Basia Bonkowski (died 3 September 2022) also known as Basia Rendall, was an Australian

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and author.

Biography

Bonkowski was born in Adelaide, one of four to Polish immigrants, Maria and Jerzy. She attended Cabra College, then the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide is a public university, public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. Its main campus in the Adelaide city centre includes many Sa ...

to study Law, before attending

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, where she switched to English Literature and Drama. She married television producer

Kimble Rendall Kimble Rendall (1957 – April 2025) was an Australian film director, musician and writer mostly known for his second unit direction of ''The Matrix Reloaded'' (2003), ''The Matrix Revolutions'' (2003), ''I, Robot'' (2004), '' Casanova'' (2005) ...

in 1982 and they had two adopted children, William and Camille. Bonkowski was the presenter of programs including '' Rock Around the World'' (SBS), ''

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'' (SBS), ''

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'' (Channel 10), and '' The Big Byte'' (SBS). As a television producer she worked for

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and Endemol Shine and was a producer of the series '' RBT'' for the

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. Bonkowski, studied at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

before becoming a published author with ''Shimmer'', a 2009 book about her mother, and ''Jesse's World'', a book on international adoption published in 2005. She died on 3 September 2022 from lymphoma.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonkowski, Basia Australian television presenters Australian women television presenters Year of birth missing 2022 deaths