Tag: Australia
Madder Lake
Melbourne (Australia) band Madder Lake are best remembered for their infectious single 12lb Toothbrush.
Formed in 1970, their brand of prog rock/psychedelic blues quickly became extremely...
Chain Reaction, The (1980)
Produced in the wake of the worldwide success of Mad Max, this film reunited many of that film's cast and crew (Mel Gibson even...
Lucky Starr
Australian entertainer Lucky Starr was born Leslie William Morrison on 29 December 1940. His father was a motor mechanic and his mother was a housewife,...
Castle, The (1997)
"Tell 'em they're dreamin'"
The Castle was the first feature-length offering from the creative team behind the hit Aussie comedy TV series, Frontline. They succeeded in producing...
Ocean Girl
1 9 9 4 - 1 9 9 7 (Australia)
78 x 25 minute episodes
This Australian children's TV series told the story of Neri (Marzena Godecki),...
Turkey Shoot (1982)
In the totalitarian near future, objectors to the authoritarian rule are labelled 'social deviants' and sent to prison camps for re-education and behaviour modification.
The...
Monkey Grip (1982)
Nora (Noni Hazlehurst in her first starring movie role) - a 33-year-old single mother living in a commune - wants a love with "no...
Easybeats guitarist George Young dead at 70
23 October 2017
George Young, guitarist in the Sixties band The Easybeats and co-producer on AC/DC's first five albums, has died at the age of...
ABC To Run Classic Countdown In Original Timeslot
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will play classic Countdown episodes in the show’s original timeslot from 17 September.
Classic Countdown will air on Sunday nights...
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
A movie about the dull people who live in an intense little community Down Under obsessed with ballroom competitions.
Virtually everyone in the film carries...
Mystrys, The
Masked mavericks The Mystrys burst onto the Australian pop scene in 1966 with a spaced-out single, Witch Girl, and some downright intergalactic hype, before vanishing almost...
Whiplash
1 9 6 0 - 1 9 6 1 (Australia)
34 x 25 minute episodes
This Wild West-style action series was set in Australia in the...
Lost Islands, The
1 9 7 6 (Australia)
26 x 30 minute episodes
A group of five school children (Tony from Australia, Mark from America, David from England, Anna...
Young Doctors, The
1 9 7 6 - 1 9 8 1 (Australia)
1396 x 30 minute episodes
Back in 1979 in Australia, you could watch The Young Doctors and either ogle Delvene...
Odd Angry Shot, The (1979)
When The Odd Angry Shot was released in 1979, it came in for a good deal of misdirected critical flak because it wasn't a different kind...
Patrick (1978)
"He's In A Coma . . . Yet He Can Kill" promised the tagline for the 1978 Australian film Patrick, helpfully establishing both the...
Division 4
1 9 6 9 - 1 9 7 5 (Australia)
300 x 60 minute episodes
Another Australian cop drama from Crawford Productions, Division 4 was originally titled...
Mother Goose
Mother Goose hailed from Dunedin, New Zealand, and were unique for their performances which combined mime, satire, costumes and novelty songs with virtuoso playing.
Honing...
Adventure Island
1 9 6 8 - 1 9 7 2 (Australia)
1140 x 30 minute episodes
Australian series Adventure Island was designed for an audience of young (five...
Spliffs, The
Australian power pop band The Spliffs formed in the North Queensland town of Townsville in 1985.
Their debut single, You Know What They'll Say, was...
