"Very difficult to buy genuine Blue Heelers DVD's," Jenny claims in the listing.
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However, one website has all of the Blue Heelers series for nearly half the price.
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Jenny isn't the only seller getting rid of her Blue Heelers collection for a princely sum.
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Wallace doesn't skimp on the seedy underside, with labyrinthine tales of gangsters and gamblers, crooked cops and greedy ward-heelers.
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This remained true well into the 20th century, North and South, with ward heelers courting and sometimes buying drinkers' votes.
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What started as a mere college project, the Solemates High Heelers has reached heights not seen since the invention of the shoe tree.
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Becca Brown and Monica Ferguson of Solemates know this stiletto-related plight all too well, which is why they invented the Solemates High Heelers.
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This is somewhat true according to a quick search on eBay, which shows there are only a handful of listings for DVDs of random Blue Heelers episodes.
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Such is the scarcity of the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers, people are selling complete collections of the series for more than one thousand dollars online.
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Mr. Tydings hailed from a prosperous family with a history of bucking tradition in a state where Baltimore ward heelers and rural Democratic leaders had dominated local politics.
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"These party bosses and ward heelers, you think they want to get skunked in their wards or in their neighborhoods?" he asked in Greece, N.Y., on Saturday, promoting his advantage in hypothetical polls against Hillary Clinton.
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After low ratings in 2003 and 2004, the producers and executives of Blue Heelers realised that there were apparent problems which could potentially lead to the series's downfall. In 2004 Blue Heelers lost the top ratings spot to McLeod's Daughters.Miller, Kylie. Investing in Blue Heelers' future, The Age, 7 July 2004. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
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Former Blue Heelers actor, Rupert Reid will appear as Rob Hill.
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The following is a list of episodes from the Australian police-drama, Blue Heelers, which premiered on 10 September 1993 and concluded on 4 June 2006, due to its cancellation by the Seven Network.Carter, Paul. Blue Heelers axed after 12 years, AAP, 13 January 2006. Retrieved 14 May 2008 Blue Heelers, which was created by Hal McElroy and Tony Morphett and produced by Southern Star, ran for thirteen season and a total of 510 episodesZuk, T. Blue Heelers: 2006 episode guide, Australian Television Information Archive.
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Queensland Country adopted the Heelers logo featuring an Australian cattle dog in 2000. These working dogs, also known as "Queensland Heelers", are well known throughout regional areas of Queensland. The team colours are blue and white.
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Le Marquand, Sarah. Boot for Heelers, The Daily Telegraph, 14 January 2006.
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Blue Heelers is broadcasting on IRIB. All episodes were dubbed in Persian.
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The Red Dust Lady Heelers became the league's sixth team in 2017, following the track of the Red Dust Heelers, who joined the NWBL three years before. The Red Dust Heelers program grew out of the 2012 Outback Academy Australia. In its inaugural year in the competition, it was fortunate to have players like Deanna Smith, Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy, Clare Nott and Georgia Inglis.
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2017-2018: Via Vision Entertainment released four collection boxset sets of Blue Heelers which featured all 510 episodes. 2018: Via Vision Entertainment released Blue Heelers: The Complete Collection. August 2018: 7PLUS (Channel 7 Streaming Service) starting releasing all episodes).
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Lancashire Heelers can compete in dog agility trials, obedience, Rally obedience, showmanship, flyball, and herding events. Herding instincts and trainability can be measured at noncompetitive herding tests. Lancashire Heelers exhibiting basic herding instincts can be trained to compete in herding trials.
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2005-2011: Paramount Pictures released each season of Blue Heelers on DVD. July 2013: The production company, Endemol Australia formerly Southern Star Productions stated there are no plans at this stage to re-release. November 2015: Channel 7 said that there are still no plans to re-release Blue Heelers on DVD or Blu- ray. May 2017: Via Vision Entertainment stated they would be re-releasing Blue Heelers on DVD.
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For Blue Heelers' final season in 2006, it was moved from its primetime Wednesday-night timeslot, to a lower rating Saturday-night timeslot.Blue Heelers Returns For Final Season, Seven Network, 13 March 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008. In the Saturday timeslot Blue Heelers competed with The Bill, a British police drama which had become quite popular in Australia on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Saturday Night AFL Coverage on Fox Footy Channel and Network Ten.
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Retrieved 26 March 2008. In January 2006, Seven officially announced that they had cancelled Blue Heelers, but would air a final shortened season of only 11 episodes in mid-2006Le Marquand, Sarah. Boot for Heelers, The Daily Telegraph, 14 January 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008.—the 11 episodes which had been filmed in late 2005, before Blue Heelers had been cancelled. This season focuses primarily on the show's main protagonist, Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon, his failing health and his personal troubles. John Wood, who portrays Croydon, is the only actor to appear in every episode of Blue Heelers and is, indisputably, the pillar of the show.
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Webster has frequently worked as a consultant on magic for television including The Panel and Blue Heelers.
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Blundell, Graeme. Cop Out, The Australian, 3 June 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008. For this thirteenth season, Blue Heelers was moved from its primetime Wednesday-night timeslot to the lower rating Saturday-night timeslot,Blue Heelers Returns For Final Season, Seven Network, 13 March 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
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"Blue Heelers Final Episodes to Air in 2006", Southern Star Group, 13 January 2006. Blue Heelers launched the careers of many Australian actors, such as Lisa McCune, Grant Bowler, Ditch Davey, Rachel Gordon, Tasma Walton, Charlie Clausen and Jane Allsop. While many of these actors are still best known for their work on Blue Heelers, some have gone on to bigger roles. Many other actors of today also appeared in guest roles, including Hugh Jackman, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Peter O'Brien and John Howard.
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Ruz has also appeared on The Starter Wife, The Bill, Water Rats, Blue Heelers, and Above the Law.
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The hospital was often depicted as the 'Mount Thomas Hospital' in the popular local police drama Blue Heelers.
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On 21 April 2004 Blue Heelers aired a special event: a live episode. While Paul Bishop did not appear due to film commitments,Miller, Kylie. "Heelers try new trick", The Age, 15 April 2004. this theatre-esque event drew large ratings and was the first step made in attempting to draw viewers back to the show. The broadcast hit nearly 1.6 million viewers in April, helping Seven to narrowly win the No. 1 spot for the night;"Live Heelers Bang On", Herald Sun, 23 April 2004.
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Blue Heelers aired briefly in the United States of America in the early 2000s on the short-lived cable channel Trio (carried primarily by DirecTV). No episode after number 76 was ever shown in the United States, and when Trio changed their programming in 2004, Blue Heelers was dropped from the schedule.
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Blue Heelers, however, was Australia's most popular television drama while it lasted. The series drew more than 2.5 million viewers every week at its peak. Along with Homicide, Blue Heelers holds the Australian record for most episodes produced of a weekly prime-time drama. It was also nearly the longest-running series,television.
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In 2004, Morrell made a move into the mainstream when he became one of four new actors to join the long-running police series Blue Heelers, on which he played Sergeant Mark Jacobs. In September 2004, there was speculation that the ABC would commission a third series of Grass Roots. However, Morrell stated that the ABC "may have missed its chance", and as he remained contracted to Blue Heelers, would likely not have been able to participate if the series did return. Due to family commitments, Morrell chose to leave Blue Heelers.
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Ormskirk Heelers are an amateur rugby league club from Ormskirk in Lancashire. They play at Green Road , which is also the home of Ormskirk rugby union side. In 2006, Southport Storm merged with the Heelers, but there were no name changes on Ormskirks part. This allowed the club to pull in players from a bigger catchment area.
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She auditioned for Blue Heelers and won the lead role of Constable Jo Parrish. Over the next 5 years she would become one of Blue Heelers' all-time most popular characters, winning a Logie Award for the Most Popular New Female Talent in 2000, and receiving a nomination for a Silver Logie for Most Popular Actress in 2005.
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After 1980 Evans played regular and recurring roles in several television series. These roles included that of Mr. Cocker in the Australian series of Are You Being Served? (1980), and Keith Purvis in the television police drama Blue Heelers in the 1990s. In 2005 he returned to Blue Heelers for a few episodes, portraying vagrant Bob "Sponge Bob" Spalding.
