Canadian flag t-shirt
Maker
Freight Train Australia
Date1986 - 1987
Object number00000201
NameT-shirt
MediumCotton
DimensionsOverall: 710 x 853 mm
ClassificationsClothing and personal items
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionA cotton t-shirt with the Canadian flag printed on it and text reading 'CANADA Americas Cup Fremantle 86/87'.
This shirt was part of wide variety of souvenirs produced by and about the competing yachting syndicates that were available for sale in Fremantle during the 1986 Americas Cup race.HistoryAUSTRALIA II's victory over the Americans at Newport in 1983 had a tremendous impact on Australians that extended way beyond the yachting sphere.
The advent of 'The Race' to Fremantle witnessed an incredible surge of investment activity in Western Australia
- chiefly evident in the feverish metamorphosis of Fremantle from a sleepy port city into a lively recreation centre.
SignificanceAs both a yachting and a social phenomenon the Americas Cup caused a fervour in Fremantle when it was held there in 1986. The enthusiasm for the event reveals how the sea, and Australians' relationship to it, influenced the social and physical terrain of the town.
