THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The information on this website has come from numerous sources over many years.  Here is a list of just some of them, their contribution is greatly appreciated:

TELEVISION NETWORKS AND STATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

ABC national

ATN7 Sydney

HSV7 Melbourne

SAS7 Adelaide

TVW7 Perth

NTD8 Darwin

GTV9 Melbourne

TEN10 Sydney

ATV10 Melbourne

TVQ10 Brisbane

ADS10 Adelaide

NEW10 Perth

SBS national

Prime Television NSW and Victoria, and predecessors AMV Albury, RVN Wagga Wagga, NEN Tamworth

Golden West Network Bunbury

Seven Queensland and predecessors MVQ Mackay, SEQ Maryborough

WIN Television NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania, and predecessors WIN Wollongong, BTV Ballarat, GMV Shepparton, RTQ Rockhampton, DDQ Toowoomba, TVT Hobart

Southern Cross TEN NSW, ACT, Victoria, Queensland, and predecessors GLV Traralgon, BCV Bendigo, CTC Canberra, TNQ Townsville, FNQ Cairns, NRN Coffs Harbour

Southern Cross Network  TNT Tasmania

Imparja Alice Springs

NBN Northern NSW

 
NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

The Age (1854-) Melbourne

B&T Weekly (1950-) national

The Examiner Launceston

The Herald Sun (1990-) Melbourne, and predecessors The Herald and The Sun News Pictorial

Latrobe Valley Express Traralgon

The Mercury Hobart

The Newcastle Star Newcastle

TV Guide (-1980) national

TV Scene (1976-1987) Melbourne, and predecessors Listener In and Listener In-TV

TV Times (1959-1980) national

TV Week (1957-) national

 
PUBLICATIONS

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2nd Annual Report (1985) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ISSN 0816 827X

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 3rd Annual Report (1986) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ISSN 0816 827X

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 4th Annual Report (1987) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ISSN 0816 827X

Australian TV The First 25 Years (1981) - Peter Beilby, Thomas Nelson Australia, ISBN 0 17 005998 7

Broadcasting In Australia (1992) - Australian Broadcasting Tribunal, ISSN 1034 8689

Compulsive Viewing: The Inside Story Of Packer's Nine Network (2000) - Gerald Stone, Viking Penguin Books, ISBN 0 670 88690 4

Forty Years Of Television (1996) - Julia Morrell, Lansdowne Publishing/ATN 7, ISBN 1 86302 524 3

From The Word Go!! Forty Years Of TEN Melbourne (2004) - Mal Walden, Network Ten Australia

King: The Life And Comedy Of Graham Kennedy (2003) - Graeme Blundell, Pan Macmillan Australia, ISBN 1 4050 3566 8

Moran's Guide To Australian TV Series (1993) - Albert Moran, Australian Film Television & Radio School/Allen & Unwin, ISBN 0 642 18462 3

On-Air 25 Years Of TV In Queensland (1984) - Christopher Beck, One Tree Hill Publishing, ISBN 0 9590864 0 4

Super Aussie Soaps (2004) - Andrew Mercado, Pluto Press Australia, ISBN 1 86403 191 3

Tales From The Scrapbook (1993) - Bruce Mansfield and Philip Brady with Ian Oshlack, Portside Editions, ISBN 1 875 707 01 8

Those Fabulous TV Years (1981) - Brian Davies, Cassell Australia, ISBN 0 7269 2216 1

 
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND INDUSTRY GROUPS Australian Communications And Media Authority and predecessors Australian Broadcasting Tribunal, Australian Broadcasting Authority

Regional Television Australia (now defunct)
 

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