|
Lift Off (Australian TV Series)
''Lift Off'' is an Australian children's television series that was developed and produced by Patricia Edgar and broadcast on ABC Television from 1992 until the series ended in 1995. Each episode of the series featured a live action storyline about a group of young children, and the problems they encountered with growing up, their parents, and various other social issues. Episodes also featured segments of short animation, puppetry and documentary segments, as well as various songs, stories and word games. Aimed at 3 to 11-year-olds, the series was linked with the school curricula through the Curriculum Corporation of Australia. The different episodes used stories and locations to explore subjects such as jealousy, loneliness and anger. The puppet characters were designed by illustrator Terry Denton and were constructed by the sculptor Ron Mueck. Plot The central focus on the program is the child actors whom are aged between 4 and 10 years.Australian Children's Television Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Boomer
Garth Boomer (1940 – 1993) was an influential educationalist working in Australia. Since 1995 the Australian Association for the Teaching of English has held a Garth Boomer Memorial Address in his honour. He was particularly influential in the teaching of English, and he was president of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English for a time. Early life He was born on 12 September 1940 at Mount Barker, South Australia. He was a son of South Australian-born parents Charlemagne Carlyle Guilford Boomer, who was a brickmaker, and Rita Ivy, née Miels. He received his primary education at Littlehampton Primary School and Adelaide Boys High Schools. He graduated with honors from the University of Adelaide in 1962, where he received his Bachelor of Arts. Career After graduation he was a teacher of English, Latin and mathematics in South Australian State secondary schools. Later he became the first consultant in English in South Australia. He completed his Master of Arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Maxwell Johnson
Stephen Maxwell Johnson is an Australian filmmaker, best known for his films '' Yolngu Boy'' (2001) and ''High Ground'' (2020). He is also known for directing Yothu Yindi's music videos in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Early life and education Johnson was born in England. His parents were teachers, who worked in several places around the world. He grew up in the Bahamas, Africa and the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. His father became a senior teacher at Kormilda College, a secondary school for Aboriginal students in Darwin, and Johnson made friends with many of the students there. He has spoken of his appreciation of his "incredible childhood growing up in the wild and all of those countries and then being immersed also in the culture of those countries, particularly very, very intimately with Aboriginal culture n Australia. He has spent most of his life in Arnhem Land, where he became friends with Witiyana Marika when quite young. He also learnt much about the his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Rigby
Paul Crispin Rigby AM (25 October 1924 – 15 November 2006) was an Australian cartoonist who worked for newspapers in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. He usually worked under the name Rigby. Early life Rigby was born in Sandringham, Victoria,The Independent (2 January 2007) ''Paul Rigby Australia's - No 1 Cartoonist''. Retrieved 28 March 2015. on 25 October 1924, the second son of James Rigby, a telephone engineer, and his wife Violet Wood. He studied at Brighton Technical School before leaving at 15 to work as a commercial artist, eventually takin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Arden
David Arden is an Australian singer-songwriter and Aboriginal activist. is a Kokatha and a Gunditjmara Songman. He has performed with Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Tiddas, Bart Willoughby, Mixed Relations and with members of Shane Howard, Paul Kelly, Not Drowning Waving and Hunters and Collectors. He was a founding a member and co Musical Director of The Black Arm Band. Career For the last Forty years, David Arden has worked with many of the great First Nation and Non-First Nation artists from around the world. David was the front man for the Koori Youth Band, the band recorded there First EP live album back in 1986, as part of the Rock Against Racism Volume 2. David went on to work with many of the great First Nation acts from Hard Time Band, Archie Roach and the Altogether Band and Bart Willoughby and Mixed Relation Band (including Building Bridges) in 'N.S.W.' and 'Melbourne from 1985 to 1989'. In 1990 to 1994 and then again reunited in 2006 to 2010, David was a key guita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul McDermott
Paul Anthony Michael McDermott (born 13 May 1962) is an Australian entertainer, best known both for '' Good News Week'' and for his role as a member of the musical comedy group the Doug Anthony All Stars. He has frequently appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and taken part in its two major televised productions, the Comedy Festival Gala and the Great Debate. McDermott has also performed and written numerous shows as a solo performer and authored children’s books and newspaper articles and directed short animated films. Personal life McDermott was born in Adelaide, South Australia, a fraternal twin and one of six children in a Catholic family. His father, John, was a senior public servant and his mother, Betty, a home manager. The family moved to Canberra when McDermott was three. He attended Marist College Canberra, where he describes himself as having been painfully shy and a "bit of a loner"; Dickson College; and the Canberra School of Art at the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Brady (musician)
