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Julianna Allan
Julianna Allan was an Australian actress. She played an Aboriginal girl in ''Wandjina!'' (1966). Select Credits *''Silver Wedding'' (1958) - radio *''Flash Point'' (1959) - radio *''Return Journey'' (1960) - stage play *''Orphan Girl'' (1961) - stage play, Genesians *''The Story of Peter Gray'' (1962) - TV series *''Consider Your Verdict'' - " Queen Versus Bent" (1962) - about an aboriginal stockman played by Harold Blair *''Jonah'' (1962) - TV series *'' Split Level'' (1964) - TV play *''Wandjina!'' (1966) - TV series *''Homicide'' - "Freakout " (1967) *''Hunter'' (1967) - "Singapore" *'' Vega 4'' (1968) - TV series *''Division 4'' "Where's Lefty " (1970) *''Matlock Police'' - "They'll Fix You Up, No Worries " (1974) *''Aboriginal legends'' (1974) - narrator *'' Special Squad'' - "Easy Street " (1984) References External linksJulianna Allanat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandjina!
''Wandjina!'' was an Australian Children's television series, children's science fantasy television series produced by ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC Television and first aired in 1966. Its story, inspired by Dreamtime mythology of the spirit ancestors of the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley region of north-West Australia, was about three teenagers caught up in an adventure linked to local sacred Aboriginal cave paintings of the Wondjina, Wandjina — the "people from the sky" who visited long ago, in the Dreamtime. ''Wandjina!'' was the first drama production by ABC in Sydney that combined film and videotape footage. Synopsis A team of scientists, including Miss Smith, venture into the Australian outback to investigate strange incidents. Donald MacPherson, a Scots-born anthropologist, discovers Australian aborigines, aboriginal cave paintings depicting mythical alien beings—the 'Wondjina, Wandjina', an extraterrestrial race that visited the ancient abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Women's Weekly
''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known as simply ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Mercury Capital in Sydney. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by the Australian edition of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' in 2014. , ''The Weekly'' has overtaken '' Better Homes and Gardens'' again, coming out on top as Australia's most read magazine. The magazine invested in the 2020 film '' I Am Woman'' about Helen Reddy, singer, feminist icon and activist. Editor-in-chief Nicole Byers told Film Ink "Helen’s story of adversity and triumph is nothing short of inspirational. ''The Weekly'' has been telling stories of iconic Australian women for more than 80 years and we're delighted to be supporting the film production". History and profile The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer and Ted Theodore as a weekly publication. The first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Peter Gray
''The Story of Peter Grey'' was an Australia, Australian television daytime soap opera produced by the Seven Network and first broadcast in July 1962 . James Condon starred in the title role as a church minister, with other cast members including Thelma Scott, Lynne Murphy, Moya O'Sullivan. Produced at the Seven Network's ATN-7 studio's in Sydney, the series had a run of 156 fifteen-minute episodes, and was in black and white. Plot Peter Grey is a clergyman appointed to a new parish. He is married to neurotic Brenda. He forms a friendship with his predecessor, Rev Henry Marner and the latter's daughter Jane. Cast * James Condon as Peter Grey * Diana Perryman as Jane Marner * Don Crosby as a doctor * Stewart Ginn * Lou Vernon as Rev Henry Marner * Lynne Murphy as Brenda Grey * Gordon Chater * Walter Sullivan (actor), Walter Sullivan as Tony Beaumont * Thelma Scott Production I n 1959, the Seven Network (ATN7) announced they would produce three new television series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Versus Bent
"Queen Versus Bent" is an episode of the Australian television series '' Consider Your Verdict''. It is notable for featuring Aboriginal actor Harold Blair. "Queen Versus Bent" aired on 9 September 1962 in Sydney, and on 16 September 1962 in Melbourne. Plot Tommy Bent, an Aboriginal stockman, is charged with shooting the boss's nephew Graham. Cast * Juliana Allen as Lynne Driscoll * Harold Blair Harold Blair (13 September 1924 – 21 May 1976) was an Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist. He has been called the "last great Australian tenor of the concert hall era". Early life Blair was born at the Barambah Aboriginal Reserve at ... as Tommy Bent * David Watt as Leslie Butler * Vernon Spencer as Graham Butler * James Scullin as Rocky Hawkins * Raymond Fedden as Ed Rowe * Isobel Kuhl as Gladys Willetts * George Fairfax as Crown prosecutor John Taylor * Wynn Roberts as Defence counsel Robert Winter References External links * 1960s Australian television plays 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Blair
Harold Blair (13 September 1924 – 21 May 1976) was an Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist. He has been called the "last great Australian tenor of the concert hall era". Early life Blair was born at the Barambah Aboriginal Reserve at Cherbourg, from Murgon in Queensland, on 13 September 1924. His mother was Esther Quinn, a teenage Aboriginal woman. His surname, Blair, came from the family that had "adopted" his mother. He and his mother then went to the Salvation Army Purga Mission near Ipswich. His mother entered domestic service, leaving Harold, then aged two, at the mission, where he received an elementary education. Blair left school at age 16, gaining employment as a farm labourer. At the age of 17, he was working as a tractor driver at the Fairymead Sugar Mill. Communist trade union organiser Harry Green of Ipswich heard him singing and encouraged him to make it his career. In 1944 he joined professional artists raising money for charitable and patriotic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Split Level (TV Play)
