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Fireflies (TV Series)
''Fireflies'' is an Australian television show which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Australia and RTÉ One in Ireland. It debuted on 7 February 2004 and screened as 22 episodes. The series was set in the fictional country town of Lost River, population 487. The location was the actual Hunter Valley town of Wollombi, and other scenes are set in the district and along the southern end of the Putty Road to Singleton. It was centred on the lives of a group of volunteer firefighters, during the hottest, driest summer in decades. The theme song Ways & Means (album), "Beautiful Feeling" was written and performed by Paul Kelly (Australian musician), Paul Kelly. Songs and music All the songs and music used on ''Fireflies'' was written, produced, and sung by Paul Kelly. * Change Your Mind * Beautiful Feeling * Foggy Highway * Just About to Break * I Wasted Time * You Broke a Beautiful Thing * Beautiful Promise * Boon Companion * If I Could Start Today Again * I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rock Database
The Australian Rock Database was a website with a searchable online database that listed details of Australian rock music artists, albums, bands, producers and record labels. It was established in 2000 by Swedish national Magnus Holmgren, who had developed an interest in Australian music when visiting as an exchange student. Information for the database entries was initially gleaned from Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara and Paul McHenry's ''Who's Who of Australian Rock'' (3rd ed, 1993) and Ian McFarlane's ''Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop'' (1999). The Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national executive government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The executive consists of the pr ...'s former website on Culture and Recreation listed ''Australian Rock Database'' as a resource for Australian rock music. References ;General * * NOTE: Onli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Pike
Jimmy Pike (1940 – 3 November 2002) was a Walmatjarri Aboriginal artist. Early life Jimmy Pike was born around 1940 east of Japingka, an important ''jila'' or permanent waterhole in the Great Sandy Desert, and grew up as a hunter-gatherer. Like many of his people he drifted north toward the river valleys and the sheep and cattle stations where food was more plentiful. Living as a fringe-dweller around Cherrabun Station, he eventually joined relatives at the station camp and worked as a stockman. He was named Jimmy Pike, after Phar Lap's jockey, by a cattle station manager. Career Pike learned to use western art materials while in Fremantle Prison. Even before he was released from prison his work was exhibited in major Australian galleries. In 1989 Pike featured in a documentary ''The Quest of Jimmy Pike''. He illustrated a book ''Jimmy and Pat meet the Queen'' with his wife Pat Lowe. Pike has collaborated on a number of other books with his wife. He held exhibitions i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Carlton
Rob Carlton (born 4 May 1971) is a Logie Award winning Australian actor and writer. He is best known for writing and starring in the comedy series '' Chandon Pictures''. He also had starring roles in the comedy satire '' The Hollowmen'' and Netflix's television adaptation of'' Boy Swallows Universe''. His father was Jim Carlton, Australian businessman, politician, and humanitarian. Career Carlton has been a professional actor since the age of 14 and has appeared in many television series from '' Young Ramsay'' to '' A Country Practice'', ''Home and away'', ''Blue Heelers'', '' Water Rats'', ''Fireflies'', '' McLeod's Daughters'' and '' All Saints''. He has also appeared in many movies including '' Emu Runner'', '' Strange Bedfellows'', '' You Can't Stop the Murders'' and '' The Year My Voice Broke''. Carlton trained with the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney, Australia for many years learning the foundations of acting for screen and stage. In the mid-1990s, Carlton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ling-Hsueh Tang
Ling Cooper Tang, formerly credited as Ling-Hsueh Tang, is a Chinese Australian actress. She became known for her role as Dr. Kylie Preece in the hospital drama TV series '' All Saints'' (1999-2002), and has starred in many TV series since, including the 2024 British adventure series ''Nautilus'', as well as several films. Early life and education Ling-Hsueh Tang studied acting at the Queensland University of Technology's Academy of the Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Drama) 1995. Career Tang has been credited as Ling Cooper Tang since around 2016, according to IMDb. Television In 1998 Tang appeared in '' Breakers''. She became known for her role as Dr. Kylie Preece on '' All Saints'', an Australian hospital drama, which she played from 1999 to 2002. In 2001 she appeared on the cover of ''TV Week'' to promote the series. In 2002, Tang presented the ABC Television children's program, '' Play School''. She played Mei Lin in series 4 of '' The Doctor Blake Mysteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Eastley
Tony Eastley is an Australian newspaper journalist and radio and television newsreader and host. Journalism career Eastley began his journalism career in the 1970s with ''The Examiner'' newspaper in Launceston, Tasmania before joining the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1979. With the ABC he spent stints in Singapore and Hong Kong as a foreign correspondent. After returning to Australia he presented ABC TV's breakfast news, hosting ''First Edition'' from 1993-95. From 2002 to 2003 he was the newsreader of the NSW ABC-TV 7pm news, having taken over from long-standing newsreader Richard Morecroft. In 2004, Eastley took on the role of presenter for '' AM'', the local radio news and current affairs program. In January 2014, Eastley resigned from '' AM'' to become senior presenter on ABC News 24. Chris Uhlmann was announced as his replacement. In June 2016, Eastley retired from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Leeder (actor)
