''Alexander Bunyip's Billabong'' is an Australian television series for children which screened on the
ABC
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from 1978 to 1988. It followed the adventures of Alexander
Bunyip, a mythical Australian creature who first appeared in "The Monster..." book series and later the "Alexander Bunyip" book series.
Cast
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Ron Blanchard
Ronald Blanchard (born 1945) is an Australian stage, television and film actor. He is best known as a character actor, and for his starring roles in five popular children's television series '' Breakfast-a-Go-Go'', ''The Lost Islands'', '' Alex ...
as Ron
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Jane Fennell
Jane Fennell is a former Australian TV presenter, most notably on the children's television program '' Mr. Squiggle and Friends''. She is the daughter of actor Willie Fennell and grew up in Sydney, Australia.
She initially worked on ''Mr. Squiggl ...
as Jane
* Mike Meade as Alexander Bunyip
Alexander Bunyip
Alexander Bunyip first appeared in the book ''"The Monster That Ate Canberra"'', written and illustrated by Michael Salmon in 1972. This was followed up by ''"Son of the Monster"'' in 1973, ''"Travels with the Monster"'' in 1974 and ''"The Monster in Space"'' in 1975. The character later appeared in ''"Alexander Bunyip"'' and ''"Alexander Bunyip and the Swagman"'' both published in 1980.
The character appeared on television in various formats such as ''"The Alexander Bunyip Show"'', ''"Alexander's Afternoon"'', ''"Alexander's Antics"'' and ''"Alexander Bunyip's Billabong"''. The scripts for the television series were written by Mike Meade and Ron Blanchard.
See also
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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 ...
*
List of longest-running Australian television series
Below is a list of all the longest-running Australian television programs, both past and present, that have been broadcast for a minimum of 6–10 years or 6 seasons (or both).
All data is updated as of 2 February 2022.
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Alexander Bunyip, Canberra, bronze statue
References
External links
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Footage of program on Youtube
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Australian children's television series
Australian television shows featuring puppetry
Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
1978 Australian television series debuts
1988 Australian television series endings