Roger Bush OBE (1918–2000) was a

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-born Australian

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minister and media personality.

Early life

Bush was born in England and his family migrated to Sydney, Australia, the following year. He was the oldest of a family of four and had two brothers and a sister.

Family and BHP

He met his wife, Glenyce, in

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whilst serving with the

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during

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. After the war, they returned to Sydney and had two children,

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and Lesley. Bush was employed by

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before being ordained as a minister.

Methodist minister

He became an early talkback radio minister on ''Connections'', a three-hour talkback program he devised and hosted on 2CH. Bush wrote a column for the '' Sydney Sun'' newspaper for 12 years. From the opening of the Sydney Opera House in 1973 he was responsible for the

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program of celebrations.

Retirement

In 1989, Bush retired to

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Honours

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Memorial – 2001

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* Officer –

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1981 for service to the community * Member –

1973 for service to the community

Publications

* The Open Line Bedside Book – (Sydney, 1984) * The Origins of Christmas: Fact, Fiction and Myth –

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(Sydney, 1982) * The Origins of Easter: Fact, Fiction and Myth – Reed Publishing (Sydney, 1982) * A Bush Christmas – Rigby (Sydney, 1980) * All the trees were green – Rigby (Adelaide, 1979) * Prayers for Pagans – Hodder & Stoughton (Sydney, 1968)

References

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