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Bill Northam

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Sir William Herbert "Bill" Northam, CBE (28 September 1905 – 2 September 1988) was an Australian Olympic yachtsman and businessman. [1]

28 relations: America's Cup, Australian Father of the Year award, Australian Olympic Committee, Australian Sailing Hall of Fame, Barrenjoey, New South Wales, Bill Luders, Frank Packer, Gretel (yacht), James Sargeant, John J. McNamara (author), Johnson & Johnson, Knight Bachelor, Northern Beaches, Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, Olympic Games, Olympic Order, Order of the British Empire, Peter O'Donnell, Pharmaceutical industry, Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Sailing at the Summer Olympics, Slazenger, Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards, Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Torquay, 1964 Summer Olympics, 5.5 Metre (keelboat).

America's Cup

The America's Cup, affectionately known as the "Auld Mug", is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two sailing yachts.

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Australian Father of the Year award

The Australian Father Of The Year award is an Australian award to honor and showcase a fine example of Australian fatherhood.

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Australian Olympic Committee

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is the National Olympic Committee responsible for developing, promoting and protecting the Olympic Movement in Australia.

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Australian Sailing Hall of Fame

Australian Sailing Hall of Fame was established in 2017 by Australian Sailing in collaboration with the Australian National Maritime Museum.

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Barrenjoey, New South Wales

Barrenjoey is a locality in the suburb of Palm Beach, at the most northern tip of Pittwater.

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Bill Luders

Alfred Edward "Bill" Luders, Jr. (December 31, 1909 – January 31, 1999) was an American naval architect, who designed all but one of the Sea Sprite Sailing Yachts.

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Frank Packer

Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer, KBE, OStJ (3 December 19061 May 1974), was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine Network.

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Gretel (yacht)

Gretel is an Australian racing yacht in the 12-metre class that unsuccessfully challenged for the 1962 America's Cup.

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James Sargeant

James Frederick Richard "Dick" Sargeant (born 17 March 1936 in Kobe, Japan) is an Australian sailor and Olympic Champion.

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John J. McNamara (author)

John Joseph McNamara, Jr. (7 February 1932 – 18 October 1986), also known as Don McNamara, was an American banker, athlete, and author who won a bronze medal for sailing in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturing company founded in 1886.

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Knight Bachelor

The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Northern Beaches

The Northern Beaches is an area in the northern coastal suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, near the Pacific coast.

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Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney

The Northern Suburbs Crematorium, officially Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, is a crematorium affiliated with Protestantism located in North Ryde, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Olympic Order

The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement and is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement, i.e. recognition of efforts worthy of merit in the cause of sport.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Peter O'Donnell

Peter O'Donnell (11 April 1920 – 3 May 2010) was a British writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, an action heroine/undercover trouble-shooter.

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Pharmaceutical industry

The pharmaceutical industry (or medicine industry) is the commercial industry that discovers, develops, produces, and markets drugs or pharmaceutical drugs for use as different types of medicine and medications.

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Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is a yacht club located in North Sydney, Australia in the suburb of Kirribilli.

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Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens Greece. With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1964 consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class, seven races were scheduled; these took place from 12 October to 23 October 1964 off the coast of Enoshima in Sagami Bay. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.

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Sailing at the Summer Olympics

Sailing (also known as yachting until 2000) has been one of the Olympic sports since the Games of the I Olympiad, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896.

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Slazenger

Slazenger is a British sporting goods manufacturer which concentrates on racket sports including tennis, golf, cricket and hockey.

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Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards

The Sport Australia Hall of Fame was established on 10 December 1985 to recognise the achievements of Australian sportsmen and sportswomen.

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Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Torquay

Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay.

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1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 10 to 24 October 1964.

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5.5 Metre (keelboat)

The International 5.5 Metre class was created to yield a racing keel boat giving a sailing experience similar to that of the International 6 Metre Class, but at a lower cost.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Northam

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