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On This Day — 6 February

6 February 1958: (clockwise from top left) Don Bennetts, Corinne Kirby, Geoff Corke, Judy Jack, Hal Todd 6 February 1999: Martin Sacks and Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers) 6 February 2010: Axle Whitehead and Jodi Gordon (Home And Away) 6 February 1982: Channel 0/28’s afternoon test pattern is replaced by a test broadcast by public access …

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On This Day — 5 February

5 February 1964: Bob Dyer (BP Pick-A-Box) 5 February 1977: Paul Cronin and Lorraine Bayly (The Sullivans) 5 February 1983: Tony Barber (Sale Of The Century) 5 February 2000: Lisa McCune and Martin Sacks (Blue Heelers) 5 February 2005: Chris Hemsworth and Rebecca Cartwright (Home And Away) 5 February 1968: Adventure series Skippy The Bush Kangaroo …

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On This Day — 20 January

20 January 1973: James Elliott (Number 96) 20 January 1979: Mike Walsh (The Mike Walsh Show) 20 January 1990: Matt Day (A Country Practice) 20 January 1996: Emma Harrison and Richard Grieve (Neighbours) 20 January 2001: Holly Valance, Madeleine West, Krista Vendy (Neighbours) 20 January 2007: Aaron Jeffery and Simmone Jade Mackinnon (McLeod’s Daughters) 20 …

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On This Day — 16 January

16 January 1982: Peter Phelps and Pat McDonald (Sons And Daughters) 16 January 1982: Jane Reilly and Tony Dickinson (Eyewitness News, SAS10 Adelaide) 16 January 1988: Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan (Neighbours) 16 January 2010: Kym Valentine and Carla Bonner (Neighbours) 16 January 1983: HSV7 screens the telemovie A Special Place, the story of a …

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On This Day — 14 January

14 January 1970: Garry Pankhurst (Skippy The Bush Kangaroo) 14 January 1978: Paula Duncan and George Mallaby (Cop Shop) 14 January 1978: George Mallaby and Rowena Wallace (Cop Shop) 14 January 1995: Jo Beth Taylor (Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show) 14 January 2006: Isabel Lucas and Jason Smith (Home And Away) 14 January 1973: The …

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Obituary: Ron Barassi

Ron Barassi, one of the legends of Australian rules football, has died at the age of 87. He died from complications suffered after a fall. In a football career spanning 40 years he played 254 games, including six premierships, and coached 515. In 1996 he was named in the Australian Football League’s Team Of The …

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On This Day — 11 September

11 September 1971: Terence Donovan (Division 4) and Sue Donovan (Matlock Police) 11 September 1971: Ted Hamilton (Division 4) 11 September 1976: Graeme Blundell (Alvin Purple) 11 September 1976: Jon English (Number 96) 11 September 1993: Dieter Brummer and Melissa George (Home And Away) 11 September 1999: Sigrid Thornton (Seachange) 11 September 2004: Wil Traval …

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On This Day — 24 July

24 July 1971: Mike Drewer, Clive Hale, June Heffernan, Doug Stanley, Geoff Michels (This Day Tonight, Adelaide) 24 July 1976: Joe Hasham (Number 96) 24 July 1993: Bruce Samazan and Scott Michaelson (Neighbours) 24 July 1999: Belinda Emmett (Home And Away, All Time Greatest Bloopers) 24 July 2004: The Block contestants, including Dr Andrew Rochford …

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Obituary: Ray Wilkie

Ray Wilkie, former meterologist and Network Ten weather presenter, has died at age 98. Brisbane 4BC radio presenter Spencer Howson reported the news from Wilkie’s son on Saturday night. Wilkie’s interest in meteorology was sparked during his days with the RAAF in England and Europe during World War II. After graduating with a Bachelor of …

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Obituary: Rob Readings

Former Brisbane reporter and newsreader Rob Readings has died at the age of 79 after a long illness. Over the course of his career, he worked in radio and at all three Brisbane commercial channels, but most notably as newsreader on Eyewitness News at TVQ0/10 in the 1980s and as newsreader for Nine‘s Gold Coast …

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