Large crowds gather at a Newcastle shopping mall in 1969 to see 'Skippy' with her handler, Scotty Denholm. Skippy's popularity saw huge crowds turn out on this national tour.

'See death-defying abalone divers!' is an unusual selling point for a movie trailer, but it features in this full-length cinema trailer for The Intruders (also known as Skippy and The

In this spoken word recording, set to music, Ed Devereaux recites a long poem telling the story of Skippy and Sonny and how they first met.

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 work

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

'You can kangaroo, you can!', runs the jingle for this advertisement for Sanitarium Skippy Corn Flakes.

In this excerpt from Skippy: Australia's First Superstar (Stephen Oliver, Australia-UK, 2009), narrated by Magda Szubanski, Tony Bonner and Liza Goddard reflect on how overwhe

This is rare, silent footage of the production of Skippy. The clip shows most of the main actors outside and inside Ranger Headquarters.

Shani Wood interviews Skippy co-creator, John McCallum, on Meeting in the Middle.

The success of Skippy meant that other companies quickly saw an opportunity to promote products and services to the same audience.