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On This Day — 15 September

15 September 1973: Gerard Kennedy (Division 4) 15 September 1973: Norman Yemm (Number 96) 15 September 1979: Mike Walsh (The Mike Walsh Show) 15 September 1984: Ray Martin and Jana Wendt (60 Minutes) 15 September 1990: Georgie Parker (A Country Practice) and Craig McLachlan (Home And Away) 15 September 2001: Tammin Sursok, Zac Drayson, Rebecca …

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Home And Away’s Alf in Australia Day Honours

Stone the flamin’ crows! Alf Stewart has been honoured this Australia Day. Ray Meagher, the actor now in his 30th year Home And Away‘s Alf, has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in this year’s Australia Day Honours. The honour is in recognition of Meagher’s “service to the performing arts as an actor”. …

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Cyclone Tracy: the mini-series

Twelve years after Cyclone Tracy destroyed Darwin, the Nine Network embarked on a big-budget six-hour mini-series to give an account, based on fictional characters, of what happened in the days immediately before and after the cyclone ripped through the city of 45,000 people. Produced by Nine’s production arm, PBL Productions, Cyclone Tracy starred Tracy Mann (pictured) as …

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1993: January 3-9

Cover: Scott Michaelson (Neighbours), Rebekah Elmaloglou (Home And Away) Cameron goes to Hollywood Cameron Daddo is enthusiastic about his future as he embarks on his first major US project, a role in the telemovie Between Love And Hate.  The former model and Perfect Match host who had recently starred in the drama series Bony has been labelled “a series just …

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