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Tagged: kangaroos

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More Skippy the Bush Kangaroo – celebrating the hit 1960s TV show
Even more collection items celebrating the 1960s adventures of Skippy and Sonny in Waratah National Park. This second Skippy collection takes a fond look back at the original series of 91 episodes,...
Collection
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo – celebrating the hit 1960s TV show
'What's that, Skip? More than 50 years an icon?'. The adventures of Sonny Hammond and Skippy the bush kangaroo in Waratah National Park in the late 1960s captured the country's imagination and...
Collection
Australian Animals
Cute and cuddly, furry or feathered, slippery or scaly; our collection of Australian native animals - both real and imagined - will charm and delight you.  The following selection of films, sounds...
Audio
Jeanie Drynan: meeting Skippy
In this excerpt from an oral history interview with actress Jeanie Drynan, she talks about her first day on the set of Skippy, meeting the star of the show and the challenges they had working with...
Video
Skippy's Amazing Skills
A compilation of clips from Skippy demonstrating the bush kangaroo's incredible skills, especially with her paws. Who knew a kangaroo could open doors, play musical instruments or untie knots? Also...
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You can't train a kangaroo
In this excerpt from Skippy: Australia's First Superstar (Stephen Oliver, Australia-UK, 2009), members of the crew talk about how they were able to get Skippy to 'act'. Animal handler Scotty Denholm...
Video
Ted Kotcheff on Finding Nelson, 'The Moby Dick of Kangaroos'
Director Ted Kotcheff talks about 'Nelson', the impressive one-eyed kangaroo that fights Peter Whittle (Joe) in a memorable scene in Wake in Fright. He also explains why finding Nelson was 'the...
Video
Buckley family collection: Koala and kangaroo
This home movie footage was shot by Kethel Timothy (KT) Buckley, father of filmmaker Anthony Buckley, in the 1930s in Sydney. It features a koala and then a kangaroo with joey; where the film was...
Video
Orphan of the Wilderness: Chut's Revenge
Shorty McGee (Harry Abdy) has punished his prize attraction, Chut the boxing kangaroo, by denying him water for two days. In the ring, Chut’s thirst and his hatred for the whip-wielding McGee boil...
Video
1982 Opening Ceremony
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, opens the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane on 30 September 1982. Reporter John Wiseman covers the opening ceremony for Ten Eyewitness News. The starting of...
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