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Between 1999 and 2000, she played the recurring character Betty Withers in the police drama Blue Heelers. Ward turned 105 in 2020.
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Tess Gallagher is a fictional character in the Australian television series Blue Heelers, portrayed by Caroline Craig from 2000 to 2003. She arrived after Maggie Doyle's death. She arrives as the new Sergeant at Mount Thomas, taking Ben Stewart (Blue Heelers)'s assumed position. This and her emotionally withdrawn and critical character initially fuels animosity between her and her colleagues.
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This is a list of all recurring/semi-regular cast members over the Australian television programme Blue Heelers 13 season run between 1994–2006.
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The Story of Johnny O'Keefe Other television roles include City Homicide, All Saints, Blue Heelers, Stingers, Something in the Air and Scooter Secret Agent.
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Jane Claire Allsop (born 3 July 1975 in Oxford, England) is an Australian actress, best known for her role as Jo Parrish on Blue Heelers.
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Thomas wrote songs and played guitar for a San Antonio band, The Blue Heelers (named for the breed of dog), in the 1990s. Although the band was not signed to a record label, it self-produced an album, Twister. Thomas continued to write and record songs. In 1998, his song "Truckstop Coffee" (recorded with the Blue Heelers) appeared on V2's soundtrack for Niagara, Niagara.
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Siobhan Kennedy was a fictional character on the long-running Australian TV series Blue Heelers. A self-confessed witch, Siobhan was friendly with the Heelers, in particular Ben Stewart, even if they thought she was a bid odd. Siobhan was often asked to consult on cases involving the supernatural. She appeared on a recurring basis between 1996 and 1997 and again between 2000 and 2001.
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In its fifth season, Blue Heelers moved to the Wednesday night 8:30 pm timeslot, which it occupied for most of its run, until the end of its twelfth season. This move was made to make way for hospital drama All Saints. Starting in 2004, the Seven Network aired Blue Heelers weekdays at 2:00 pm. All episodes aired with the final episode airing in 2007.
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He trained at the Police Academy with Kelly O'Rourke and has a strong but friendly rivalry with her."A Time For Mourning". Blue Heelers. Season 11.
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All roads to Ramsay Street She has appeared in many other Australian television shows, including City Homicide, Rush, Blue Heelers, Dirt Game, Stingers, and Winners & Losers.
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John Wood and Julie Nihill remained with Blue Heelers during its entire 12-year run, portraying Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon and the publican Chris Riley respectively.
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Susie Raynor is a fictional character in the long-running television show Blue Heelers. She first appeared in 2003 and remained until the show's cancellation in 2006.
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This record was also set by Homicide in 1977. This record stands at 516 hours whilst Blue Heelers is just shy of the record at 511 hours.
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In Italy Blue Heelers was broadcast on Italia 7 Gold (now called 7 Gold), from the 1st to the 6th season. All episodes were dubbed in Italian.
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Martin Colin Sacks (born 16 October 1959) is an Australian actor who is chiefly known for his 12-year role on Blue Heelers from 1993 to 2005.
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Detective Sergeant Paul Donald was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers first portrayed by Marcus Eyre. Det Sgt Donald was a member of the Homicide Squad, he first appeared on Blue Heelers in 1996. Donald was involved in the investigation of Senior Constable Maggie Doyle's murder where he believed P.J was the murderer. Donald normally appeared on the show to work on a big case.
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In early 1999 she took six weeks off Blue Heelers to play one of the leads, Mary Abacus, in the miniseries adaptation of Bryce Courtenay's The Potato Factory, which earned her a nomination for an AFI award for Best Actress in a TV Drama.MDA Lisa McCune profile ABC.net.au In July 1999, a couple of months before finishing on Blue Heelers, she starred alongside John Wood in She Loves Me.
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Julie Nihill (born 1957 in Melbourne) is an Australian actress, best known for her 13-year role as Chris Riley on the police drama Blue Heelers (1994 - 2006).
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Zuk, Tim. Blue Heelers Awards, Australian Television Information Archive. This included 25 Logie Awards, five of which were the Gold Logie, the most coveted television award in Australia.Idato, Michael.
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Charlie Clarke was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers. He was Mount Thomas' plumber, but was quite slack when it came to plumbing itself. He quite often made work for the Heelers and was once suspected of the murder of his wife, Cheryl, who he refers to as 'the minister for war'. He lives out of town with his wife and his dog, Dylan, named after Bob Dylan.
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Jack Lawson is a fictional character from Australia's police series, Blue Heelers. He came into the show in 1999 and was taken off in 2001, his character arrested for murder.
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Stone has acted in the television series John Safran's Music Jamboree, MDA, Blue Heelers, Rush, City Homicide, and the films Jindabyne, Kokoda, Balibo, Blame, and The Eye of the Storm.
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Mann appeared in The Flying Doctors and Blue Heelers television series and the 2000 film The Dish. She has written two books and had a column in New Idea magazine.
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Other TV credits include, Wicked Science, Blue Heelers and The Brush-Off. He is also the lead singer, guitarist and pianist in the local Melbourne original rock band "The Collectibles".
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Margaret Ann "Maggie" Doyle is a fictional character portrayed by Lisa McCune in the long-running Australian police show Blue Heelers. She first appeared in 1994, and exited in 2000.
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Big Ideas is a 1993 TV movie,Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p14 touted as "From the Producers of Blue Heelers".
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By 1993, Stuckey found himself back in Australia writing for the animation The Adventures of Blinky Bill and Blue Heelers. He then returned to writing for Neighbours as story editor.
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Kane Alexander is an Australian jazz singer and classical singer, who has also on occasion been a television actor. He has appeared on Blue Heelers, Neighbours, Stingers and Good Morning Australia.
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Gina Belfanti was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers. She was an ambulance officer in Mount Thomas and lived with Maggie. She joined the Heelers in 1995 and stayed until 1997 when she died in hospital during the opening episode of season 4 (it was revealed in the next episode that she died from Encephalitis). She had a one-night stand with Adam Cooper before being raped later that night.
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He also contributed to scripts for Against the Wind (1978), Skyways (1979), Rafferty's Rules (1985), Blue Heelers (1997), Pacific Drive (1996), Stingers (1998-2003), Something in the Air (1999-2001 and Headland (2005).
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The thirteenth and final season of the Australian police drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 1 April 2006 and aired on Saturday nights at 8:30 pm. The 11-episode season concluded 4 June 2006, due to its cancellation by the Seven Network as a result of its sharp decline in ratings. When, in late 2005, the time came to renew Blue Heelers, Seven commissioned eleven further episodes to be produced, but its future after this was still undecided.Miller, Kylie.
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Blue Heelers creator/producer, Hal McElroy, conceived the idea of Blue Heelers when he heard that an eighteen-year-old friend was planning to become a police officer. Intrigued, he inquired as to why this young boy, fresh out of school, would want to become a police officer, as opposed to the many other opportunities he had open to him. McElroy soon discovered that, at the time, a staggering 60% of Australian police officers were under the age of 26.Farmer, Monique.
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After the merging of the two divisions they had previous participated in, the club were once again playing in the RLC North West division in 2007. The season was a disaster with the Heelers unable to field a side for six of their games, thus finishing bottom place, 12th, losing all their 12 games. In the whole season they had scored just 72 points whilst conceding 354 points. It is still unsure whether Ormskirk Heelers will be playing in 2008.
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Bobbitt has been a fixture on Australian television since the mid-1960 with guest roles in serials including Matlock Police, Homicide, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, All Saints, Marshall Law and Blue Heelers.
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The CX also made an appearance in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again in 2018. On Blue Heelers, Season 2, episode 5 “Out of Harm’s Way, the CX was involved in a car chase.
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In 1997, she returned to acting with minor roles in the drama film The CastleWillis, John. Screen World 2000 Film Annual. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2001. (pg. 252) and the police drama Blue Heelers.