Stephen Leeder (born 13 December 1941) is an emeritus professor of public health and community medicine at the University of Sydney, where he was dean of medicine from 1997 to 2002. Leeder is an adjunct professor of public health at the Western Sydney University, an adjunct professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York. He held the position as chair of the Western Sydney Local Health District Board from 2011-2016. Leeder was editor-in-chief of ''The Medical Journal of Australia'' until he was fired in 2015 for criticizing the decision to outsource its production to Elsevier. All but three of the MJA's editorial advisory committee resigned after the decision to fire Leeder, and the dissidents wrote to Australian Medical Association president Brian Owler asking him to review the decision. Ken Harvey supported Leeder, saying that his firing and the use of Elsevier "is a mistake that is fairly irredeemable". On 1 January 2017, Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Byquar
Bradley Byquar is an Australian actor and dancer. For his performance in '' Heartland'' he was nominated for the 1994 AFI Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama. On TV Byquar featured ''Heartland'' on the ABC in 1994 and in ''Fireflies'', ABC 2004. He starred in Ivan Sen's short film ''Wind'' as an aboriginal tracker and featured in the Australian sci-fi film '' Zone 39''. On stage Byquar played in 1997's ''Ngundalehla Godotgai'', a staging of ''Waiting for Godot'' translated into Galibal The Kalibal (Gullibul) were an Indigenous Australian people of New South Wales. Name The name Kalibal/Galibal could also be used as an exonym. Margaret Sharpe explains its usage: The name ''Galibal'' (Gullybul, Gullyvul, etc.) could be applied ..., in ''Up the Road'' (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1996 and The Malthouse, 1997) and ''The Singing Land'' (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1993) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Byquar, Bradley Living people Indigenous Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Angell
Barbara Angell (born 6 March 1935), also known as a performer as Barb Angell, Barbara Angela Angell, Barbara Angel and as a screenwriter Angela Barr, was Australia's first female television comedy writer-entertainer. She has also worked internationally in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. Angell has worked in all facets of the industry including cabaret, revue, musical comedy, vaudeville and radio and television, she starred in and wrote for the satirical TV series ''The Mavis Bramston Show'', as well as writing for ''Neighbours'' and New Zealand series ''Shortland Street''. Biography and career Angell was born in Toorak, Victoria in 1935 and educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College. before studying at the Melba Conservatorium as a soprano. Angell began as an actress with the Melbourne Little Theatre (later St Martins) under Brett Randall and Irene Mitchell, for whom she debuted in their 1955 production of '' The Guinea Pig''. She worked as a dancer-comedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhonda Doyle
Rhonda Doyle is an Australian actress, appearing on film, TV and in the theatre. She was a main cast member in SBS's ''Going Home'' and the children's TV series ''Misery Guts''. She was also known for playing Jan in an advertisement for Yellow Pages known for the line " Not happy, Jan!". On stage Doyle has featured in Wendy Harmer Wendy Gai Harmer (born Wendy Brown, 10 October 1955) is an Australian author, children's writer, journalist, playwright, dramatist, radio show host, comedian, and television personality. Early life and education Harmer was born in Yarram, the ...'s ''Backstage Pass'' (touring, 1990), ''Pest House'' (NIDA Parade Theatre, 1991), and ''Sometimes I Wish I Was Jana Wendt'' (Harold Park Hotel, 1992) Doyle is a NIDA graduate, appearing in their 1989 graduating production of ''Restoration'' and in their third year production of ''Joking Apart''. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Rhonda Living people Australian television ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Rodgers
Steven Gordon Rodgers (born 23 June 1951) is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2004, representing the seat of Burdekin. Biography Rodgers was born in Lismore, New South Wales, and qualified as a boilermaker. He underwent national service from April 1972 to January 1973. In 1997 he was certified as a carpet cleaning technician by the Australian Carpet Cleaning Institute. Rodgers held the posts of President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Burdekin ALP branch before his election to the seat in a surprise win in 2001, pushing incumbent City Country Alliance member Jeff Knuth into third place. He was defeated by National Party candidate Rosemary Menkens Rosemary Norma Menkens (born 10 September 1946) is an Australian politician. She represented the electoral district of Burdekin in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2004 to 2015. Originally elected in 2004 for the National Party Nati ... in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abe Forsythe
Abraham Forsythe (born 26 July 1981) is an Australian film and television actor, director, writer and producer. He is the son of actor and comedian Drew Forsythe. Career He first appeared on the TV series ''The Miraculous Mellops (TV series), The Miraculous Mellops''. He has since appeared as Campbell Todd on the Australian TV series ''Always Greener'', starred in the mini-series ''Marking Time'' and starred and directed the 2003 film ''Ned (film), Ned''. He also directed and starred in a parody of ''The Matrix'' called ''Computer Boy''. He also starred in the Australian/British television series co-production ''Tripping Over''. Forsythe has also guest starred in several Australian TV shows, including ''Blue Heelers'', ''All Saints (TV series), All Saints'', ''Water Rats (TV series), Water Rats'' and ''Blue Water High''. In 2009, Forsythe wrote and directed the Tropfest short ''Being Carl Williams''. The short won second prize and the Best Comedy award. The 2010 Tropfest saw hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
