Fauna Productions is an Australian film and TV production company established by Lee Robinson, Lionel ('Bob') Austin and

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who met during the making of the film ''

They're a Weird Mob ''They're a Weird Mob'' is a popular 1957 Australian comic novel written by John O'Grady (writer), John O'Grady under the pen name, pseudonym "Nino Culotta", the name of the main character of the book. The book was the Debut novel, first publishe ...

'' (1966). Robinson, Austin and McCallum wanted to make productions aimed at the international audience and enjoyed great success with the TV series '' Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' and ''

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''. Fauna Productions is still in business, now being run by two sons of the founders, Philip Austin and Nick McCallum.

Select Credits

*'' Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' (1966–69) - TV series *'' The Intruders'' (1969) - film *''

Nickel Queen ''Nickel Queen'' is a 1971 Australian comedy film starring Googie Withers and directed by her husband John McCallum. The story was loosely based on the Poseidon bubble, a nickel boom in Western Australia in the late 1960s, and tells of an outback ...

'' (1971) - film *''

'' (1971–72) - TV series *'' Boney'' (1972–73) - TV series *''

Shannon's Mob ''Shannon's Mob'' is an Australian TV series about an Australian intelligence agency. It was the last TV series from Fauna Productions, who were responsible for '' Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' among others. Synopsis FIASCO (The Federal Intelligenc ...

'' (1975–76) - TV series *''

Bailey's Bird ''Bailey's Bird'' is an Australian TV series which was filmed in Asia. It was about a pilot and his son operating a charter operation in South East Asia.Attack Force Z ''Attack Force Z'' (alternatively titled ''The Z Men'') is a 1982 Australian-Taiwanese World War II film directed by Tim Burstall. It is loosely based on actual events and was filmed in Taiwan in 1979. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festiva ...

'' (1981) - film *''

The Highest Honor ''The Highest Honour'' is a 1982 Australian/Japanese co-production about Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau by Z Special Unit during World War II. The same story inspired the TV mini-series ''The Heroes (mini-series), Heroes'' (1988) and ''He ...

'' (1983) - film

References

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External links

Company website
Film production companies of Australia