TAGGED: 1990s
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The Skippy reboot The Adventures of Skippy ran for 39 episodes in 1991 and starred Andrew Clarke.

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Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown (1998– 99) was a completely new spin-off and bore little, if any, resemblance to the original Skippy series.

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Skippy has become such a touchstone in Australian popular culture that it's open to all kinds of lighthearted parody.

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Until the age of 9, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks (1937–2022) lived on remote Utopia Station in the Northern Territory where she learnt the Aboriginal laws of her tribe, the Amatjere (Anmatyerre) people.

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This song is an anthem, a celebration. Yothu Yindi, famous for their 1991 song 'Treaty', sing here about Mabo's native title victory and the death of terra nullius.

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Blackrock (1997) was inspired by the tragic events surrounding the murder of teenager Leigh Leigh.

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Heath Ledger’s guest starring role on Home and Away was just ten episodes long, but he made quite the impact as bad boy Scott Irwin.

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For his first big Hollywood role, Heath Ledger played Patrick Verona in the film 10 Things I Hate About You (Gil Junger, USA, 1999).

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Early in his career Heath Ledger starred as Snowy Bowles - a young, gay cyclist - in the 26-part series Sweat, pitched at young adults.

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Two Hands (1999) Director Gregor Jordan, interviewed by Paul Harris for 3RRR FM's Film Buffs Forecast, talks about casting the role of Jimmy in the film and how he came across Hea