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Hell’s Kitchen

"They're all very well dressed", Debra Lawrence said to the overlay, as we walked on to the set of "Hell's Kitchen", the celebrity cooking program that's screened on Australian television over the last few months. Even before the comment, she was our favourite, as we got down to the final four, ahead of the program's … Continue reading Hell’s Kitchen

September 20, 2017June 15, 2019Food, TelevisionLeave a comment

Mary-The Making Of A Princess

"He didn't really propose to her on the side of the road to Hobart Airport?", I asked a couple of colleagues during the week. Both were Hobart born and bred, and in the 40-50 year age group. I figured they'd know. Having seen only the last fifteen minutes or so of "Mary - The Making … Continue reading Mary-The Making Of A Princess

November 22, 2015November 23, 2015denmark, movies, prince fredrik, princess mary, royalty, Television2 Comments

Nashville

As I mentioned the other week, I'm not a great watcher of fictional television. When friends talk about "The West Wing", "Orange Is The New Black" and "Miss Fischer's Murders", I tend to glaze over. While there are some shows I do watch intently, and with passion, most of the time, television is either background … Continue reading Nashville

November 3, 2015November 3, 2015nashville, Television, tvLeave a comment

Please Like Me

I always feel a bit awkward when friends talk about what they've been watching on TV. "Have you seen Nashville? What did you think of the latest episode of Borgen? Have you been watching House Of Cards". You know what I mean. THOSE kind of conversations where a group of friends talk in intimate detail … Continue reading Please Like Me

October 24, 2015October 24, 2015josh thomas, please like me, Television1 Comment

The Box

In some ways I was a rather precocious child. Really? You sure about that? No way! Unlike other children of my generation I was allowed to watch some of the more "adult" television programs screened on Australian. For example, I loved Number 96. As I wrote on the fortieth anniversary screening of the show... I … Continue reading The Box

October 11, 2015June 9, 2019cornelia francis, judi nunn, lois ramsay, movies, Television, the box, tracey mannLeave a comment

88 Documentary

Thought I'd give a mention to a documentary my friend, Michaela Perske has produced and co-written called "88". The documentary goes back to 1988, the year of the Australian Bicentenary, and tells the story of some of the many thousands of Indigenous people who travelled from all over Australia to join in protests on January … Continue reading 88 Documentary

January 13, 2014October 11, 2015ABC TV, documentary, indigenous, michaela perske, movies, TelevisionLeave a comment

Number 96 Turns Forty

"The thing I'm most proud about Number 96 is that it saved lives", David Sale told us at tonight's fortieth anniversary screening of the legendary Australian television show. As the creator of the show, and as a gay man, he was speaking about the impact of the program's character, Don Finlayson, on the large number … Continue reading Number 96 Turns Forty

March 13, 2012June 9, 2019number 96, Television, Video2 Comments

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Genealogy

  • Albert Bernard O’Brien and Bertha Ann Dunn
  • Allan McLean and Janet McFarlane
  • Charles Dunn and Bertha Rixon
  • Donald Laing and Sarah Higgins
  • James Laing and Isabella McLean
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  • John Dunn and Catherine Elliott
  • John Dunn and Elizabeth Davis
  • John Hoare and Elizabeth Love
  • John Love and Martha
  • John Noonan and Hannah Lynch
  • Maurice Lynch and Mary Moynihan
  • Peter O’Brien and Mary Ann Goward
  • Robert Higgins and Ann Owen
  • Robert Higgins and Ellen Triggell
  • Thomas Rixon and Jane Laing
  • Thomas Triggell and Henrietta Spencer
  • William Elliott and Mary Fitzgerald
  • William Rixon and Ann Hoare
  • William Rixon and Ellen Laing

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Born : Lismore / Widgibal – Bundjalung

Live : Sydney / Gadigal – Eora

Also : Brisbane, Bourke, Renmark, Wagga, Perth

Work : ABC Radio (Regional and Local)

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