Michael Brady (born 28 February 1948) is an English-born Australian musician, most commonly associated with the Australian rules football anthems " Up There Cazaly", referring to 1910s St Kilda and 1920s South Melbourne player Roy Cazaly, and " One Day in September", which were released by The Two-Man Band. Both songs have become synonymous with Australian rules football and are traditionally sung on AFL Grand Final day in September. Biography 1948–1977: Early life and early releases Brady was born in England in 1948 and migrated to Australia in the 1950s with his family. His first job was at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation factory in Port Melbourne, Victoria, as a sheet metal worker. He started performing when he was 15 and he was one-third of the 1960s pop act MPD Ltd (which stood for Mike, Pete atsonand Danny inley which had hits in Australia including " Little Boy Sad" and "Lonely Boy". The band toured Australia and the U.K. Brady also toured Vietnam en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Gock
Leslie Gock (born 1954) is an Australian musician, producer and sound designer. He joined the glam rock band Hush (band), Hush in 1972. Gock played lead guitar, and was also a songwriter and co-producer. The group received 12 gold records during his time in the band. After leaving Hush in 1976, Gock became a music and sound design director for film and television soundtracks, receiving industry recognition by Gold Clios, Facts Awards, and New York International Advertising Festival Awards. Gock also wrote the club song for the Canberra Raiders Rugby League team. Biography Leslie Gock was born in 1954. He was a member of a school-based band in 1970, he remembered their first gig, "an audience of a thousand kids." In 1971 he began as a music and sound designer for film and TV. Hush were formed in Sydney in 1971 as a five piece light pop group by Robin Jackson on guitar, John Koutts on drums, Keith Lamb (musician), Keith Lamb on lead vocals, Rick Lum on bass guitar and Chris Nola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Begaud
Paul Begaud is an Australian born, US and UK #1 songwriter, record producer and singer. He has written and/or produced songs for artists including Delta Goodrem, Tina Arena, Human Nature, Terri Clark, Honeyz, R&B Singer Selwyn, Donny Osmond and country hall of fame star Wynonna Judd. Begaud's most notable songs include the US Country #1 " Now That I Found You" recorded by Terri Clark and the UK R&B #1 " End of the Line" (Top 5 UK Singles Chart) recorded by UK girl group Honeyz. Begaud also composed the song "Dare to Dream" for the Sydney Olympic Games Opening Ceremony performed by Olivia Newton-John and John Farnham before a global audience of 4.5 billion. Begaud is a 3 x ARIA Producer Of The Year nominee.ARIA Music Awards of 1997ARIA Music Awards of 1998ARIA Music Awards of 1999 Background Begaud started singing and performing professionally at age 12 as a member of Australian children's group "The Keane Kids". The group performed in clubs and on television throughout Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denny Lawrence
Denny Lawrence (born 1951 in Sydney) is an Australian actor, writer, producer and director of television, theatre and film. He studied at NIDA and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Among his most notable credits are the feature film '' Goodbye Paradise'' (1983) and the mini-series ''Bodyline'' (1984). He has also worked extensively as a teacher. Select credits Films *''The Outing'' – short *'' Goodbye Paradise'' (1983) – co-writer *''Emoh Ruo'' (1985) – director *''The Coca-Cola Kid'' (1985) – additional dialogue *''Archer'' (1986) – director *''Army Wives'' (1986) – director *'' Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train'' (1987) – co-writer *''Afraid to Dance'' (1988) – director *'' Rainbow's End'' (1995) – director *''A Divided Heart'' (2008) – director TV series * '' Scattergood: Friend of All'' (1975) *''The Young Doctors'' (1979–80) – director *''The Restless Years'' – director *'' Sons and Daughters'' (1982–83) – director *''Bodyli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Dasent
Peter Dasent is a New Zealand born composer, pianist and songwriter who has lived and worked in Sydney, Australia since 1981. He played keyboards in the bands Spats, and The Crocodiles. He leads the chamber-jazz group the Umbrellas, is writing a book on the music of Nino Rota and currently works in music composition for film and television, most notably in the children's television series '' Play School''. Some of his more famous works were with Peter Jackson in three of his early films : '' Meet the Feebles'' (1989), '' Braindead'' (1992) and ''Heavenly Creatures ''Heavenly Creatures'' is a 1994 New Zealand biographical film directed by Peter Jackson, from a screenplay he co-wrote with his partner, Fran Walsh. It stars Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet in their feature film debuts, with Sarah Peirse, Dian ...'' (1994). He also composed the music of three other movies : '' Channelling Baby'' (2000), '' Cubbyhouse'' (2001), and ''Voodoo Lagoon'' (2006), plus some music for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory O'Donoghue
Rory O'Donoghue (13 May 194913 December 2017) was an Australian actor, composer and musician, best known for playing the character "Thin Arthur" in the 1970s ABC Television sketch comedy series ''The Aunty Jack Show'', and for playing the guitar solo on Kevin Johnson's biggest hit " Rock 'N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)". ''The Aunty Jack Show'' featured O'Donoghue's long-time creative partner Grahame Bond as the title character. Early life Born in London, O'Donoghue came from a theatrical and musical family—his parents were both involved with opera. He moved to Australia and began playing guitar when he was seven years old, and was soon proficient enough to appear on the ''Coca-Cola Bottler's Club Radio Show'' playing skiffle music. He was also a professional child actor, scoring roles in ''Oliver!'' at twelve and then ''The Sound of Music'' a year or so later. Career The Pogs In his mid-teens O'Donoghue joined a band on lead guitar and vocals. They became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Ellis
Robert James Ellis (10 May 1942 – 3 April 2016) was an Australian journalist, screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker, and political commentator. He lived in Sydney with author and screenwriter Anne Brooksbank; they had three children. Early years Ellis was raised a Seventh-day Adventist. He says the "seminal moment" of his life happened when he was ten and his 22-year-old sister was killed while crossing the road.Bob Ellis, "What I Know About Women" , ''Daily Life'', 19 August 2012, accessed 23 October 2012. He attended Lismore High and then the |