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Matthew Passmore (born 24 December 1973) is an Australian actor. He is known for McLeod's Daughters (2006–2009), Blue Heelers (2003), Last Man Standing (2005), and his first American television show, The Glades (2010–2013).
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This move was slammed by leading cast member, John Wood. Blue Heelers cancellation may also be related to Seven's AFL broadcast, which saw Seven invest $780m for the 5-year broadcasting rights of the game.
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During the next thirty years, the Halls Heelers, as they became known, were used only by the Halls. Given that they were dependent on the dogs, which gave them an advantage over other cattle breeders, it is understandable that the dogs were not distributed beyond the Hall's properties. It was not until after Thomas Hall's death in 1870, when the properties went to auction with the stock on them, that Halls Heelers became freely available.Clark (2003), p. 15 Cattle Dogs were accustomed to horses in the 1900s.
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The eleventh season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 4 February 2004 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 39-episode season concluded 5 November 2004.
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The twelfth season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 2 February 2005 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 42-episode season concluded 26 November 2005.
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The eighth season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 21 February 2001 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 42-episode season concluded 28 November 2001.
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The ninth season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 13 February 2002 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 pm. The 40-episode season concluded 20 November 2002.
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The tenth season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 12 February 2003 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 42-episode season concluded 26 November 2003.
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The sixth season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 10 February 1999 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 42-episode season concluded 24 November 1999.
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The seventh season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 9 February 2000 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 pm. The 41-episode season concluded 22 November 2000.
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The fourth season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 10 February 1997 and aired on Tuesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 42-episode season concluded 25 November 1997.
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2006 Each episode featured a range of guest cast members, and over the run of the series hundreds of actors featured in these roles.James, Carol. Heelers hit 150, TV Week, 5 July 1997. Retrieved from LisaMcCune.
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Lisa McCune (born 19 February 1971) is a four-time Gold Logie Award-winning Australian actress, known for her role as Senior Constable Maggie Doyle in Blue Heelers, and as Lieutenant Kate McGregor RAN in Sea Patrol.
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Many other notable actors also had one-off or recurring guest roles in Blue Heelers including Shane Bourne, Hugh Jackman, Gerard Kennedy, David Wenham, Marcus Graham, Peter O'Brien, Gary Sweet, Vince Colosimo, Alan Cinis and Alan Dale.
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In many urban areas, ward heelers also serve as precinct captains. The term originated during the period of machine politics around the turn of the 20th century, when powerful political machines in major cities run by political bosses, such as the Tammany Hall organization in New York City, used corruption, such as graft and patronage to maintain their power. So "ward heeler" has the connotation of a corrupt political operative. As integral players in the "spoils system", ward heelers were often both recipients and distributors of patronage, illegal benefits from the political machine.
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2005 Australian Film Institute Awards :Nominee: Best Television Drama Series 2005 Logie Awards :Winner: Most Popular Actor (John Wood) :Nominee: Most Popular Actress (Jane Allsop) :Nominee: Most Popular Personality (John Wood) :Nominee: Most Popular Australian Drama Series :Nominee: Most Popular New Female Talent (Rachel Gordon) :Nominee: Most Popular New Female Talent (Samantha Tolj) After its revamp in 2004, Blue Heelers actresses Rachel Gordon and Samantha Tolj were both nominated for Most Popular New Female Talent; although neither actually won the award. Blue Heelers veteran, John Wood, won the award for Most Popular Actor.
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Chief Superintendent Clive Adamson was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers. He originally appeared in the show between 1995 and 1996 as the regional Chief Superintendent based in the fictional city of Evanleigh and was usually only seen in Mount Thomas in the aftermath of some major drama. As a chief superintendent, he outranked the Heelers and also the district inspector and thus was not the favourite person of Ted Faulkner. He was quite a large man and came across as grandfatherly but was also a forceful leader.
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Although an immediate success, the live episode did not bring about a sustained increase in ratings. Producers also hoped that a shift in direction, a change of mood and setting, and the addition of four cast members would cement Blue Heelers' long-term future. They also wanted the show to remain relevant and more accurately reflect today's modern world:Fidgeon, Robert. Blue if Heelers axed, The Herald Sun, 14 July 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2008. The main plot, setting and character changes started in July 2004, with the airing of the episode "End of Innocence".
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Following the suspension of the Australian Rugby Shield after nine seasons at the end of 2008, the focus of the Queensland Country Heelers returned to annual City-Country fixtures and, in particular, to the "Battle of the Borders" Cup. The Heelers won the cup in 2013 for only the second time in seven years, defeating NSW Country 21–20 in the match played as the curtain raiser for the Combined Country versus British and Irish Lions tour match at Hunter Stadium in Newcastle. From 2019, the team plays on National Rugby Championship Division 2.
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The series' co-writers are John Hugginson who has previously worked on Water Rats, Murder Call and Blue Heelers, and John Banas who has written for All Saints and Stingers in addition to Water Rats and Blue Heelers. In an interview with the Herald Sun, Banas said the show had been in planning since "late last millennium". The bulk of City Homicide is shot at Seven's South Melbourne studios and the show features Melbourne landmarks, such as Flinders Street station and the city's trams. The series is distributed overseas by Southern Star Group.
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His television work includes appearances in Janus, McLeod's Daughters, Rush, Neighbours, Farscape, Stingers, Life Support, Blue Heelers, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and Law of the Land. He starred as Jack Scholt in the epic Australian film Kokoda (2006).
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Scalzo has also worked in television on Australian shows Neighbours and Blue Heelers. He can be heard on numerous CDs and cast albums, including The Silver Donkey (Original Studio Cast Recording) and The Chaos Fairy (Original Cast Recording).
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At the 2006 Logies, Wood was also nominated for Most Outstanding Actor in a drama series and Blue Heelers was nominated for Most Popular Australian Drama series. TV Week. Logie Awards of the 2000s . Retrieved 31 March 2008.
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Much of the filming on location was carried out in towns such as Williamstown, and the more established parts of Werribee.Webb, Caroline; Idato, Michael. "Axe falls on Blue Heelers", The Age, 14 January 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
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Former Rescue Special Ops actor, Les Hill and former Blue Heelers actor, Martin Sacks both joined the supporting cast as Max Saliba and Cal Beaumont, respectively. Christie Whelan Browne will reprise her character of Kristen in one episode.
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Heelers can compete in dog agility trials, obedience, showmanship, flyball, tracking, frisbee and herding events. Herding instincts and trainability can be measured at noncompetitive herding tests. "Stumpies" exhibiting basic herding instincts can be trained to compete in herding trials.
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Television appearances include the play The Importance of Being Earnest (as Gwendolen Fairfax), The Flying Doctors, A Country Practice, A Thousand Skies, Blue Heelers, Kath & Kim and Janus (as Jenny Hanson), and the television mini- series Robbery Under Arms.
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Although Blue Heelers was not expected to become a popular programme, the show became a hit shortly after it began airing, with much of this success credited to the quality of the ensemble cast, including Julie Nihill as Chris Riley.
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He was preparing a biopic of Chinese-American film director Esther Eng.The Esther Eng Story (website) In all, Bren has acted in over a dozen roles in Australian television series and movies, including The Flying Doctors, Blue Heelers and Stingers.
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Coral Drouyn née O'Neil, (born in Doncaster, England in 1945), also billed as Coral Kelly, is an English Australian actress, singer and screenwriter best known for her work in television, including Prisoner, Neighbours, Blue Heelers, Pacific Drive and Home and Away.
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The third season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 12 February 1996 and aired on Monday nights, and later Tuesday nights, at 8:30 PM. The 42-episode season concluded 26 November 1996.
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Hannah most recently performed in the play 'Salonika Bound'. Her television credits include Legacy of the Silver Shadow, Horace & Tina, High Flyers, Short Cuts, Stingers, State Coroner, Blue Heelers and Neighbours. On Neighbours, Greenwood played the part of Teresa Cammeniti.
