Australian band Ariel was the brainchild of Mike Rudd and Bill Putt, following on from the break-up of their previous band Spectrum in April 1973. Ariel played blues-tinged…
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1 9 7 2 – 1 9 7 3 (Australia) 16 x 22 minute episodes When Phineas Fogg (voiced by Alastair Duncan) and Belinda Maze (Janet…
1 9 6 6 (Australia) 39 x 25 minute episodes The first Australian animation series to be successfully syndicated and sold overseas, Arthur had a distinctly British look…
1 9 7 9 – 1 9 8 8 (Australia) Alexander Bunyip first appeared on Australian television in 1979 in a weekday afternoon programme called…
After early success with documentaries covering their travels along the Darling River (in Down the Darling, 1963) and across Australia (in Wheels Across the Wilderness,…
1 9 5 6 – 1 9 5 7 (Australia) 30 minute episodes Radio presenter Howard Craven hosted Australia’s first TV current affairs show for half…
Z Special Force – also known as the Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) – was a secret Australian Special Forces reconnaissance and sabotage unit during World…
1 9 7 2 – 1 9 7 3 (Australia) 13 x 30 minute episodes The Aunty Jack Show was a bizarre Australian sketch comedy. Aunty Jack herself…
1 9 9 0 (Australia) 1 x 300 minute episode The first National Australian Music Day was celebrated in 1990 with the country’s largest rock…
The Australasian Post (commonly known as the “Aussie Post”) was Australia’s longest-running continuously published weekly picture magazine, operating for 138 years from 1864 until its…
This 1975 ‘Ozploitation’ pretend documentary – shot on 16mm film then blown up to 35mm for distribution – looks at a random collection of stories…
1 9 9 2 (Australia) 1 x 34 minute episode (!) Aussie clip show Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos was hauled off the air midway through…
The members of Australian Crawl all hailed from the Mount Eliza area on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. The band came together in 1978…
Following a tradition set by Aussie bands like The Affair, The Executives and Zoot, Sydney-based Autumn was unashamedly a pop band. Their debut single Mr Henry’s…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 5 9 (Australia) 156 x 15 minute episodes “I, Julia Parrish, am now 43, the early autumn time of life,…
With the break up of The Bootleg Family Band in November 1975, Tony Naylor, Geoff Cox and Clive Harrison recruited Adrian Campbell and began gigging as Avalanche…
This Brisbane-based Australian combo initially plied their wares on the club and discotheque circuit, mainly performing cover versions of the Top 40 hits of the…
Outside a strong cult following, Sydney band Avion’s brand of melodic, American-influenced AOR met with virtual indifference at home. RCA even issued the band’s eponymous…
Formed in Melbourne in May 1969, Axiom were billed as Australia’s first “supergroup”. Yet, despite a wealth of talent and promise, some notable chart successes…
Aussie band Ayers Rock combined progressive rock and jazz in an easy-to-take mix with a focus on extended jamming. Guitarist Ray Burton had been in…