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Original Boxing Kangaroo flag heads home

 

Original Boxing Kangaroo flag heads home

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Original Boxing Kangaroo flag heads home

The original boxing kangaroo flag flown on Australia II when it won the America’s Cup in 1983 is on its way home to Australia.

The flag was discovered recently hanging in O’Brien’s Bar in Newport Rhode Island by Australia II crewman John Longley.

The original boxing kangaroo flag flown on Australia II when it won the America’s Cup in 1983 is on its way home to Australia.

The flag was discovered recently hanging in O’Brien’s Bar in Newport Rhode Island by Australia II crewman John Longley.

Today, another Australia II crewman, Skip Lissiman, accepted the flag and presented the bar with a new BK flag signed by the crew who rested the auld mug New York Yacht Club 26 years ago to the day.

The Australian Olympic Committee which owns the rights to the boxing kangaroo has agreed the original flag will be donated to a museum of the crew’s choice.

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