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Bobtales
''Bobtales'' is an Australian animated series of aboriginal dreamtime stories produced in Perth, Western Australia in 1997 and aired in 1998. Thirteen 5-minute episodes were produced by independent film company Gripping Film and Graphics and the Western Australian Aboriginal Media Association in Western Australia, with funding from Screenwest, Film Australia, and SBS Independent. The series is distributed within Australia and world wide by Screen Australia Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body for the Australian screen production industry, created under the ''Screen Australia Act 2008''. From 1 July 2008 Screen Australia took over the functions of its predecess .... Episodes #Waitj and the Djindong #The Trials of Yorna #Younger and Maak (Kangaroo and Moon) #Legend of the Southern Cross #How the Parrots got their Colours #Three Springs #How the Echidna Got its Quills #The Emu, Brolga and Eagle #The Kingfisher Tribe #The Dove and the Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Albert (actor)
Stephen "Baamba" Albert (1950 – 13 November 2019) was an Indigenous Australians, Australian actor and singer. He starred in the musicals ''Bran Nue Dae'' and ''Corrugation Road''.ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC TV, George Negus Tonight]Interview With Stephen ‘Baamba’ Albert, 11/08/2003/ref> Albert was born in the Western Australian town of Broome, Western Australia, Broome. He grew up with his mother, a Bardi people, Bardi woman, and his stepfather, a Japanese man who had worked in Broome's pearling industry. He was influenced by members of his extended family who had learnt orchestral instruments at the leprosarium near Derby, Western Australia, Derby. Initially taking up training as an apprentice diesel mechanic, his professional musical career began in 1968 with the band Broome Beats, which fused Indigenous, Asian, and European musical influences. His performance career included working for Jimmy Chi in ''Bran Nue Dae'' and ''Corrugation Road'', as the sidekic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |