPEEDO' in raised white lettering across the stomach. A green satin ribbon tied around the neck with an adhered gold printed yellow cardboard disk reads 'SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA / SPEEDO / from 'SPEEDO IN EUROPE' with a central map of Australia.

Made: Speedo Australia Pty Ltd; ; 1988


Used: Speedo;
Marks
Both end caps of the packaging cylinder have printed yellow paper strips in green and gold adhered to them, printed with 'SPEEDO' and boomerang logo
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
92/1638
Production date
1988

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Acquisition credit line
Gift of Speedo Australia Pty Ltd, 1992
This object belongs to:
Speedo Swimwear Collection
Subjects
+ Seoul Olympic Games, 1988
+ Swimming
+ Australian animals
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