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Australians (TV Series)
''Australians'' (also known as ''Michael Willesee's Australians'') is a thirteen part anthology documentary drama series which screened on the Seven Network in 1988. There was a spin-off book. The series was not the idea of Willesee's but his company, Transmedia was involved. Episodes The episodes focused on famous individuals (with one exception covering soldier settlers): *Mary Mackillop – starring Lorna Lesley *Errol Flynn – starring Christopher Stollery *Lola Montez *Betty Cuthbert *Lottie Lyell – starring Odile de Clezio *Jack Davey – starring Rhys McConnochie *Les Darcy – starring Peter Phelps * Private John Simpson – starring Robert Willox *Clyde Fenton *Vivian Bullwinkle – starring Rachel Ward * John Norton - starring John Ewart * Gordon Bennett Ep One – Les Darcy March 1, 1988. Written by John Upton, directed by Kevin Dobson. Cast *Peter Phelps as Les Darcy *Gia Carides as Winnie O'Sullivan *Gus Mercurio as Tex Rickard *Robin Hower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categorizes collections of shorter works, such as short stories and short novels, by different authors, each featuring unrelated casts of characters and settings, and usually collected into a single volume for publication. Alternatively, it can also be a collection of selected writings (short stories, poems etc.) by one author. Complete collections of works are often called "complete works" or "" (Latin equivalent). Etymology The word entered the English language in the 17th century, from the Greek word, ἀνθολογία (''anthologic'', literally "a collection of blossoms", from , ''ánthos'', flower), a reference to one of the earliest known anthologies, the ''Garland'' (, ''stéphanos''), the introduction to which compares each of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivian Bullwinkle
Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Statham, ( Bullwinkel; 18 December 1915 – 3 July 2000) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the sole surviving nurse of the Bangka Island Massacre, when the Japanese killed 21 of her fellow nurses on Radji Beach, Bangka Island, in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) on 16 February 1942. Early life Vivian Bullwinkel was born on 18 December 1915 in Kapunda, South Australia, to George Albert and Eva Bullwinkel (née Shegog). She had a brother, John. She trained as a nurse and midwife at Broken Hill, New South Wales, and began her nursing career in Hamilton, Victoria, before moving to the Jessie McPherson Hospital in Melbourne. Second World War In 1941, wanting to enlist for service in the Second World War, Bullwinkel volunteered as a nurse with the Royal Australian Air Force but was rejected for having flat feet. She was, however, able to join the Australian Army Nursing Service; assigned to the 2/13th Australian General H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
