28 February 1959 - Sabrina visits boys with polio at the
Margaret Reid Hospital, Mona Vale Road, St.Ives, N.S.W.
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Under police guard in Australia |
Some tantalising shots. Far too expensive to rent (yes - rent! They won't even sell them), they give valuable new information of Sabrina's travels in Oz.
Sabrina (nee Norma Ann Sykes) meets Bondi lifesaver during tour of Australia
September 14, 1959. Brisbane, QLD. Movie actress Sabrina being met by fans after she arrives at Eagle Farm airport
September 14, 1959. Brisbane, QLD. Sabrina arrives at Eagle Farm
September 14, 1959. Brisbane, QLD. Sabrina arrives at Eagle Farm
September 15, 1959. Brisbane, QLD. Movie actress Sabrina visiting Greenslopes Hospital signing autographs for several patients
September 15, 1959. Brisbane, QLD. Movie actress Sabrina with a kangaroo in Queens St in the city
MARCH 7, 1959 Singer actor Sabrina displays bruises she received whilst being jostled by huge crowd during Australian tour |
Courtesy of James C - from the "Gold Coast Book" by John Vader
and Fred Lang (Jacaranda, 1980) . The caption says "the forty-inch
girl was framed by a thirty-inch bite" |
Read An account of Sabrina's 1958-1959 Australian tour |
Slim ("The Pub with no Beer") Dusty and Sabrina. |
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Sabrina with television personalities and anglers Bob
and Dolly Dyer on their boat, 1 March 1959
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Some may recognise Graham Kennedy close to Sabrina! |
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These pix are from Sabrina in Australia
Visit that page for details on these pix! |
The picnic at Healesville Sanctuary
Below, the earlier B&W version I found....
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| Miscellaneous Australian Sabby pix which also appear elsewhere
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15 January 1959
"Two well-known personalities - one British and the
other Australian - spent the lunch-hour together in MELBOURNE today practising
for a charity performance to be held on Sunday for the Red Cross Society.
Champion miler HERB ELLIOTT....and his eye-watching time-keeper SABRINA.
They'll both take part in Sunday's International Charity cricket match
at St. Kilda Oval. While ELLIOTT did some routine lunch-hour training at
Como Park today, most eyes were on SABRINA, dressed for the occasion in
matador pants and white sweater. Sunday's cricket teams will be led by
former Test captains - Sir LEONARD HUTTON and IAN JOHNSTON. But for the
onlookers the best was yet to come. SABRINA had gone to the Park to do
some quiet bowling. She's to bowl the first ball at Sunday's cricket match.
and it was obvious today that she badly needed a lot of practice. Coached
by an obliging Army cricket team, SABRINA finally bowled one ball which
connected with the bat; and she became so enthusiastic about cricket that
she stayed for more than an hour." (Film Source: ABC, Duration:
91.5 feet, Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Read
more about Sabrina in Australia
Notice the famous 18" belt?
Hear
Sabrina tell the belt story ... Hear
the rest of the interview. |
Not a great photo of our Sabby: cropped for publication, obviously.
If it weren't for the fur (and other [ahem...] distinguishing features), I wouldn't have recognised Sabrina.
In the pic's filename was "12 November 1958, Australia" - but this was before Sabby landed here (on the 18th. Someone has goofed. It was either Rome (and the date may have been right) or Australia (and the date was wrong).
Thanks to Simeon for 'shopping out the editor's cropping marks!
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19 November 1959, Mascot Airport : Sabrina leaves Oz for the USA |
Sabrina in St Kilda, Melbourne. (Around 1959)
13 May 2010 - Chris wrote to ask me to pass a message to Sabrina...
I have just bought a house in St Kilda, in Melbourne. Part of the attraction was the house used to be something of a party joint in the 50's. I received photos from the previous owners passed down from the original owners that include your good self enjoying a swanky do. They 'claim' you were a regular visitor!
On looking you up on the internet I discovered you are a Stockport girl. I am from Altrincham so it just shows what a small world it is.
It would be fascinating to talk to you and learn about the scene in yesteryear.
And Chris attached two photos! |
The Second (1962) Sabrina Visit |
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04 Jan 1962: "Sporting a cute bow and newly acquired American
accent, actress and nightclub entertainer Sabrina (Norma Sykes) returned
to Australia to see her friend Lee Gordon*. Sabrina had just completed
a film, 'Satan in High
Heels', in Hollywood, but acting
was never her greatest asset"
It was an ill-fated second visit.
* Lee was an American who came to Australia
in the early 50's. He was a music promoter who had promoted Frank Sinatra,
Elvis and others in USA. He decided to do it here and hired the Sydney
Stadium. Over a few years he brought out Sinatra, Johnny Ray, Bob Hope
and every rocker and crooner except Elvis and Bing. He also started
the first strip clubs, Jazz clubs, Hamburger Diners, Plastic Paint and
one of Australia's Legendary record labels.. Leedon. He died nearly
a pauper in London around 1963. From www.ozstar.com |
Read a letter from Ken who knew Sabrina
- and treated her breasts for sunburn! - during her Australian visit |
In 1962, Sabrina returned to Australia to promote The Twist
for Lee Gordon - it was not a happy time. Read
the newspapers to get
the story.
Sabrina doing the Twist at the entrance to the Peppermint
Lounge, Sydney. Jan 1962
Sabrina doing the Twist and unknown guitar and saxophone band, Peppermint
Lounge, Sydney. January 1962.
"This young man could not believe his luck and the photographer couldn't
keep his camera steady, when Sabrina danced The Twist at the Peppermint Lounge.
The medical profession said it would cause "dislocated joints, slipped discs,
sacroiliac damage and muscle sprains". The only muscle sprain here was ocular"
Picture upgraded 19 July 2009 |
Misc Oz Pix |
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Visiting young polio victims in hospital |
I believe this group to be from Australian publications, but can't guarantee it.
Im not at all sure what Sabrina is doing with this UFO puppet.
Note the big arrow pointing to the ring on Sabby's finger. |
See Sabrina's Australian Caltex Ad
