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The NFSA recently acquired costumes, scrapbooks and other memorabilia recording the career of Hal Turner, who played one of the first recognisable children's characters on Australian television.
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This clip from Hal Turner's home movies includes footage of him performing as Bobo the Clown with his daughter Gayle as Lenny the Lion. The footage also shows his wife, Pearl, setting up a stall at...
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In this filmed oral history from 2000, Rex Heading recalls working with Hal Turner's Bobo the Clown at NWS9 and creating Humphrey B Bear when Turner left the station to star in his own show on rival...
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Bobo the Clown visits the Heinz food factory in Adelaide. Children gather at the entrance of the factory and Bobo greets them and the officials. He then takes a tour and rides a fork lift and...
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As Bobo's popularity grew, a range of merchandise was created including Bobo-branded cordial in lemon and lime flavours.
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Bobo the Clown costume worn by Hal Turner during the first half of the 1960s.
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Bobo the Clown with a group of Aboriginal men holding spears, boomerangs and a woomera. This image was taken in the 1960s at the height of Bobo's popularity and appears in one of Hal Turner's...
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Slippers worn by Hal Turner when performing as Bobo the Clown in Adelaide in the early 1960s.
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By the mid 1960s Bobo’s popularity was at its peak. Turner was frequently mobbed by large crowds at public appearances. 'Playmates’ could become members of The Bobo Club and throughout Hal Turner's...