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In the United Kingdom the series was broadcast on most stations on the ITV Network. Many companies tended to screen the show as hour-long episodes in the afternoon (occasionally with necessary edits to suit the time slot, usually regarding profanity). Carlton Television and Westcountry Television were the first to aired Blue Heelers in half-hour episodes originally on Mondays to Wednesdays, starting from 3 January 1995, however the series then switched to airing hour-long episodes. Central Television started in February 1995 with a late night 23.40 slot on Tuesdays before following other regions with a typically 14.20 slot. Central were one of the most consistent ITV regions to broadcast Blue Heelers, completing series 6 by early 2002. When the three Carlton owner station stated a uniformed schedule during 2002 Blue Heelers reverted to two-part half hour episodes; with the final batch of episodes shown in the regions were from Season 7 finishing on Wednesday 20 November 2002. Blue Heelers also aired on Anglia Television, Meridian Television and Channel Television, typically Mondays at 2:20 pm, during the summer school holidays it was broadcast daily in a morning slot, until late 1998. Granada and border also screened the series from 1995 in the hour long format but by 1998 dropped the series.
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McCune shot to fame in September 1993 at age 22 when she debuted as Constable Maggie Doyle in Blue Heelers, playing the role until the seventh season. During this time she won the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Television Personality four times. When her character was killed in 2000, the "Who Shot Maggie Doyle?" story arc was the most watched in the series' history, and her departure is attributed as one of the major factors in the ratings slump that followed. Throughout her Blue Heelers run, she occasionally took time off to appear in other productions.
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The second season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 21 February 1995 and aired on Tuesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 41-episode season concluded 21 November 1995. The cast for this season was the same as that of the preceding season, with the omission of Ann Burbrook as Roz Patterson and with the introduction of Damian Walshe-Howling as Adam Cooper to take her place. This season of Blue Heelers was released on DVD on 1 December 2005 and was released in a two-part release; and later as a complete set.
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Nott plays club basketball for the Kilsyth Cobras in the Women's national Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) and for the Red Dust Heelers in the mixed National Wheelchair basketball League (NWBL). In the WNWBL she played for the Queensland Comets from 2005 to 2006, the Western Stars since 2007 to 2014, and the Kilsyth Cobras since 2015. She won two Women's National League premierships with the Western Stars (2013) and the Kilsyth Cobras (2015). In the NWBL she played for the Brisbane Spinning Bullets in 2006, the Perth Wheelcats from 2007 to 2011, and the Red Dust Heelers since 2014.
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He had a longterm relationship with writer Oriel Gray, with whom he had two sons, Peter and Nicholas. Peter Hepworth (1948 - 2011) had a successful career writing for television, including episodes of The Sullivans, Flying Doctors, The Henderson Kids and Blue Heelers.
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It was screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival in early August 2007. Television credits include, but are not limited to, The Secret Life of Us, SeaChange, Stingers, Last Man Standing, Blue Heelers, Neighbours, Ponderosa, Backlands, Top of the Lake and Puberty Blues.
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Russell Falcon-Price was a fictional character from Blue Heelers. He appeared on a recurring basis between 1997 and 2006. He was portrayed by Neil Pigot. He was unpopular with most of the officers at the station and was known as 'Rusty'.
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Blue Heelers had a strong following not only in Australia, but also worldwide; it has been sold to 108 territories and is shown in over 70 countries.Tuohy, Wendy. True Blue and Loving It, The Age, 14 May 2000. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
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Marcia Gardner is an Australian screenwriter who has worked on such shows as The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Paradise Beach, Pacific Drive, Medivac, All Saints, Heartbreak High, Stingers (which she script produced), Blue Heelers and Sea Patrol. She's currently the Script Producer of drama series Wentworth.
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Zoe Stark is an Australian actress who played Sheena Wilson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006. Stark also appeared in two episodes of Blue Heelers (Too Good to Be True: Part 1 & 2) as Katya in 2003.
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Heelers goes off duty, The Age, 1 June 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008. All 11 episodes of the season made their subscription television premiere on 26 January 2011 (Australia Day), where they aired back to back in an Australia Day marathon on the Universal Channel.
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One ending was left open ended, to serve as a lead-in to a possible 14th season, the other ending wrapped up all the show's storylines. The cast were on their New Year non-rating period hiatus when they were told of Blue Heelers' cancellation.
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After residing in Los Angeles for a number of years, he returned to Australia and has since appeared in Paradise Beach, Blue Heelers, Neighbours, All Saints and The Secret Life of Us. He provides the voice of Pvt. Chips Dubbo in the Halo videogame series.
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This made way for the broadcast of early episodes of All Saints. In February 2014, repeats of series 12 started airing and in May 2014, repeats of series 13 aired on 7TWO. Blue Heelers has also screened on Hallmark Channel in Australia in various timeslots.
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The Queensland Country Heelers is an amateur rugby union football team that represents the regions of Queensland outside of Brisbane. The team is selected by the Queensland Country Rugby Union following the annual Queensland Country Championships, and plays other representative teams from around Australia.
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Location of Williamstown Williamstown is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's central business district in the local government area of the City of Hobsons Bay, Williamstown is also the main town where the Australian television program Blue Heelers was filmed.
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In 1996, Walton was cast as Dash McKinley in the police drama series Blue Heelers. Her character was introduced halfway through Season 3. To win the role of Dash, Walton auditioned three times. Her second one with William McInnes (Nick Schultz) gained her the role.
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During the next 30 years, the Halls Heelers, as they became known, were used only by the Halls and those who worked for them. Given that they were dependent on the dogs, which gave them an advantage over other cattle breeders, it is understandable that the dogs were not distributed beyond the Halls' properties. It was not until after Thomas Hall's death in 1870, when the properties went to auction with the stock on them that Halls Heelers became freely available. Jack Timmins was a contract drover working in the Upper Hunter Valley and was employed by the Hall family to take cattle to the Sydney markets.
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Grace Curtis was a fictional character from Blue Heelers. She appeared on a recurring basis between 2001 and 2004. She was the second wife of Tom Croydon. In 2004, she was raped and murdered by the Baxters (the people who blew up the Mount Thomas Station).
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Gold at last for John Wood, Herald Sun, 8 May 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008. By the end of this season, Blue Heelers had also equalled the record for most episodes produced of a television drama in Australia, equalling Homicide's record, set in 1977.Idato, Michael.
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At the time the football was not snapped as is done today, but was 'heeled' back from the line. Frank's father was very good at this and was named 'King of the Heelers' or 'King' for short.McFarlane, p. 20. This nickname was eventually transferred to Frank.
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Other television credits include: Matlock Police, Homicide, The Young Doctors, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, Home and Away, Police Rescue, Murder Call, Something in the Air, All Saints and Blue Heelers. Galani also features in a series of television adverts for Jalna Greek Yoghurt and Mortein.
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Dutton was born in Geelong. He had a small part in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before going on to secure the regular role of Tad Reeves. He also made appearances in Thunderstone and Blue Heelers. In 2003, Dutton played Brett Ferris in an episode of MDA.
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He made many other appearances on television, including Homicide, Matlock Police, Number 96 (both the TV serial and the 1974 feature film spin-off, playing different characters), Bellamy, The Young Doctors, Carson's Law, Sons and Daughters, Prisoner, The Flying Doctors, Blue Heelers and Something in the Air.
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Evan 'Jonesy' Jones is a fictional character from Blue Heelers, the Australian police drama television series which depicted the lives of police officers in a small town in Victoria. Jones was introduced in 2001 and remained until the show ended in 2006. He was portrayed by Ditch Davey.
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Prior to Home and Away, she had a guest role on popular soap A Country Practice in 1987 and in between her returning stints in Home and Away, Hodgson has appeared in episodes of Blue Heelers, Police Rescue (1995), Wildside (1998) and Big Sky playing Jodie Turner (1997–99).
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The Lancashire Heeler has a life expectancy of 12–15 years or more. The three most common serious conditions that can affect Heelers are Collie eye anomaly, Primary lens luxation and Persistent pupillary membranes. As well as these eye conditions, dogs of this breed may suffer from Patella luxation.
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Byrne, Fiona. "New Blood for Blue Heelers", Herald Sun, 25 April 2004."Cop drama boosted by new blood", 29 April 2004. In episode 445, "Checkmate", Barry Baxter was sent to jail for the terror attacks, and Nick departed Mount Thomas leaving his colleagues to face their new situation.
