Frank Austin "Paddy" Pallin AM (1900 – 3 January 1991) was an Australian pioneer bushwalking and camping equipment retailer.
Born in County Durham, England, in 1900, Pallin developed a love for the outdoors while on family picnics and Scout trips to the Yorkshire countryside.
[1] He became an original member of the Sydney Bush Walkers Club which was founded in 1927 and then, becoming a victim of the Great Depression in 1930, he began making lightweight, waterproof outdoor equipment and clothing.
His business soon began to pay for itself when people realised bushwalking was a cheap activity and no one else was making high quality bush equipment.
In 1975 he established the Paddy Pallin Foundation to assist conservation projects and in the same year was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.