Merwez Whaleboat

	Merwez Whaleboat Merwez Whaleboat is an Australian actress. For her performance in '' RAN Remote Area Nurse'' she was nominated for the 2006 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama. Other roles include Warwick Thornton's film '' The Darkside'' and the TV productions '' The Straits'' (2012), '' Mabo'' (2012) and ''Blue Water Empire ''Blue Water Empire'' is a three-part Australian dramatised-documentary series aired on ABC TV in 2019, which gives an insight into the history of the Torres Strait Islands. The series features the history of the islands from the pre-colonial ...'' (2019). Whaleboat is a Torres Strait Islander who was born in Townsville. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Whaleboat, Merwez Living people Australian television actresses Australian film actresses Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...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]
	AACTA Award For Best Guest Or Supporting Actress In A Television Drama The AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama is an accolade given by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." The award is handed out at the annual AACTA Awards, which rewards achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. From 2000 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards). When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current prize being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama. The award was first presented in 2000 as Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series until 2002, when the tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Warwick Thornton Warwick Thornton (born 1970) is an Australian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His debut feature film '' Samson and Delilah'' won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. He also won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film in 2017 for '' Sweet Country''. Early life and education Thornton is a Kaytetye man born and raised in Alice Springs. His mother Freda Glynn co-founded and was the first director of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) and was the director of Imparja Television for its first 10 years. At 13, Thornton was sent to school in Australia's only monastic town, New Norcia, Western Australia, although he later declared he became angry with Christianity and did not consider himself religious. He graduated in cinematography from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Career Thornton began his career making short films and has achieved succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Darkside (film) ''The Darkside '' is a 2013 Australian anthology film directed by Warwick Thornton. It is a collection of ghost stories retold by actors. Thorton asked the public for Indigenous ghost stories and received 150 submissions. From this 13 were used to make the film of which 3 used the original audio recordings. Cast Bryan Brown Jack Charles Brendan Cowell Hakeem Davey Sacha Horler Claudia Karvan Miah Madden Deborah Mailman Lynette Narkle David Page Aaron Pedersen Ben Quilty Shari Sebbens Merwez Whaleboat Merwez Whaleboat is an Australian actress. For her performance in '' RAN Remote Area Nurse'' she was nominated for the 2006 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama. Other roles include Wa ... Reception The Guardian's Jane Howard gave it 3 stars and stated "The strong performances are captured with Thornton's crisp cinematography in charming and simple snapshots of Australia – an open verandah, a campfire, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Straits ''The Straits'' is an Australian television drama series for ABC1 filmed in Cairns, the Torres Strait Islands and other Far North Queensland locations. The series is based on an idea by actor Aaron Fa'aoso and produced by Penny Chapman and Helen Panckhurst from Matchbox Pictures. It is directed by Peter Andrikidis, Rachel Ward, and Rowan Woods. It is written by Louis Nowra, Blake Ayshford, Nick Parsons, Kristen Dunphy, and Jaime Browne. On 19 October 2012, it was announced that a second series will not be produced. In December 2012, the show began airing exclusively on Hulu. Synopsis The series follows the Montebello family, whose business involves smuggling drugs into Australia, and guns and exotic wildlife out, making use of ties of blood and loyalty in the Torres Strait Islands. When Harry Montebello, the head of the family, starts to plan his succession, he sparks a vicious family power struggle. While under attack from ambitious bikers and mercurial Papua New Guinea Rask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mabo (film) ''Mabo'' is an Australian docudrama TV film, released in 2012, which relates the successful legal battle waged by Torres Strait Islander man Eddie Koiki Mabo to bring about native land title legislation in Australia. Synopsis ''Mabo'' tells the story of one of Australia's national heroes - Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander man who left school at age 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of ''terra nullius''. Cast * Jimi Bani as Eddie Mabo *Gedor Zaro as Young Eddie Deborah Mailman as Bonita Mabo (née Neehow) * Ewen Leslie as Bryan Keon-Cohen * Tom Budge as Greg McIntyre Felix Williamson as Ron Castan Leon Ford as Henry Reynolds * Lasarus Ratuere as Malcolm Mabo Production The film was written by Sue Smith, directed by Rachel Perkins and produced by Darren Dale and Miranda Dear, all of Blackfella Films, with the assistance of the ABC and SBS. It was filmed at Mer Island in the Torres Strait, Magnetic Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Blue Water Empire ''Blue Water Empire'' is a three-part Australian dramatised-documentary series aired on ABC TV in 2019, which gives an insight into the history of the Torres Strait Islands. The series features the history of the islands from the pre-colonial era through to contemporary times. It is centred on key stories told by the men and women of the region, brought to life by dramatic re-enactments. It was produced by Aaron Fa'aoso's film production company, Lonestar Productions. Cast * Ryan Corr * Damian Walshe-Howling * Aaron Fa'aoso * Jimi Bani * Roy Billing * Geoff Morrell * Jeremy Lindsay Taylor * Peter Phelps * Merwez Whaleboat * Robert Mammone Robert Mammone (born 1969 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as AK in ''The Matrix'' movies, as Sid Walker in the soap opera ''Home and Away'' and as Tim Palmer in '' Sons and Daughters''. He was also ... * Damian De Montemas References {{DEFAULTSORT:Blue Water Empire 2019 Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Australian Television Actresses Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia European Australians Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia Australian is an historic unincorporated community on the Fraser River in the Cariboo Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name is derived from that of the Australian Ranch, one of British Columbia's first ranching oper ..., an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]