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Drouyn subsequently was involved in the creation of serial Pacific Drive before performing story editor duties on Blue Heelers and Home and Away. Her book 'Big Screen, Small Screen', detailing the craft skills involved in screen-writing, was published in 1994. Drouyn now works as a theatre critic.
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His character was introduced into Blue Heelers by a Victoria Police Media Advisor who was a Sergeant with Victoria Police. That Sergeant was David O'Connor of Victoria's Western Region. Widgeree Police Station was filmed at location at Clarkefield, Victoria, Australia. This is a short distance south of Riddells Creek.
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Harry Pavlidis is an Australian actor who has appeared in many television series and films. Pavlidis has appeared in such television series as Blue Heelers, East West 101, Home and Away, Stingers, Big Sky, All Saints and Outriders. His film roles include Gabriel, Mr. Nice Guy and Infini.
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Blue Heelers in town, Bendigo Advertiser, 8 April 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2008. There were 16 episodes in various stages of production at any one time (from the conception of new storylines to post-production). In addition, there were always seven complete episodes waiting to go to air.
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He was nominated for a Logie Award in 2000 for "Most Popular New Male Talent". Welsh decided to quit the role and Mitch's final scenes aired in early 2001. He went on to direct for Home and Away. Welsh's other directing credits include All Saints and Blue Heelers.
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Gill was a recurring cast member in the women's prison drama Prisoner as Det. Insp. Jack Grace, a regular cast member as Sgt. Jack Carruthers in The Flying Doctors and played another recurring role in Blue Heelers as Superintendent Clive Adamson. He appeared in a guest role on Neighbours.
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Early in 1998, a review team arrives in Mt Thomas to evaluate the police station and the Heelers try desperately to appear busy to prevent the station from being downgraded. Nick however, has been saddled with local reporter Tony Timms and his attempts to bore the journalist almost cause the Heelers plans to backfire and Nick concocts a missing person to make up for it. When the station is upgraded, Nick has hopes of being promoted to Sergeant but to his dismay Inspector Falcon-Price chooses to appoint P.J. as Acting Sergeant instead. After P.J. found himself incapable of staying out of CI affairs and self- demoted himself, Nick was named Acting Sergeant in his place.
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After a recurring role in A Country Practice in 1990, McInnes appeared in series such as Bligh, Ocean Girl, Good Vibrations and Snowy before making his name as Senior Constable Nick Schultz on Blue Heelers in 1993. McInnes starred on the show until 1998, when he left to focus on other work. In 1999, he joined the cast of SeaChange as Max Connors, the new love interest of the main character Laura Gibson (Sigrid Thornton) after Diver Dan (David Wenham) left the series. In 2002, McInnes was part of the cast of Marshall Law, which was cancelled after one season; and he returned for several episodes of Blue Heelers in 2004 and 2005.
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Immediately after finishing Blue Heelers, she starred alongside John Waters, Bert Newton, Nikki Webster, Rachel Marley and later Rob Guest in a stage version of The Sound of Music, as Maria von Trapp."The Hills Are Alive", review in The Australian In 2001, while she was pregnant with her first child, her portrait by Shaun Clark was entered in the Archibald Prize."Lisa's Gift To Her Baby", Herald SunPortrait entered in Archibald Prize, NewsPix She was off screens for a year to be a stay-at-home mother. In 2002, her next project was a "comeback" role in the television series Marshall Law with Alison Whyte and former Blue Heelers cast member William McInnes.
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Of these, one of the more significant events is the bombing of the police station during the show's eleventh season. Whenever overwhelmed, the Heelers call on the assistance of the police in the larger town of St Davids, home of the resident police inspector Russell Falcon-Price. An antagonist in the series, Falcon-Price often tries to terminate the employment of the Mount Thomas sergeant or to close the entire station, which in reality would be almost entirely out of his control. Along with their police work, aspects of the Heelers' personal lives are regularly featured, notably the relationship between Maggie and PJ, which ends with Maggie's death in one of the most watched moments on Australian television.
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Although Blue Heelers was not expected to become a popular programme, the show became a hit shortly after it began airing, with much of this success credited to the quality of the ensemble cast, led by John Wood as Tom Croydon. During his time on Blue Heelers, Wood was nominated for the Gold Logie, the award for the most popular personality on Australian television, each year from 1997 until 2007. After nine consecutive nominations without a victory, Wood was finally awarded the prize in 2006 before being nominated for an eleventh consecutive year in 2007. On the first three occasions, he was beaten to the prize by his co-star Lisa McCune.
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Alex Kirby was a fictional character in Australia's long-running police drama Blue Heelers. He was portrayed by Charlie Clausen. Alex was introduced early in 2005 and remained until the final episode in mid-2006. Originally a leading senior constable, Alex was promoted to acting sergeant towards the end of 2005.
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Passmore began his career on the children's television series Play School. Later on, he took on a variety of roles on Australian television shows such as Always Greener, Blue Heelers, The Cooks, Last Man Standing, McLeod's Daughters, and Underbelly: Tale of Two Cities. Passmore also starred in USA Network's Satisfaction.
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Other TV credits include: E Street, Blue Heelers, McLeod's Daughters, Home and Away, A Step in the Right Direction and The Saddle Club. She has appeared in numerous stage productions including, The Greening of Grace, Henry IV, The Memory of Water, Travesties and the pulitzer prize winning production, Clybourne Park.
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Antonym: Hose Monkey. ; Blue Force: US slang term for the police, mainly used in Florida. ; Blue Heeler: Australian slang term, particularly in rural areas, in reference to the blue appearance and traits of the Blue Heeler Australian Cattle Dog. Blue Heelers was a long running Australian police television drama series.
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Maria Theodorakis is an Australian actress who has many credits in television, movies and theatre. She is best known for her roles in the television series CrashBurn and Marshall Law. She has also had guest roles in many television series including Blue Heelers, Stingers, Halifax f.p., State Coroner and Rush.
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Daytime repeats now include Desperate Housewives, The Good Wife and Brothers & Sisters. New episodes of The Good Wife move to RTÉ One in 2013. A&E;'s Longmire began airing in 2013. Late Night TV consists largely of imported programming such as Australian drama serials Rush, Blue Heelers and Tangle.
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Gwen Mackintosh began to breed Heelers in the early 1960s. Together with other enthusiasts, she established the Lancashire Heeler Club in 1978, with the club setting a breed standard and register. Recognition by The Kennel Club followed in 1981. Mackintosh would continue to serve as the club's president until her death in 1992.
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Anna Croydon is a fictional character on the long-running series Blue Heelers. She first appeared in 1996 and was last seen in the 2006 series final. She has been married twice, the first time to an Indian man. While married to him, she had an affair with her current husband Brett Allcott.
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Mick Doyle was a recurring character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers. A member of the Ethical Standards Division (E.S.D.) of the Victorian Police, he appeared in the show from 1996 to 2000. He is the son of ex-Sergeant Pat Doyle, and the brother of Maggie and Robbie Doyle.
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Dennehy, Luke. Blue Heeler sees red, The Herald Sun, 29 April 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008. The final episode of the thirteenth season aired as a 2-hour, movie-length tribute starting with an introduction from John Wood, and concluding with a compilation of Blue Heelers moments from over its 13-season run.
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Rewind, The Age, 8 June 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008. Additionally, more "reality-type" programmes such as Border Security which cost $100 000 to produce and package were achieving record numbers of viewers as high as 2 million per episode; Blue Heelers had not had 2 million viewers for over 5 years.
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Little River also featured in the movie Mad Max, with Little River Road being used as the movie's infamous "Highway 9". Some parts of Little River and surrounding areas were filmed in the Australian television drama series, Blue Heelers. Also, in the nearby You Yangs, the 2003 film, Ned Kelly was shot.
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Beth Christine Buchanan (born 10 March 1972) is an Australian actress. She is best known for the television roles of in sitcom Hey Dad!, Gemma Ramsay in Neighbours, in the early 1990s, and Susan Croydon in Blue Heelers from 1994. She is also a long-standing member of the Ranters Theatre company.
