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Ruth Park
Rosina Ruth Lucia Park AM (24 August 191714 December 2010) was a New Zealand–born Australian author. Her best known works are the novels '' The Harp in the South'' (1948) and '' Playing Beatie Bow'' (1980), and the children's radio serial '' The Muddle-Headed Wombat'' (1951–1970), which also spawned a book series (1962–1982). Personal history Park was born in Auckland to a New Zealand father whose father was Scottish and mother Irish and a New Zealand mother whose father was Swedish and mother was Irish. Her family later moved to the town of Te Kūiti further south in the North Island of New Zealand, where they lived in isolated areas. During the Great Depression her working-class father laboured on bush roads and bridges, worked as a driver, did government relief work and became a sawmill hand. Finally, he shifted back to Auckland, where he joined the workforce of a municipal council. The family occupied public housing, known in New Zealand as a state house, and money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Auckland Star
The ''Auckland Star'' was an evening daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 March 1870 to 16 August 1991. Survived by its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Star'', part of its name endures in ''The Sunday Star-Times'', created in the 1994 merger of the ''Dominion Sunday Times'' and the ''Sunday Star''. Originally published as the ''Evening Star'' from 24 March 1870 to 7 March 1879, the paper continued as the ''Auckland Evening Star'' between 8 March 1879 and 12 April 1887, and from then on as the ''Auckland Star''. One of the paper's notable investigative journalists was Pat Booth, who was responsible for notable coverage of the Crewe murders and the eventual exoneration of Arthur Allan Thomas. Booth and the paper extensively reported on the Mr Asia case. In 1987, the owners of the ''Star'' launched a morning newspaper to more directly compete with ''The New Zealand Herald''. The '' Auckland Sun'' was affected by the 1987 stock market crash and folded a ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otago
Otago (, ; ) is a regions of New Zealand, region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island and administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government region. Its population was The name "Otago" is the local Māori language#South Island dialects, southern Māori dialect pronunciation of "Otakou, Ōtākou", the name of the Māori village near the entrance to Otago Harbour. The exact meaning of the term is disputed, with common translations being "isolated village" and "place of red earth", the latter referring to the reddish-ochre clay that is common in the area around Dunedin. "Otago" is also the old name of the European settlement on the harbour, established by the Weller Brothers in 1831, which lies close to Otakou. The upper harbour later became the focus of the Otago Association, an offshoot of the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), Free Church of Scotland, notable for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor Man's Orange
''Poor Man's Orange'' is a novel by New Zealand born Australian author Ruth Park. Published in 1949, the book is the sequel to '' The Harp in the South'' (1948) and continues the story of the Darcy family, living in the Surry Hills area of Sydney. Television Like its predecessor ''The Harp In The South'', ''Poor Man's Orange'' was also adapted for Australian television by the Ten Network in 1987.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p230 Cast * Anne Phelan as Mumma Darcy (Margaret) * Martyn Sanderson as Hughie Darcy * Anna Hruby as Roie (Rowena) Rothe * Kaarin Fairfax as Dolour Darcy * Gwen Plumb as Granny Kilker * Shane Connor as Charlie Rothe * Syd Conabere as Pat Diamond * Ron Shand as Bumper Reilly * Emily Nicol as Motty (Moira) Rothe * Brandon Burke as Tommy Mendel * Lois Ramsay as Mrs. Campion * Cecil Parkee as Lick Jimmy * Carole Skinner as Delie Stock * Charles Tingwell as Father Cooley * Brendan Han Tjahjad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surry Hills
Surry Hills is an Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), inner-east suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Sydney. Surry Hills is surrounded by the suburbs of Darlinghurst to the north, Chippendale, New South Wales, Chippendale and Haymarket, New South Wales, Haymarket to the west, Moore Park, New South Wales, Moore Park and Paddington, New South Wales, Paddington to the east and Redfern, New South Wales, Redfern to the south. It is often colloquially referred to as "Surry". It is bordered by Elizabeth Street, Sydney, Elizabeth Street and Chalmers Street to the west, Cleveland Street, Sydney, Cleveland Street to the south, South Dowling Street to the east, and Oxford Street, Sydney, Oxford Street to the north. Crown Street, Sydney, Crown Street is a main thoroughfare through the suburb with numerous restaurants, pubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ewart
John Reford Ewart (26 February 1928 – 8 March 1994) was an Australian actor of radio, stage, television and film. Ewart was a double nominee (and one/time winner) of the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Early life Ewart was born in Melbourne, Victoria to Alfred Adam Ewart, an insurance agent and his wife Jennie Grace Madge Lois (nee Macauley). Career Ewart began his acting career when he was cast as Dopey at the age four in a 3XY radio production of ''Snow White''. At the age of 18, he made his film debut in the lead role of Mickey O'Riordan in Charles Chauvel's production of '' Sons of Matthew''. Ewart appeared in hundreds of Australian radio, theatre, film and television productions. To many thousands of Australians who grew up in the 1950s and '60s, he will be remembered as 'Jimmy', the boyishly cheeky co-presenter of the ABC Radio '' Children's Session'', and in the title role of its long-running serial '' The Muddle-Headed Wombat''. He was well known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Teale
