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Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood
Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood (born 24 July 1987) is an Australian actress and producer. Early life Arianwen lived in the small rural area of Black Mountain in the New England Region of New South Wales. She attended Newling Public School and Duval High School in Armidale. She went on to study a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating in 2008. Career After graduating from NIDA, Parkes-Lockwood played Abigail in ''The Crucible'' for the Sydney Theatre Company. She also starred in a 2010 Sydney production ''As You Like It'', playing Rosalind. She appeared as Dolly Green in the 2011 television series '' Underbelly: Razor''; then in an episode of '' Tough Nuts'' (2011) as well as an episode of the two-part BBC docudrama '' The Kangaroo Gang: Thieves by Appointment'' (2011). She was a winner of the 2011 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship for acting and filmmaking. In 2013, she was cast as Olivia Bligh in the Seven Network's 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Place To Call Home (TV Series)
''A Place to Call Home'' is an Television in Australia, Australian television drama series, created by Bevan Lee for the Seven Network, which premiered in 2013. Set in rural New South Wales after World War II, it follows Sarah Adams (Marta Dusseldorp), who has returned to Australia after twenty years abroad to start a new life and ends up clashing with wealthy matriarch Elizabeth Bligh (Noni Hazlehurst). The main cast also includes Brett Climo (George Bligh), Craig Hall (actor), Craig Hall (Dr. Jack Duncan), David Berry (actor), David Berry (James Bligh), Abby Earl (Anna Bligh), Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood (Olivia Bligh), Aldo Mignone (Gino Poletti), Sara Wiseman (Carolyn Bligh), Jenni Baird (Regina Standish), Tim Draxl (Henry Fox), and Frankie J. Holden (Roy Briggs). The show was cancelled after its second season, but obtained further funding and concluded successfully after a total of six seasons in 2018. Cast and characters Main continuing characters * Marta Dusseldorp as Sarah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LG Electronics
LG Electronics Inc. () is a South Korean Multinational corporation, multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Yeouido-dong, Seoul, South Korea. LG Electronics is a part of LG, LG Corporation, the fourth largest ''chaebol'' in South Korea, and often considered as the pinnacle of LG Corp with the group's chemical and battery division LG Chem. It comprises four business units: home entertainment, mobility, home appliances & air solutions, and business solutions. LG Electronics acquired Zenith Electronics, Zenith in 1995 and is the largest shareholder of LG Display, the world's largest display company by revenue in 2020. LG Electronics is also the world's second largest television manufacturer behind Samsung Electronics. The company has 128 operations worldwide, employing 83,000 people. History 1958–1960s In 1958, LG Electronics was founded as ''GoldStar'' (). It was established in the aftermath of the Korean War to provide the rebuild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (theatre), play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, King Claudius, Claudius, who has murdered Ghost (Hamlet), Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Gertrude (Hamlet), Hamlet's mother. ''Hamlet'' is considered among the "most powerful and influential tragedies in the English language", with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others." It is widely considered one of the greatest plays of all time. Three different early versions of the play are extant: the Hamlet Q1, First Quarto (Q1, 1603); the Second Quarto (Q2, 1604); and the First Folio (F1, 1623). Each version includes lines and passages missing from the others. Many works have been pointed to as possible s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Funder
Anna Funder (born 1966) is an Australian author. She is the author of ''Stasiland'', ''All That I Am (novel), All That I Am'', ''Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life'' and the novella ''The Girl With the Dogs.'' Anna’s book ''Wifedom'' was a Sunday Times Bestseller and New York Times Notable Book of 2023. Life Education Funder attended primary school in Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne and Paris; and later Star of the Sea College, Melbourne, graduating as ''dux'' in 1983. She studied at the University of Melbourne and the ''Free University of Berlin, Freie Universität'' of Berlin, and holds a BA (Hons) and an LLB (Hons). She also holds an MA from the University of Melbourne and a Doctor of Creative Arts degree from the University of Technology Sydney. Funder speaks French and German fluently. Legal career Funder worked for the Australian Government as an international lawyer in human rights, constitutional law and treaty negotiation, before turning to writing full-tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Simsion
Graeme C. Simsion is a New Zealand-born Australian author, screenwriter, playwright, and Data modeling, data modeller, best known for his first novel ''The Rosie Project''. Early life and education Simsion was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia with his family when he was 12 years old.Steger, Jason"A First Date with Destiny" The Age 26 January 2012 Prior to becoming an author, Simsion was an information systems consultant, co-authoring the book ''Data Modelling Essentials,'' and worked in wine distribution. Literary career Rosie novels In 2012 Simsion won the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award for his book ''The Rosie Project''. The novel was published by Text Publishing to critical acclaim in Australia in January 2014. By March 2016 it had sold more than three and a half million copies in over 40 countries around the world. Simsion initially wrote ''The Rosie Project'' as a screenplay, which has since been optio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Buist
Anne Buist is an Australian researcher and practising psychiatrist specializing in women's mental health, in particular postpartum psychiatric illnesses. She is also a novelist, author of the Natalie King crime fiction series, and co-author, with her husband Graeme Simsion, of the novels '' Two Steps Forward'' (2017) and ''Two Steps Onward'' (2021). Education Buist has an M.B.B.S. from Monash University in 1981 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1989. She has an MMed from the University of Melbourne for research into infants exposed to antidepressants in breastmilk in 1992, and an MD from the University of Melbourne in 1999 for her study of the long-term effects of childhood abuse. Psychiatric and Research Career From 1993 to 1997, Buist was Director of Psychiatry at the Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne, and was then appointed Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne in 1997, and became the Profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Burgess (author)
Colin Burgess (born March 1947) is an Australian author and historian, specializing in space flight and military history. He is a former customer service manager for Qantas Airways, and a regular contributor to the collectSPACE online community. He lives in New South Wales. Two of Burgess's co-authored 2007 books, '' Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961–1965'' and '' In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965–1969'' were named as finalists for the 2007 Eugene M. Emme Award given by the American Astronautical Society. ''In the Shadow of the Moon'' was also named as "2009 Outstanding Academic Title" by '' Choice Magazine''. Bibliography * ''Aircraft'', 1985 * ''Pioneers of Flight'', 1988 *''Prisoners of War'', with Hugh Clarke and Russell Braddon, 1988 * ''Laughter in the Air: Tales from the Qantas Era'', with Max Harris, 1988 * ''More Laughter in the Air: Tales from the Qantas Era'', 1992 * ''Barbed Wire and Bamboo: Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle De Kretser
Michelle de Kretser (born 1957) is an Australian novelist who was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), and moved to Australia in 1972 when she was 14. Her father was Oswald Leslie De Kretser III, a judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon. Education and literary career De Kretser was educated at Methodist College, Colombo, in Melbourne at Elwood College, and in Paris. She worked as an editor for a travel guides company Lonely Planet, and while on a sabbatical in 1999, wrote and published her first novel, ''The Rose Grower''. Her second novel, '' The Hamilton Case'', was winner of the Tasmania Pacific Prize, the Encore Award (in the UK) and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Southeast Asia and Pacific). Her third novel, '' The Lost Dog'', was published in 2007. It was one of 13 books on the longlist for the 2008 Man Booker Prize. From 1989 to 1992, she was a founding editor of the ''Australian Women's Book Review''. Her fourth novel, '' Questions of Travel'', won several awards, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Frew
Peggy Frew (born in1976) is an Australian novelist. Background Frew was born in 1976 and grew up in Melbourne, Australia and attended RMIT University. Works Frew's writing often explores relationships between women within an Australian setting. Published works by Frew include '' Hope Farm'' (2015, Scribe) and ''House of Sticks'' (2011, Scribe). Short stories by Frew have been included in ''New Australian Stories 2,'' ''Women of Letters: Reviving the Lost Art of Correspondence'' (2011, Penguin), and ''Summer Shorts'' (2011, Scribe). She has also been published in ''The Big Issue,'' and literary magazines ''Kill Your Darlings'' and ''Meanjin''. Frew's novel ''Islands'' was published by Allen & Unwin in March 2019. Frew's novel 'Wildflowers' was published by Allen & Unwin 30 August 2022. Music Frew is a member of the Melbourne-based indie rock band, Art of Fighting. She plays bass and vocals. She formed the band in 1995 with Ollie Browne, whom she first met while at hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; ) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. Founded in March 1980 by Newkirk and animal rights activist Alex Pacheco (activist), Alex Pacheco, the organization first gained attention in the summer of 1981 during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case.Schwartz, Jeffrey M. and Begley, Sharon. ''The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force'', Regan Books, 2002, p. 161ff. * Pacheco, Alex and Francione, AnnaThe Silver Spring Monkeys in Peter Singer (ed.) ''In Defense of Animals'', Basil Blackwell 1985, pp. 135–147. The organization opposes factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and other activities it considers to be exploitation of animals. The organization's controversial campaigns have been credited with drawing media attention to animal rights issues, but have also been widely criticize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnum (ice Cream)
Magnum is a brand of ice cream and the company's namesake, originally developed and produced by Frisko in Aarhus, Denmark, a part of the British company Unilever. It is sold as part of the Heartbrand line of products, which is owned by Unilever in most countries and is available in sticks, tubs and bites. In Greece, the Magnum brand name has been owned by the Swiss company Nestlé since 2005-2006 following the acquisition of the Delta Ice Cream company, so the Unilever ice cream uses the name ''Magic''. History The ice cream today known as Magnum was developed in Aarhus, Denmark, in the late 1980s by Mogens Vigh-Larsen (1935–2019), then technical director of Frisko, which is an ice cream maker. It was put into production in autumn 1988 and originally manufactured by Frisko in Denmark. The original Magnum (later rebranded as Magnum Classic) consisted of a thick bar of vanilla ice cream on a stick, with a chocolate coating. As there was no real chocolate that could stand the te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elastoplast
Elastoplast is a brand of adhesive bandages (also called ''sticking plasters'') and medical dressing made by Beiersdorf. Background In 1928 Smith & Nephew of the UK acquired the licence to market and produce the Elastoplast range of bandages. Beiersdorf bought the brand in 2000. In some countries in Europe ''Hansaplast'', a brand name started by Beiersdorf in 1922, is used instead. A third trademark, named ''Curitas'', is used in parts of Latin America. Nick Kochan wrote about Elastoplast in his book ''The World's Greatest Brands'' (1996); noting that "the early success of the brand was due to its high-stretch fabric material coupled with an effective adhesive"; and that it has as strong position in worldwide markets, particularly in the UK. In the 1970s Elastoplast marketed its Airstrip product as "the fresh air plaster". The plasters were sold in small flat tin. On 4 July 2005 Elastoplast launched a £1.1 million advertising campaign which introduced brand heroes called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