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Television credits include: Fields of Flame, Fields of Fire, Scales of Justice, Palace of Dreams, Certain Women, Skyways, Punishment, A Country Practice, Home and Away, The Flying Doctors, Boys From The Bush, Love Thy Neighbour in Australia, The Last Resort (1988), Wildside, Grass Roots, Blue Heelers, Stingers, Supernova, Wentworth, The Kettering Incident, Rosehaven.
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He starred in an episode of Twisted Tales in 1998. Among his various guest appearances were episodes of Wildside, Blue Heelers and Something in the Air. In 2008, Kiefel played Lloyd Ross in Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal. He joined the cast of Neighbours in the recurring role of Russell Brennan in 2015.
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He appeared in a guest role on Australia's most popular soap opera Home and Away as gang leader Jake Pirovic. Several of his other credits include A Country Practice, Stingers, Last Man Standing, Blue Heelers and East of Everything. His film credits include Chopper, Guru Wayne, Razor Eaters, Crawlspace and the upcoming film John Doe.
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Smith played wheelchair basketball in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) with the Be Active Western Stars in 2013, and the Red Dust Lady Heelers in 2017. Each WNWBL team is permitted to field a limited number of able-bodied players. She was the first player to play in both the WNBL and WNWBL.
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Teague Rook is an Australian television and film actor who is best known for his role as Steve Everson in the Australian children's television drama series Silversun. He has made numerous television appearances in Australian television series including Satisfaction, Blue Heelers, Scooter: Secret Agent, All Saints, Stingers and Neighbours. His film roles include Charlotte's Web.
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Mel Carter was a fictional character on Blue Heelers. She was a Doctor and replaced Jasmine Farrah. She was first introduced in season 6 episode 'Under Fire' (250). She first comes across as vicious and impatient, however this can be explained as she was under stressful situation as she was helping with the bus crash.
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Daryl William Mathew Gabriel McInnes (born 10 September 1963)"William McInnes", tv.com is an Australian film and television actor and writer. He portrays the role of Matt Tivolli in The Time of Our Lives. He is best known for his roles as Senior Constable Nick Schultz in Blue Heelers and Max Connors in SeaChange.
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It also features the return of former cast member Damian Walshe- Howling, reprising his role as Adam Cooper, still very bitter about his treatment by Tom. Rather than ending in "a hail of bullet or a bomb explosion",Williams, Garry. Heelers bids a gentle farewell, The Herald Sun, 21 May 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
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He made his first television appearance in a 2004 episode of Blue Heelers. Two years later he landed a recurring role in the soap opera Neighbours. Gregory made his feature film debut in Acolytes. This was followed by a role in 2009 film Beautiful and a regular role in children's television series The Elephant Princess.
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Gregory has appeared in a number of short films, commercials, theatre, television productions and films. In 2004, he appeared as Rohan Shanley in an episode of Blue Heelers. Two years later Gregory landed a recurring role in the long-running soap opera Neighbours. He played Garrett Burns, a love interest for Rachel Kinski (Caitlin Stasey).
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Paul Dawber is a British born-Australian stage, film and television actor. He attended drama school at National Theatre, Melbourne and graduated in 1987. That same year, he played the role of Todd Buckley in Sons and Daughters. He has appeared in Australian police dramas such as Blue Heelers, Stingers, City Homicide, and Satisfaction.
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He is known for his long- running role as Kurt Peterson in Heartbreak High. Since then he has appeared in Something in the Air, McLeod's Daughters, Stingers and Blue Heelers. In 2006, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure The Reaping. Taylor appeared in the feature films Tom White and Em4Jay and Bad Bush.
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Deirdre Elaine "Dash" McKinley is a fictional character from the Australian drama series Blue Heelers, played by Tasma Walton. She made her first appearance in "The Kremin Factor", which was broadcast on 18 June 1996. One of her major storylines occurred during the 1998 season, when she was diagnosed with cancer. Dash was the youngest of nine children.
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On 27 April 1996, Rachel Browne from The Sun-Herald reported Walton had joined the cast of Blue Heelers as Constable Deirdre McKinley. She added that Walton's first scenes would air in June of that year. In December 1998, Walton announced her departure from the series. Browne stated the actress would leave in the middle of 1999.
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Not many years ago a large assemblage of prize-fighters and their > "heelers" went over to the island with the intention of conducting a fight, > but were prevented from doing so by some police officers who arrived in a > police boat at just the right time. The island is owned partly by the > Government and partly by the City.
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He appeared in Home and Away as Brad Armstrong, during 2006 and 2007. Sadrinna played Lucy in the movie Garage Days, and also starred in Ivan Sen's debut feature film Beneath Clouds. Both movies also featured Holly Brisley, his fellow cast member in Home and Away. Other television appearances include Blue Heelers, All Saints, Heartbreak High, and Water Rats.
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Other television shows Gibson appeared in include The Big Gig, Good News Week, Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers and Blue Heelers. Gibson also had a recurring role as Trish in the final series of Frontline. Gibson also appeared as Evonne—one of Darryl Kerrigan's neighbours in 1997 film The Castle.Movie: The Castle (1999); Full Cast, Rotten Tomatoes.
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Series writer Judith Colquhoun, who also wrote episodes for other Australian serials, Blue Heelers, Neighbours and Home and Away released a novel in 2015. Called New Beginnings, it is based on the early episodes of the series from 1981. This was followed up by two further novels from the same author, To Everything a Season and Silver Linings.
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The first season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 10 September 1993 and aired on Tuesday nights at 7:30 PM. The 45-episode season concluded on 22 November 1994. The show was a success, and by the end of its 45-episode first season the PJ-Maggie shippers had quickly amassed.
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Helen Thomson is an Australian actress. Thomson's credits include the television shows Bad Mothers, Stupid Stupid Man and Blue Heelers and the films Gettin' Square, A Man's Gotta Do and La Spagnola. Thomson has multiple stage credits with the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company. She has been a frequent collaborator with her husband David Roberts.
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Blue Heelers was first aired on 10 September 1993, with the episode "A Woman's Place". The last episode, aired on 4 June 2006, was the 510th episode, "One Day More". It was produced by Southern Star for the Seven Network. During its 13-season run it won a total of 32 awards and was nominated for a further 50.
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He was best known for his numerous television work, and guest appearances on many series and soap operas with credits including: Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police, Stacey's Gym, Rush, The Outsiders, Chopper Squad, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, E Street, Police Rescue, Blue Heelers, Echo Point, Water Rats, Wildside, Farscape, Grass Roots and All Saints.
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Sacks is also a director, having directed episodes of Blue Heelers, All Saints and a short film called Crushed. Sacks also starred in the 2008 Australian TV hit, Underbelly, portraying underworld loanshark Mario Condello. In 2010, Sacks guest starred in three different shows – City Homicide, Rescue: Special Ops and Sea Patrol. In 2013 he appeared in Wentworth.
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Harris appears as Dreamy Solo in the 2001 made-for-television movie of South Pacific starring Glenn Close and Harry Connick Jr. Harris's other television credits include Rescue: Special Ops, Blue Heelers and Neighbours. In December 2012, Harris joined his Legally Blonde co-stars to perform at Carols in the Domain which is broadcast on the Channel 7 network.
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Kelly O'Rourke was a fictional character from Blue Heelers. She came into the show in 2004 after the bombing of the Mount Thomas Station and stayed until the show finished in 2006. She was portrayed by Samantha Tolj. Her father had been an old friend of Tom Croydon who had been killed in his line of duty as a police constable.
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Mount Thomas is the fictional town featured in the long-running Australian police procedural drama Blue Heelers., which ran from 1994 until it was cancelled in 2006. The program was filmed in Victorian suburbs Wyndham, Williamstown and Castlemaine, which were all used for the show's exterior scenes to depict Mount Thomas, interior scenes were filmed in-house at the Seven Network studios.
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Michael Tuomey (1819-1887), was a nineteenth-century New York City civil servant and politician. Tuomey was a long-time politician in the rough-and- tumble world of ward heelers and shoulder hitters of mid-nineteenth-century New York City and became nationally known for blocking sanitary laws and regulations, most notably in the area of clean milk for children.