''Split Level'' is a 1964 Australian TV play directed by Ken Hannam and written by Noel Robinson. It aired on 7 October 1964 and was shot in Sydney at ABC's Gore Hill Studios. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Plot Stephanie is married to architect Mike. They live in a house on Sydney's north with their two children. Stephanie hears gossip that an old school friend of hers, Rosemary, has been having an affair, leading to the end of her marriage. Over the course of the day, Stephanie realises that the man Rosemary has been seeing is Mike. Cast *Diana Davidson as Stephanie Stewart *Leonard Teale as Mike Stewart *Jacki Weaver as Hilary *Elizabeth Pusey as Keith *Barbie Rogers as Rosemary *Ruth Cracknell Ruth Winifred Cracknell AM (6 July 1925 – 13 May 2002) was an Australian character and comic actress, comedienne and author, her career encompassing all genres including radio, theatre, television and film. She appeared in many dramatic as we ... as Aliso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vega 4 (TV Series)
''Vega 4'' is an Australian science fiction television series which first screened on the ABC in 1968. It was later also screened on the Seven Network. ''Vega 4'' is a spin-off of the 1966 series ''The Interpretaris''. The third series in the trilogy was ''Phoenix Five'' in 1970. Plot A threat to Earth has been detected by Earth Space Control from Galaxy Five. When it is suggested that the spacecraft, the Interpretaris, should be sent on this mission, it is revealed that it is not equipped for travel to Galaxy Five. Therefore, the President orders the commissioning of an untested new spaceship the Vega 4, which is the only hope for Earth to survive. Cast *John Faassen as Captain Wallace *Evan Dunstan as Lieutenant Adam *Juliana Allan as Ensign Poitier *Edward Hepple as Zodian *Ken Fraser as President *Philip Jay as Professor Kendrick References External links''Vega 4''at Australian television''Vega 4''at IMDb''Vega 4''at National Film and Sound Archive The National Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division 4
''Division 4'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network between 1969 and 1975 for 301 episodes. Synopsis The series was one of the first dramas to follow up on the enormous success of the earlier Crawford Productions crime show ''Homicide'' and dealt with the wide variety of cases dealt with by police in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Yarra Central (modelled on St Kilda). Awards The series was both popular - winning 10 Logie Awards, including two Gold Logie awards (for Australia's most popular entertainer) for Gerard Kennedy - who played Frank Banner, the series was critically acclaimed, winning a number of Penguin and Awgie awards for its scripts and actors. In 1972 Frank Taylor received the Penguin Award for the Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series. After Kennedy decided to leave ''Division 4'', the Nine Network summarily cancelled the series; only one episode was made with his replacement John St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matlock Police
''Matlock Police'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network (now known as the 10 Network) between 1971 and 1976. The series focused on the police station and crime in the Victorian town of Matlock and the surrounding district, and the backgrounds and personal lives of the main policemen. Background The series was the Ten Network, 0-10 Network's attempt to come up with a police show to rival ''Homicide (Australian TV series), Homicide'' (shown by the Seven Network, 7 Network) and ''Division 4'' (on the Nine Network, 9 Network). ''Matlock Police'' was different from its Melbourne-based predecessors by being set in a small country town, the fictional Matlock, Victoria (Australia), Victoria (a real Matlock, Victoria, Matlock does exist in Victoria, but it is much smaller than the town depicted by this series, which is loosely based on Shepparton). These program's introduction featured an overhead shot of a town with a divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Squad (Australian TV Series)
''Special Squad'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for Network Ten in 1984. Overview The series focused on an elite division of the Victoria Police, which handled crimes either too sensitive or specialist for regular squads. The Special Squad was headed by Det. Insp. Don Anderson (Alan Cassell), with his main operatives being Det. Snr. Sgt. Greg Smith (Anthony Hawkins), and Det. Sgt. Joel Davis (John Diedrich). ''Special Squad'' was seen by many as an Australian answer to the British series ''The Professionals'' both for its focus on action and violence, and the fact that both series were produced by Raymond Menmuir. However, in reality the characters and plotlines were less developed than the British series. The series lasted for 43 episodes in total. Cast * Alan Cassell as Det. Insp. Don Anderson * Anthony Hawkins as Det. Snr. Sgt. Greg Smith * John Diedrich John Edwin Diedrich (born 25 February 1953 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |