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DULUX RALLY: A large Dulux Rally fabric flag. Measures approximately 442 cm W, 81.5 cm H. This is a rare flag due to the limited time that the Dulux Rally was run. INFORMATION NARRATIVE: The Dulux Rally was a new innovation to Australian motor sport, and was conducted between Sydney to Brisbane to Melbourne (1971, covering some 6500 kilometres) and Brisbane to Sydney to Melbourne (1972 covering some 4000 kilometres). It combined a tour of hillclimbs and racing circuits, with road rallying between them. The Dulux rally ran only for two years, 1971 - 1972, and was discontinued in 1973 due to: Dulux withdrawing its sponsorship to promote to the public through television advertisements; the complexity of organising the event; small fields in 1971 and 1972 making it probable that it would not develop further into a larger event as regards entry numbers; the sheer cost of conducting the event and the size of the sponsorship to be raised to replace

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