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Prior to Prisoner she acted in the television series Bellbird and Tandarra. After Prisoner she appeared in The Flying Doctors, Army Wives, Something in the Air, Blue Heelers, All Saints and City Homicide. In 2016, Lehman was a contestant on the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. On 6 March 2016 she was evicted from the jungle.
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The heelers or driving dogs keep pushing the animals forward. Typically, they stay behind the herd. The Australian Kelpie and Australian Koolie use both these methods and also run along the backs of sheep so are said to head, heel, and back. Other types such as the Australian Shepherd, English Shepherd and Welsh Sheepdog are moderate to loose eyed, working more independently.
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Ulster Television (UTV) began airing Blue Heelers in early 1995. The show initially screened 3 times a week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 1:50 pm. They then moved it to the 2:20 pm slot later in the series. A few episodes also ran at 11:40 pm on Thursday nights, as they were considered unsuitable for daytime viewing.
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On average, 42 episodes of Blue Heelers were broadcast per year on Australian television, with each episode comprising fifty scenes. One episode was made every week. The scripts were written to a formula which allowed one day for rehearsal, two days on location and two days in the studio. Episodes were shot eight to ten weeks ahead of their scheduled broadcast date.
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Clarke has made many Australian television appearances, including Murder Call, Wildside, Home and Away, Heartbreak High, Blue Heelers, All Saints, Farscape, White Collar Blue, and Stingers. He played Tommy Caffee on the Showtime series Brotherhood. He has appeared in such films as The Human Contract, Death Race, and Rabbit-Proof Fence. Clarke played "Red" Hamilton in the 2009 film Public Enemies.
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"Georgia Inglis", wrote one commentator, "was outstanding in the clutch hitting some BIG baskets which including a one handed buzzer beater that tied the scores up." Inglis played with the Red Dust Lady Heelers in its debut season in 2017, averaging nine points, five rebounds and 4.9 assists per game. She returned to the Western Stars (now: Perth Wheelcats) in 2018.
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Richard Morgan, who played Det-Sen Sgt. Reg Masters from 1999 until 2004, died of motor neurone disease on 23 December 2006. Morgan also appeared on The Sullivans, A Country Practice, Sons and Daughters, MDA, Blue Heelers and Something in the Air. Another deceased actor and writer is Russell Kiefel (1951-2016), who played Detective Inspector Andrew Bligh of Internal Affairs during seasons 3 through 7.
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Mark Jacobs was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama series, Blue Heelers. He was portrayed by Geoff Morrell and appeared in the series from 2004 to 2005. He was first introduced after the bombing of the Original Mt Thomas Police Station. He was appointed by Inspector Falcon-Price who wanted him to be the replacement of Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon.
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Joss Peroni was a fictional character who appeared in Blue Heelers between July 2004 and June 2006. He was portrayed by Danny Raco. Joss Peroni entered the show after the bombing of the original Mt Thomas Police Station and the death of Senior Constable Jo Parrish during Season 11. He is originally introduced after being stopped for speeding by Evan Jones and Susie Raynor.
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Roz Patterson (nee McGregor), was a fictional character in the Australian police drama series ‘Blue Heelers’. She was a starring character in the series from the beginning; but was the first character to leave the series, staying not even a year. She was portrayed by Western Australian actress, Ann Burbrook. In the series, she is married to Wayne Patterson, one of the Mount Thomas Police constables.
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Other roles include Paulyne Grey in Rafferty's Rules, Katherine Jensen in Embassy, Sally Downie in Blue Heelers and Liz Ryan in McLeod's Daughters. Wilkin also starred in the Saddle Club as the well-loved Mrs. Reg, the mother of the owner of the stable, in 2001. Theatre performances include Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde in 2010 for Auckland Theatre Company.
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Michael Atkinson is an Australian musician and composer. He was a member of Redgum from 1975-1987\. While with Redgum he wrote many of the band's songs, and also contributed to the soundtrack of the film A Street to Die. After leaving Redgum, he worked as a composer on Australia films and television series, including the Russell Crowe film Heaven's Burning and popular police drama Blue Heelers.
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As of 2017, Home and Away is the most successful program in Logies history, having won 46 awards since it premiered in 1988. Neighbours is the second most successful having won 31 Logies since it began in 1985. A Country Practice follows as the third most successful program, having won 29 awards throughout its twelve-year run. Blue Heelers is fourth with 25 Logies.
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The breed was recognised as a vulnerable native breed by The Kennel Club in 2006, which means that annual registration figures are 300 or less for the breed. In 2006, 173 Heelers were registered in the UK, in 2007 this had decreased further to 146. In 2016, the FCI added the breed to the list of provisionally accepted breeds.Breeds recognised on a provisional basis.
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Robbie Doyle was a recurring character from Australia's cop show Blue Heelers. A former police officer, Robbie was suspended from the force after he was shown to have a drug problem. He appeared on the show between 1996 and 1998 with his primary storyline being his struggles to cope with his heroin addiction. He is shot dead while protecting Maggie from a crazed gunman in Widgeree.
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Rory Hayes is a fictional character in Australia's popular Police series Blue Heelers. He appeared in the season 12 finale and appeared on a recurring basis in the 13th and final season of the series. Rory was 9 years old when he entered the series. He came to the town of Mount Thomas dressed in a Darth Vader costume and claimed to be on a mission.
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Thus, the eleven final episodes the cast had filmed in late 2005 were to be used for the 2006 season. For the series finale, the latter ending, wrapping up the show's storylines was used. Although, rather than completely wrapping everything up, the producers made it possible to resume from where they left off, should Seven decide to start producing Blue Heelers again.Webb, Caroline; Idato, Michael.
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Alan David Lee (born 1955 or 1956) is an Australian actor. His television and film credits include Prisoner, Special Squad, The Cowra Breakout, Murder Call, All Saints, Water Rats, Blue Heelers, McLeod's Daughters and H2O: Just Add Water. Lee grew up on a farm in Kenya before moving to Australia when he was 7. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1981.
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RTÉ began airing the final season on 30 May 2008 in a late night Saturday timeslot, and the final episode screened on 30 November 2008. RTÉ began re-airing Blue Heelers weekly from episode one, commencing on 24 June 2009, usually around 4:00 am Sunday mornings. RTÉ screened all episodes in their original unedited state. The drama proved very popular in Ireland and rated very well.
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2002 was the final season of the IBLA, The league reverted to the traditional Claxton Shield format and held at a single venue, the Melbourne Ballpark. It was competed between all the major mainland states of Australia and a new Australian Provincial team. The 2002 league featured no Development League and no All- Star game. The Victoria Aces defeated Western Heelers in the Championship Game 6–5.
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Elly Varrenti is an Australian columnist, freelance writer, teacher, actress and broadcaster. As an actress and singer she has performed with the Melbourne Theatre Company, Playbox Theatre, La Mama, Theatreworks and ABC Radio National. Ms Varrenti has also appeared in several television serials.Heartbreak HighBlue Heelers (season 13) As a radio broadcaster she has worked for community radio 3RRR, ABC Melbourne and ABC Radio National.
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Contestants count points earned in competition to qualify for the Women's National Finals Rodeo formerly held each October at the Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas. The top fifteen contestants in each event (team roping headers and heelers qualify separately, not as a team) qualify to compete at the Women's Finals and compete for cash and prizes. This event will now also take place in Alvarado, Texas.
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Between 1987 and 1988, Briggs had the recurring role of banker Pete Baxter on television soap opera Neighbours. This was followed by many roles in television series such as Blue Heelers, Stingers and The Man From Snowy River. From 1997 he appeared in children's television series Ocean Girl as Dave Hartley. From 2009, Briggs appeared in the television series The Circuit as Mick Mathers.
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Grant Bowler (born 18 July 1968) is a New Zealand-Australian actor who has worked in American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian film, television, and theatre. He is known for playing the role of Constable Wayne Patterson in Blue Heelers and Wolfgang West in Outrageous Fortune. He also appeared as Wilhelmina Slater's love interest Connor Owens in Ugly Betty. In 2010, he hosted The Amazing Race Australia.
