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Packer Family
The Packer family has played a significant role in the Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...n media, political and social sphere since the beginning of the twentieth century. The family has had numerous interests in Australian business, most notably in media, property and recently in gambling. Family tree * Robert Clyde Packer (24 July 1879 – 12 April 1934) m. Ethel Maude ''née'' Hewson (16 January 1878 − 1 April 1947) ** Sir (Douglas) Frank Hewson Packer (3 December 1906 – 1 May 1974) m. (1) Gretel Joyce Bullmore (5 May 1907 − 16 August 1960); (2) Florence Mathilde Adeline Violet (Vincent), ''née'' Porges (June 1915 − 22 December 2012) *** Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer (17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005) m. Roslyn Redman ''née'' Wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary purpose of Attachment theory, attachment, nurturance, and socialization. Anthropologists classify most family organizations as Matrifocal family, matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), wikt:conjugal, conjugal (a married couple with children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or Extended family, extended (in addition to parents, spouse and children, may include Grandparent, grandparents, Aunt, aunts, Uncle, uncles, or Cousin, cousins). The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through history. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Packer
Erica Louise Packer (née Baxter; born 16 August 1977) is an Australian former singer, former model and former second wife of James Packer, Australia's eighth richest man. Early life Erica Baxter was born in Gunnedah, northwest New South Wales, on 10 November 1977 and attended the private girls' school Abbotsleigh. Music career In 2006, Baxter signed a multiple-album recording contract with SonyBMG Music Australia. Packer began working with ARIA Award-Winning Australian Music Producer Audius Mtawairia who produced most of the album in Sydney, New South Wales. Packer wrote eight tracks for the record. Packer released the Natasha Bedingfield penned first single "I Spy". The track was featured on the Compilation CD '' So Fresh: The Hits of Summer 2007''. The album '' Through My Eyes'' was released on 28 April 2007 in Australia and peaked on the Australian Hitseekers Chart at No. 18. Personal life She married James Packer on 20 June 2007 after dating on and off for four years. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Packer Family
The Packer family has played a significant role in the Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...n media, political and social sphere since the beginning of the twentieth century. The family has had numerous interests in Australian business, most notably in media, property and recently in gambling. Family tree * Robert Clyde Packer (24 July 1879 – 12 April 1934) m. Ethel Maude ''née'' Hewson (16 January 1878 − 1 April 1947) ** Sir (Douglas) Frank Hewson Packer (3 December 1906 – 1 May 1974) m. (1) Gretel Joyce Bullmore (5 May 1907 − 16 August 1960); (2) Florence Mathilde Adeline Violet (Vincent), ''née'' Porges (June 1915 − 22 December 2012) *** Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer (17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005) m. Roslyn Redman ''née'' Wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, also known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales, Maroubra that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). They are often nicknamed ''Souths'' or ''the'' ''Bunnies''. The club was formed in New South Wales Rugby League season 1908, 1908, as one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League, making it one of Australia's oldest rugby league teams. It is one of only two NSW foundation clubs still present in the NRL, the other being the Sydney Roosters. South Sydney's traditional heartland covers the once typically working-class suburbs of inner-south Sydney. The club is based in Maroubra, where its administration and training facilities are located, however it has long held a wide supporter base spread all over New South Wales. The team's home ground is currently Stadium Australia in Sydney Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
RatPac Entertainment, LLC was an American media and entertainment company that financed and produced motion pictures, television, documentaries, live theater, and podcasts. The company was owned by Brett Ratner and James Packer. History Dune Entertainment was a company founded by Steven Mnuchin in 2004. Mnuchin founded Dune Entertainment as a side business. It financed a number of large-budget films, mostly for 20th Century Fox, including the ''X-Men'' film franchise and ''Avatar''. In 2012, after Dune's deal with 20th Century Fox ended, Mnuchin worked with the filmmaker Brett Ratner and the Australian businessman James Packer to merge his Dune Entertainment company with Ratner and Packer's newly founded RatPac Entertainment joint venture which would be formed into RatPac-Dune Entertainment in 2013; the following year. Between 2013 and 2018, RatPac-Dune financed many films for Warner Bros., including ''American Sniper'' and '' Mad Max: Fury Road''. Mnuchin was co-chairman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Resorts
