SOURCE: Purchased from eBay In 1983 Australia won the America's Cup, ending the longest winning streak in sporting history and ending U.S. domination of the racing series. John Bertrand was the skipper of the winning Australian boat, Australia II. In 1985 his book, Born to Win: A Lifelong Struggle to Capture the America's Cup, was published by Corgi & Bantam Books who also released this promotional die-cut bookmark with blurbs from several notable people. | The final race was televised in Australia in the early hours just before dawn, and the victory was celebrated in pubs and other public venues across Australia. The race literally stopped a nation! Then Prime Minister, Bob Hawke was interviewed at the dawn celebration in Claremont, Western Australia, and famously said, "Any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum". |
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the BLOGGERDebrah Gai Lewis lives in Lillian Rock, New South Wales, Australia and is a bookmark collector, yoga teacher and SoulCollage® Facilitator (among other things). ABOUT the blogIn this blog I highlight bookmarks from my collection, feature stories about some of my favourite bookmarks (mine and other people's), and share interesting snippets I find on bookmarks and related topics. Thanks for visiting. Enjoy! BLOG
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