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Chris Dawson (rugby League)
Christopher Michael Dawson (born 26 July 1948) is an Australian convicted murderer and sex offender, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s. Following the 1982 disappearance of his wife, Lynette, and two separate coronial inquests, the New South Wales State Coroner determined that Lynette was dead and that Chris Dawson was her most likely murderer. After many years of stalled and failed investigations, Dawson was arrested and charged with murder in December 2018. He was granted bail after he paid the court A$1.5 million. The bail conditions required him to surrender his passport to Queensland police and to live with his current wife. His trial started on 9 May 2022 in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. In 2022, Dawson was found guilty of murdering Lynette, and was sentenced to 24 years in prison. He is currently incarcerated at Long Bay Correctional Centre. Early life Dawson was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He is the second born of tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physical Education
Physical education is an academic subject taught in schools worldwide, encompassing Primary education, primary, Secondary education, secondary, and sometimes tertiary education. It is often referred to as Phys. Ed. or PE, and in the United States it is informally called gym class or gym. Physical education generally focuses on developing physical fitness, motor skills, health awareness, and social interaction through activities such as sports, exercise, and movement education. While Curriculum, curricula vary by country, PE generally aims to promote lifelong physical activity and well-being. Unlike other academic subjects, physical education is distinctive because it engages students across the Psychomotor learning, psychomotor, Cognition, cognitive, Affect (psychology), affective, Social skills, social, and cultural domains of learning. Physical education content differs internationally, as physical activities often reflect the geographic, cultural, and environmental features of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Walkley
The Gold Walkley is the major award of the Walkley Awards The annual Walkley Awards are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism. They cover all media including print, television, documentary, radio, photographic and online media. The Gold Walkley is the highest prize and ... for Australian journalism. It is chosen by the Walkley Advisory Board from the winners of all the other categories (excluding the Journalism Leadership and Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism awards). It has been awarded annually since 1978. List of award winners References {{Reflist, 1 Australian journalism awards Gold Walkley Awards established in 1979 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedley Thomas
Hedley Thomas is an Australian investigative journalist, author and podcast producer based in Brisbane. He has been a staff writer at ''The Courier-Mail'', the ''South China Morning Post'' and ''The Australian.'' He is known for producing ''The Teacher’s Pet'', a true-crime podcast that examined the 1982 disappearance of Sydney woman Lynette Dawson. The podcast preceded the conviction of her husband, Chris Dawson, for her murder. He has been awarded eight Walkley Awards during his career, including two Gold Walkleys. Early life Thomas was born on Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas where his father, a Royal Australian Air Force pilot, was stationed on secondment. He grew up on the Gold Coast, Queensland and graduated from Surfers Paradise State School. Career Early career (1984 – 1999) Thomas began working as a copy boy at the ''Gold Coast Bulletin'' in 1984 before commencing a cadetship in 1985. In 1988, he moved to ''The Courier-Mail'' in Brisbane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Teacher's Pet
''The Teacher's Pet'' is a 2018 Australian crime podcast that investigated the disappearance of Lynette Dawson. Published by ''The Australian'' newspaper, the podcast was hosted by journalist Hedley Thomas and produced by Slade Gibson. As of 2020, the series has had close to 30 million downloads and reached number one in podcast charts in Australia, the UK, Canada, and New Zealand. Description Lynette Dawson was an Australian nurse, homemaker and mother. She disappeared without a trace in 1982 and her whereabouts, dead or alive, have never been determined. ''The Teacher's Pet'' podcast investigated details of her marriage to rugby league player and teacher Chris Dawson, her disappearance, an extramarital affair between her husband and a 16-year-old school girl, claims of sexual misconduct between teachers and students at Cromer High and other Northern Beaches public high schools, flaws in the police investigation, effects on the families involved and the unwillingness of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podcast
A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an Episode, episodic series of digital audio Computer file, files that users can download to a personal device or stream to listen to at a time of their choosing. Podcasts are primarily an audio medium, but some distribute in video, either as their primary content or as a supplement to audio; popularised in recent years by video platform YouTube. In 2025, Bloomberg News, Bloomberg reported that a billion people are watching podcasts on YouTube every month. A podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. Discussion and content within a podcast can range from carefully scripted to completely improvised. Podcasts combine elaborate and artistic sound production with thematic concerns ranging from scientific research to Slice of life, slice-of-life journalism. Many podcast series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intentional Community
