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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 "Beautiful Feeling" was written and performed by 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 Smell Trouble * Emotional * My Way is to You * Your Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...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). Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Like other Westminster-style systems of government, the Australian Government i ...'s former website on Culture and Recreation listed Australian Rock Database as a resource for Australian rock music. References ;General * * NOTE: Online copy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Australian Television Series Debuts
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other hand, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Australian Television Series
Future shows Seven * ''The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–) * ''Apartment Rules'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * '' Animals Aboard with Dr Harry'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * ''Armchair Experts'' (Seven Network sports 2023–) * ''Australian Idol'' (Network Ten 2003–2009, Seven Network reality 2022–) * '' Blow Up'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * ''The Claremont Murders'' (Seven Network drama 2023–) * '' Con Girl'' (Seven Network drama 2023–) * ''Fam Time'' (Seven Network comedy 2023–) * '' Local Council'' (Seven Network comedy 2023–) * ''Million Dollar Island'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * '' We Interrupt This Broadcast'' (Seven Network comedy 2023–) Nine * '' Australia's Most Identical'' (reality Nine Network 2023–) * ''Beach House Escape'' (reality Nine Network 2022–) * '' Big Miracles'' (reality Nine Network 2023–) * ''Celebrity IOU Australia'' (reality Nine Network) * '' Country Home Rescue'' (reality Nine Network 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Pike
Jimmy Pike (c1940-2002) was a Walmatjarri Aboriginal artist. Life Born east of Japingka, an important jila or permanent waterhole in the Great Sandy Desert, he 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. 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 in United Kingdom, Philippines, China, Namibia and Italy. Dur ... [...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 the children's television series '' Ocean Star''. 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 was living in Los Angeles. He accepted the role of continuity coordinator for an Australian film i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ling-Hsueh Tang
Ling-Hsueh Tang is a Chinese Australian actress. She is best known for her work as Dr. Kylie Preece on '' All Saints'', an Australian hospital drama, and in 2001 she appeared on the cover of ''TV Week'' to promote the series. She has also appeared in the films ''Son of the Mask'', '' Strange Planet'' and ''Ghost Rider''. In addition to ''All Saints'', Tang has made guest appearances on many prominent television series including ''Fireflies'', '' Breakers'', ''Children's Hospital'', ''Sea Patrol'' and the mini-series ''Tribe''. In 2009, Tang was nominated for the Matilda Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role for her stage acting in a Queensland production of ''The Ghost Writer''. According to a report by the Australian Film Commission, Tang is considered a breakthrough actress given her racial background. She has been cast in several non ethnic-specific roles for mainstream shows, which is considered unusual for Australian broadcast television. Tang graduated from the theate ... [...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 ABC-TV he spent stints in Singapore and Hong Kong as a foreign correspondent. After returning to Australia he presented ABC TV's breakfast news. From 2002 to 2003 he was the newsreader of the NSW ABC-TV 7pm news, having taken over from long-standing newsreader Richard Morecroft. He is now the presenter of the local radio news and current affairs programme '' AM''. He is based in Sydney. 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) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Leeder
Stephen Leeder AO FRACP FFPH FAFPHM FRACGP (born 13 December 1941 in Grafton, New South Wales) 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 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Angell
Barbara Angell (6 March 1935) also known as Barb Angell and Angela Barrsometimes wrongly credited as Barbara Angel – was Australia's first female television comedy writer-entertainer. She was born in Melbourne and educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College. Career She began as an actress with Melbourne's 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-comedian with the Tivoli Circuit from 1955–8, and in comedy sketches. She was in Melbourne's first TV variety show, a live weekly program called ''Tivoli Party Time'' (1956–7), as one of the nuclear cast that featured her with Buster Fiddess, Iris Shand (wife of actor Ron Shand) and Don Williams. In this show she wrote her own comedy material. She visited the UK in 1959–60 where she performed a solo cabaret act, further featuring her comedy sketches, music and lyric On returning to Australia she formed a ... [...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 The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the un ... in 20 ... [...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 him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
