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Alan Joseph Joyce is an Irish-born Australian businessman. He is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian airline Qantas Airways Limited. Joyce was born and raised in Tallaght, now a suburb of Dublin but a separate village at the time of his birth. Joyce's mother was a cleaner and his father... worked in a tobacco factory. Joyce and his three siblings attended university. He lives in the inner-Sydney suburb of The Rocks with his partner, a New Zealand man with whom Joyce has been in a relationship since 1999; Joyce refuses to discuss the relationship or even name his partner, saying his partner is 'very private, he doesn't like being talked about'. An honours maths and physics graduate of Trinity College, Joyce reads books on maths and science for recreation. In 2011, Joyce was treated for prostate cancer. Joyce attended Dublin Institute of Technology and Trinity College, Dublin. He graduated with Honours, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science and a Master of Science degree in Management Science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
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Mascot is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mascot is located 7 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the City of Botany Bay. Mascot is on the north-west side of Botany Bay and contains Sydney... Airport. The first land grants in the area were made in 1835, with market gardening being the main land use. Subdivision followed the construction of Botany Road in 1875 and a municipality known as North Botany was formed in 1888. A racecourse operated in this area in 1904 on land that was formerly owned by the Australian Golf Club. The race course was known as Ascot, named after its famous counterpart in England. Residents wanted the area to have an individual identity and a referendum was held in 1911 to choose between Mascot, Boronia and Booralee. In 1920, Mascot was chosen as the site of a public airfield. Nigel Love was leasing 200 acres from the Kensington Race club and in 1921 the Commonwealth Government purchased 161 acres for this purpose. The first regular flights began in 1924.
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