History column

Updated October 16 2017 - 6:21pm, first published October 12 2017 - 9:52am
Olympians: John Oravainen, Don Talbot (Team co-coach), Bill Burton poolside in Ayr, at the Australian Swimming Team’s training camp for the 1962 Perth British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Olympians: John Oravainen, Don Talbot (Team co-coach), Bill Burton poolside in Ayr, at the Australian Swimming Team’s training camp for the 1962 Perth British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

John Oravainen embraced every young migrant’s dream of a new life in Australia, with its abundant sunshine and summer sport.

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