Leonard George Thiele Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (26 September 192214 May 1994), professionally Leonard Teale, was an Australian actor of radio, television and film and radio announcer, presenter and narrator known for his resonant baritone voice. He is best remembered for his role in the long-running Australian police procedural drama ''Homicide (Australian TV series), Homicide'' as David "Mac" MacKay. As a professional actor he adopted Teale – a homophone of his birth surname, Thiele – as a stage name. Biography Early life Leonard George Thiele was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to Maude Henrietta Thiele, née Rasmussen, and Herman Albert Thiele, a chemist. He attended Milton State School, Milton State Primary School and Brisbane Grammar School (1934–38) on a scholarship. However, the family's financial situation during the Great Depression forced Leonard to leave school and enter the workforce. He worked as a junior clerk for Brisbane City Council's Energe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Collins (painter)
Albert E. Collins (1883 – 26 July 1951) was an Australian painter, teacher and actor born in New Zealand. After a successful career in painting and teaching he joined ABC radio, where he gave pleasure to a generation of children as "Joe" of the Children's Session and the main character in the long-running serial " The Wide-awake Bunyip". Teaching career Albert Collins was born in New Zealand,''The Golden Age of the Argonauts'' Rob Johnson, Hodder & Stoughton 1997 and in 1906 left to teach drawing at Abbotsleigh School for Girls in Wahroonga where he continued taking classes until 1912. Among his students was Grace Cossington Smith He also taught at Redlands School, Cremorne from 1913 to 1916. The school yearbook reported that "Mr Collins class for design is fast becoming a popular one. There is evidently no lack of talent, and some of the work done shows great promise for the future." One notable student was Alison Rehfisch (née Green). He awarded a special prize to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argonauts' Club
''The Argonauts Club'' was an Australian children's radio program, first broadcast in 1933 on ABC Radio Melbourne. Its format was devised by Nina Murdoch who had run the station's Children's Hour as "Pat". The show was discontinued in 1934 when Nina moved to Adelaide.''The Golden Age of the Argonauts" by Rob Johnson pub. Hodder & Stoughton 1997 '' The format was revived on 7 January 1941 as a segment of ABC's ''Children's Session'' and broadcast nationally except in Western Australia where the two hour time difference made a local production more attractive. From 6 September 1954 it was called the ''Children's Hour'', running from 5 to 6pm.''Sydney Morning Herald'' 2 September 1954 Nla.gov.au It became one of the ABC's most popular programs, running six days a week for 28 years until October 1969, when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Elizabeth Osbourne
Ida Elizabeth Lea MBE (29 August 191630 October 2014), professionally known as "Elizabeth" Osbourne and Ida Elizabeth Jenkins, was an Australian actor and broadcaster, best known as the co-founder of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's long-running children's radio program the '' Argonauts Club''. Early career Osbourne was born in Brighton, Victoria, the only daughter of Mr and Mrs W. L. Osbourne and educated at Firbank Grammar School. As a young girl she studied elocution with Ruth Conabere, sister of actor Syd Conabere (1918-2008), making successful entries in "South Street Competitions" at Ballarat, Victoria from 1929 to 1935. It was at the 1934 Melbourne Elocutionary Championships that she was spotted by ABC drama producer Frank Clewlow, who was acting adjudicator, and invited to act in radio plays.''The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama'' Richard Lane, Melbourne University Press 1994 Her first major part was as Juliet opposite Harry Traynor's Romeo. Over the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafe Champion
Kilmeny Niland (1950 – 27 February 2009) was a New Zealand–born Australian artist and illustrator. While best known for her children's book illustrations, she worked in a wide range of genres, including animation, wildlife art, miniatures, portraits, cards and prints. She won numerous prizes in national and international competitions, and one of her portraits was purchased by Australia's National Portrait Gallery, in Canberra. With her twin sister Deborah, she illustrated a children's version of Banjo Paterson's poem '' Mulga Bill's Bicycle''. Life Kilmeny Niland and her twin sister Deborah were born in Auckland, New Zealand, to New Zealand–born Australian author Ruth Park and her husband, the author and journalist D'Arcy Niland. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Niland
Deborah Mary Niland (born 1950) is a New Zealand–born Australian artist, known as a writer and illustrator of children's books. Some of her most popular books include ''Annie's Chair'', ''When The Wind Changed'', '' Mulga Bill's Bicycle'', and ''Chatterbox''. In 2006 she won The Children's Book of the Year – Early Childhood, with her book ''Annie's Chair''. Biography Niland and her twin sister Kilmeny are the youngest of five children of Australian authors D'Arcy Niland and Ruth Park. Niland was born in Auckland, New Zealand and raised in Sydney, Australia. Niland and her sister Kilmeny attended Julian Ashton Art School in The Rocks, Sydney. Here they studied drawing and painting, taught in the traditional manner, by J Richard Ashton. Both began their art careers by freelancing. In London, they received illustration work from Transworld and their first full-length picture book, ''The Little Goat'', was published in 1971. Niland and her sister Kilmeny worked together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
