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Charles Passi
Charles Passi is an Australian actor and musician from the Torres Strait Islands. His acting career began as a regular on '' RAN Remote Area Nurse''. For this role he was nominated for the 2006 AFI Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama. He was also a main cast member of ''Grace Beside Me ''Grace Beside Me'' is an Australian fantasy drama television series for children which premiered on NITV on 16 February 2018 and later aired on ABC Me. The series is based on the novel ''Grace Beside Me'', by Sue McPherson, and was filmed in ...''. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Passi, Charles Australian male television actors Living people Torres Strait Islanders Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torres Strait Islands
The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. They span an area of , but their total land area is . The Islands have been inhabited by the indigenous Torres Strait Islanders. Lieutenant James Cook first claimed British sovereignty over the eastern part of Australia at Possession Island in 1770, but British administrative control only began in the Torres Strait Islands in 1862. The islands are now mostly part of Queensland, a constituent State of the Commonwealth of Australia, but are administered by the Torres Strait Regional Authority, a statutory authority of the Australian federal government. A few islands very close to the coast of mainland New Guinea belong to the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, most importantly Daru Island with the provincial capital, Daru. Only 16 of the islands are inhabited. The Torres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV Series)
''RAN (Remote Area Nurse)'' is an Australian television program (drama series) that aired on SBS on 5 January 2006. The series was filmed entirely on Masig Island (Yorke Island) in the tropical Torres Strait north of the Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost part of Australia (State of Queensland), and the border with Papua New Guinea. This is an important series to Torres Strait Islanders, but also to the predominantly Anglo Australian community as it highlights the difference between Islanders and mainland Indigenous Australians and the interactions between Islander and Anglo culture. Islander actors and extras are extensively used. The series was released on DVD on 20 February 2006. Outline First aired in early 2006 on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) television, it follows the life of Helen Tremain ( Susie Porter), the Remote Area Nurse, charged with providing medical services to the remote Torres Strait Islanders community. Drama The drama comes from the RAN's nece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