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community designed to foster a high degree of group cohesiveness, social cohesion and teamwork. Such communities typically promote shared values or beliefs, or pursue a common vision, which may be political, religious, Utopia, utopian or Spirituality, spiritual, or are simply focused on the practical benefits of cooperation and mutual support. While some groups emphasise shared Ideology, ideologies, others are centred on enhancing social connections, sharing resources, and creating meaningful relationships. Although intentional communities are sometimes described as alternative lifestyles or social experiments, some see them as a natural response to the isolation and fragmentation of modern housing, offering a return to the social bonds and collaborative spirit found in traditional village life. List of intentional communities, The multitude of intentional communities includes collective households, cohousing communities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missing Person
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as Life, alive or Death, dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, or death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. Kidnapping, Criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of Closure (psychology), closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeppoon, Queensland
Yeppoon () is a coastal town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. Yeppoon is renowned for its beaches, tropical climate, and the islands out on the bay. Located from the city of Rockhampton, Yeppoon is the Seat of government, seat of the Shire of Livingstone and the principal town on the Capricorn Coast, a string of seaside communities stretching more than from north to south. The beaches and shallow coves provide a destination both for tourists and retirees settling down in Central Queensland. Offshore, there are 27 islands including Great Keppel Island which is from Yeppoon. In the , the locality of Yeppoon had a population of 7,037 people; this does not include any neighbouring suburbs. Geography Yeppoon is located on Keppel Bay which opens to the Coral Sea, around north of the state capital, Brisbane, and from Rockhampton City. It is located within the local government area of Shire of Livingstone in Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Ursula's College, Yeppoon
St Ursula's College, Yeppoon, is an independent, Catholic, Girls', secondary and Boarding School located in the town of Yeppoon, in Central Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Queensland Catholic Education Commission, with an enrolment of 553 students and a teaching staff of 50, as of 2023. The school serves students from Year 7 to Year 12, and is the only all-girls, Catholic day and boarding secondary school in Central Queensland. History The school's history began in 1915 when Bishop Joseph Shiel proposed a Branch House for the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary be established at Yeppoon. Mother Ursula Kennedy and Mother Patrick Madden, two Presentation Sisters, visited Yeppoon and selected a one-acre block in Queen Street for the construction of the branch house, which at the suggestion of Bishop Shiel became known as St Ursula's. The two-storey St Ursula's Convent, with St Joseph's Primary School on the ground floor, was officially opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coombabah State High School
Coombabah State High School is a public secondary school located in the northern suburb of Coombabah on the Gold Coast, Queensland, in Australia. Backing onto the Coombabah Lakelands Conversation Area, The campus is situated on Pine Ridge Road. Overview The current principal is Chris Kern with the deputies being Justin Clinch, Cath Robertson, Tamerlane Schelks and PETA Purson. Over 1,200 students attend Coombabah High and feeder schools include Coombabah State Primary School, Biggera Waters State Primary School, Labrador State Primary School & Arundel State Primary School and also Helensvale State Primary School. It intakes students from the greater Gold Coast area. It opened in 1986, with a student population of approximately 670 students in Years 8, 9 and 11. Years 10 and 12 were introduced in 1987, and enrolments continued to grow, reaching a peak of approximately 1700 in 1989. The first principal was Kevin Bowden, who was assisted by Carmel Gomm as Deputy Principal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keebra Park State High School
Keebra Park State High School (KPSHS), referred to as Keebra Park or Keebra, is a co-educational public secondary school, located in the Gold Coast suburb of Southport, Queensland, Australia. The school falls within Division 6 of Gold Coast council. Students Year levels Queensland secondary schools started catering for Year 7 to align Queensland with the other states, as part of the official implementation in 2015 of Anna Bligh's state-wide "Flying Start" program. As part of a 2013 trial, some schools implemented this transition early. 2013 was the last year Keebra Park State High School catered only for Year 8 to Year 12. Since 2014, the years levels currently offered at this school are Year 7 to Year 12. Student enrolments In 2023, Keebra Park State High School was reported to have a maximum student enrolment capacity of 1,060 students. The trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been: Notable alumni Sport See also *Education in Queensland * History of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
