Mambo Graphics, or simply Mambo, is an Australian surfwear company, established in 1984. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Surf culture includes the people language fashion and life surrounding the sport of modern Surfing. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) It is best known for producing graphic designs with strong political, religious or humorous themes. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Humour or humor (see spelling differences) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke Laughter and provide Amusement Mambo was launched in 1984 as a T-shirt screen printing business within their screen printing factory "Phantom Screen printing".
Now owned by Gazal Corporation (Australian owned textile manufacturer), Mambo has become large commercial clothing, textile and other goods manufacturer with an annual turnover of more than 12 million dollars (AUD). Gazal Corporation is a listed public company of the Australian Stock Exchange. Mambo has hosted local and overseas surfing events and gives financial support to Reach Out and Greenpeace. Mambo is a major exporter and helps to develop young talent, produce innovative products, artworks and quality clothing.
Although Australian owned, Mambo manufacture their products in various locations off shore, hence leading to the expression "made near Australia".
During the 1990s Mambo produced the ubiquitous "farting dog" T-shirt designs; at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney it supplied printed Hawaiian shirts to the Australian Olympic Team. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a Shirt which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person's Torso. "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 The Aloha shirt is a style of dress shirt originating in Hawaii. Mambo currently has 22 stores around the world, plus distributors in New Zealand, Asia and Europe. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
The Mambo shirts have also been seen in media, among the famous is the Scorpius clone named Harvey, from the science fiction show Farscape, wearing it mainly in beach related scenes over his cooling suit. Farscape is an American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced for the Sci-Fi Channel.
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