Crown Resorts Limited is an Australian gaming and entertainment group that owns and operates three integrated resorts, including Crown Melbourne, Crown Perth and Crown Sydney. It was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange until purchased by Blackstone in June 2022. History 2000s The company was established in 2007 when Publishing & Broadcasting Limited (PBL) divested its gambling assets to Crown Limited. PBL was renamed Consolidated Media Holdings, retaining all of the remaining assets. In December 2007, Australian gambling company Crown Limited agreed to buy Cannery Casino Resorts (CCR) for $1.75 billion. The agreement was ended in March 2009, however, with Crown instead buying a 24.5 percent stake in the company for $370 million, and paying a $50 million termination fee. In 2008, Crown attempted to enter the Las Vegas gambling market by acquiring a 19.6 per cent stake in Fontainebleau Resorts for US$250 million, which resulted in a total loss the following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket (WSC) was a commercial professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 which was organised by Kerry Packer and his Australian television network, Nine Network. WSC ran in commercial competition to established international cricket. World Series Cricket drastically changed the nature of cricket, and its influence continues to be felt today. Three main factors caused the formation of WSC — a widespread view that players were not paid sufficient amounts to make a living from cricket or reflect their market value and that following the development of colour television and increased viewer audiences of sports events, the commercial potential of cricket was not being achieved by the established cricket boards and Packer wished to secure the exclusive broadcasting rights to Australian cricket, then held by the non-commercial, government-owned Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), to realise and capitalise on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consolidated Media Holdings
Consolidated Media Holdings (CMH) was an Australian investment company focused on subscription television. History Consolidated Media Holdings (CMH) was a publicly listed Australian company. Its two largest shareholders were Consolidated Press Holdings and the Seven Group Holdings. CMH was formed following a name change by Publishing & Broadcasting Limited (PBL), and the PBL and Crown Schemes of Arrangement, in November 2007. CMH had a 25 per cent interest in Foxtel. CMH's stake in Foxtel was held jointly with News Corp through the joint. The remaining 50% share of Foxtel was owned by Telstra. CMH had a 50 per cent shareholding in Fox Sports, Speed, Fox Footy, Fox Sports News and Fuel TV), with the other 50 per cent held by News Corp. CMH previously held a 50% interest in PBL Media, with assets including the Nine Network, NBN Television, Sky News Australia, Australian Consolidated Press, NineMSN, Carsales, Ticketek and the Sydney Super Dome. In September 2007 CMH sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishing And Broadcasting Limited
Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) was one of Australia's largest corporations. With interests primarily in media and gambling, for the entirety of its existence it was largely controlled by the Packer family. History Predecessors PBL originated with Australian Consolidated Press (ACP), established by media magnate Frank Packer, who inherited the media interests of his father Robert Packer, who died in 1934. In 1936, Packer merged with E.G. Theodore's Sydney Newspapers and Associated Newspapers to form Australian Consolidated Press. Frank Packer was chairman of ACP from 1936 until his death in 1974, when control of the company passed to his younger son Kerry Packer. ACP was granted a broadcasting license in Sydney when television began in Australia in the 1950s. Its television station, TCN-9 in Sydney was the first station in Australia to go to air, launched 1956, by an announcement from Bruce Gyngell "Good evening, and welcome to television". In 1960, it purcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. Along with the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly, it sits at Parliament House, Sydney, Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. It is normal for legislation to be first deliberated on and passed by the Legislative Assembly before being considered by the Legislative Council, which acts in the main as a house of review. The Legislative Council has 42 members, elected by proportional representation in which the whole state is a single electorate. Members serve eight-year terms, which are staggered elections, staggered, with half the Council being elected every four years, roughly coinciding with elections to the Legislative Assembly. History The parliament of New South Wales is Australia's oldest legislature. It had its beginnings when Colony of New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin Records (Australian Label)
Spin Records was an Australian popular music label, active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. History Spin Records was established in late 1966 by Clyde Packer, the elder son of publishing and broadcasting magnate Frank Packer, and the older brother of Kerry Packer. The label's first A&R manager was Nat Kipner (the father of musician-songwriter-producer Steve Kipner), who produced several early Spin releases. Most Spin recordings from the late 1960s and early 1970s were produced by Festival Records house producer Pat Aulton. Launched in late 1965 with the single "Someday" by former Aztecs guitarist Tony Barber, the label was originally called Everybody's, which was also the name of the popular teen magazine published by the Packer family's Australian Consolidated Press. According to Australian historian Bill Casey, the overt cross-promotion reportedly met with resistance from commercial radio, so the label was re-badged as "Spin" after only four singles. By January 1966, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACP Magazines
Are Media is an Australian media company. It was formed after the 2020 purchase of the assets of Bauer Media Australia, which had in turn acquired the assets of Pacific Magazines, AP Magazines and Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) during the 2010s. It is owned by the Sydney investment firm Mercury Capital. History Australian Consolidated Press Consolidated Press was formed in 1936, combining ownership of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and Frank Packer's '' Australian Women's Weekly''. It was renamed Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) in 1957, and acquired '' The Bulletin'' in 1960. ''The Daily Telegraph'' was sold to News Limited in 1972; the same year ACP founded '' Cleo'' and took over Publishers Holdings (including ''Australian House & Garden'', '' Wheels'', and others). Two years later, Frank Packer died, and his son Kerry took over the company. In 1988, ACP acquired John Fairfax's magazines (including '' Woman's Day'', ''People'', '' Dolly'', and '' Good Housekeeping'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