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The series was about the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney. In 1996 he appeared in four episodes on Seven's police drama Blue Heelers as Senior Detective Jack Woodley. From 2000 until 2002, he played ex-cop, then local publican, Stuart McGregor in ABC1's Something in the Air. This series was notable for its high output, producing 320 episodes in just two seasons.
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Although Blue Heelers was not expected to become a popular programme, the show became a hit shortly after it began airing, with much of this success credited to the quality of the ensemble cast, including Martin Sacks as P. J. Hasham. During his time on Blue Heelers, Sacks was nominated for the Silver Logie Award for Most Popular Actor each year from 1997 until 2001, winning the award on all five occasions. He was also nominated twice at the People's Choice Awards, being nominated for Favourite Actor in a Drama or Serial in both 1998 and 1999, winning the award in 1998. As a result of his time on the show, Sacks became one of the most recognisable faces in Australian television, with as many as 4 million viewers watching his will-they-won't-they romance with Lisa McCune's Maggie Doyle on a weekly basis.
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Schembri, Jim: "A Country Cop Show", The Age, 14 January 1994 Michael Winter also conceived the name of the programme by recounting the common names for a country police officer: "tyre-biters"—referring to the fact that country cops are often involved in car chases—and "blue heelers"—referring to their blue uniforms and overall similar appearance and persona to a Blue Heeler dog, a protective and intuitive breed of Australian dog. From the time that McElroy's idea was initially conceived, to the time the programme was ready to air, three years passed. During the early development of Blue Heelers two completely different pilots were shot: one depicting the story from the perspective of a police officer and the other from the perspective of a criminal. When these were presented to the Seven Network, the network committed to 13 episodes of the first pilot.
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Kate Hood is an Australian actress, born in Sydney. She studied drama in New Zealand and joined The Mercury Theatre. She is best known to international audiences for her role in the cult television drama Prisoner as the misunderstood Kath Maxwell during the final year of the series. She also played Jill Fowley on three episodes of Blue Heelers during its sixth season, and is the voice behind many TAC commercials.
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Luke Lennox (born 28 October 1983) is an Australian actor. He started acting in 1997 on the Australian drama series Blue Heelers as a guest role. He worked on the Australian feature Angst where he played the character Mole, which was shot in and around Sydney. Luke also has worked with theatre companies in Sydney and Melbourne, and was an ensemble member of the independent Melbourne theatre company, PMD Productions.
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In 1985, she returned in a more prominent role as supercilious fence Willie Beecham who returned at the end of the series' run in 1986. In 1989, Child had a leading role in the drama series Inside Running. Other television guest roles included Cop Shop and Blue Heelers. In 2002, Child appeared in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Carmel Tyler, the older sister of Susan Kennedy (Jackie Woodburne).
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Sharpe appeared in small roles including Blue Heelers (2002), Neighbours (2005), City Homicide (2010) before landing the role of Cecil Yates (Cec) on ABC1's Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2011). He appeared as Detective Foy in an episode in Wentworth in 2017. Sharpe has worked in various Australian independent films including There's a Bluebird in My Heart (2015), Oh Brother (2017), 7 Storeys Down (2017), and Mutt (2018).
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Kennelly signed to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2005 as a third baseman through the Major League Baseball Australian Academy Program where he had a good debut season with the GCL Phillies batting .295 and slugging .420.Tim Kennelly Baseball Cube He debuted as a 19-year-old for the Western Australia Heelers in 2006 Claxton Shield as a utility. Due to a torn labrum, he missed the 2006 minor league season.
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Nell Croydon was a character in the Australian series Blue Heelers since it began in 1994 although she was never seen throughout the series, she was spoken about regularly. She was the wife of Mount Thomas' officer-in-charge, Tom Croydon. She died in the season two episode Luck of the Draw. Nell suffered a stroke at the wheel while driving back from Melbourne with her daughter Susan.
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Clancy Freeman is a fictional character who appeared on a recurring basis in Blue Heelers. He was a mentally disabled young man, who Tom Croydon had something of a soft spot for. When Clancy's mother died suddenly from cancer, Tom arranged for his home to be turned into a group home for other mentally disabled people. Clancy would not be lonely and would have a carer living with them all.
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In 1996 McCune appeared opposite Brett Climo who played her brother in Blue Heelers, in a friend's film The Inner Sanctuary. In early 1997 she played the role of Anne in the Melbourne Theatre Company's (MTC) production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music. In 1998, McCune played Cinderella in another Sondheim musical, Into the Woods. She also did two short seasons of the classic two-hander Love Letters.
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Kim Trengove is an Australian actress and journalist. She remains best known for her role as Rachel Millsom in the television series Prisoner. Other credits include: Infinity Limited, The Flying Doctors, Neighbours, Stingers Sons and Daughters, Blue Heelers and the Sullivans. She appeared in the films "Dusty", "The Getting of Wisdom" and "Desolation Angels" Originally a trained newspaper journalist she now works as the Digital and Publishing Manager for Tennis Australia.
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UTV cancelled Blue Heelers in 1998. Scottish Television began aired hour-long episodes from 1995, airing on Fridays, and then later on Tuesdays from mid 1996, until episode 106, when the series was replaced by Murder She Wrote. The series then reappear on most Saturday afternoon during 1998 until December when the series was dropped. HTV, Yorkshire Television and Tyne Tees Television all chose not to import the show.
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Haig was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to Gillian Haig, a fine artist, and Russell Hagg, an Australian script writer and film maker, whose credits include BMX Bandits, The Cup, Cash and Company and Blue Heelers. She grew up on the Mornington Peninsula. She has one younger brother, actor/model Julian Haig. Throughout her childhood and into adolescence she studied ballet, obtaining Grade 8 with the Royal Academy of Dance.
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In the audition Schultz yelled at Dash and while some of the other actresses burst into tears, Walton reacted by laughing. In the same year she made her film debut in Fistful of Flies. Her last episode of Blue Heelers, "The Full Circle" screened in mid-1999. Walton stated that she was leaving the series to pursue other acting projects and to be with her then boyfriend in Sydney.
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It is known to occur in Scotch Collies (smooth and rough collies), Shetland Sheepdogs, Australian Shepherds, Border Collies, Lancashire Heelers, and Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers. Frequency is high in Collies and Shetland Sheepdogs, and low in Border Collies and NSDTRs. In the United States, incidence in the genotype of collies has been estimated to be as high as 95 percent, with a phenotypic incidence of 80 to 85 percent.
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The musical is set in the Boss Tweed era of New York City in the 1870s. Wilbur Evans plays John Matthews, a New York Times reporter investigating the Tweed’s crooked political machine, especially the fraud connected with constructing Central Park. He falls in love with the daughter of one of the Boss’ ward heelers, who marries a politician, who is killed. She later rekindles her love for Matthews.
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Hemsworth trained in acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. In 2001, he started his career on the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nathan Tyson. Mainly a television actor, Hemsworth has appeared in TV series such as The Saddle Club, Blue Heelers, Last Man Standing, All Saints, and Satisfaction. In 2012, he starred in the 6-part miniseries Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms as Gregory "Shadow" Campbell.
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She played the role until 2004 when she left to pursue further career options. Her character was killed off in a bombing, this was used as part of a major revamp of the show. After Blue Heelers, the next notable role for Allsop was a guest role in the ABC's MDA. Allsop played Lucy Morello, partner of Andrew Morello who have decided to use IVF to become pregnant.
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She revealed that she did not want a repeat of her Blue Heelers character Dash McKinley. However, Walton was immediately interested in Claudia's job as a criminal profiler and her semi-regular status. Walton's casting was announced on 1 February 2009 and she made her debut screen appearance in the second season episode "Rage", which was broadcast on 22 March 2009. Claudia Leigh is a criminal profiler and psychologist.
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She is perhaps best known, both locally and internationally though as an actress portraying elderly characters in television soap opera roles including the original character of: "Mum" (Jeanette) Brooks in the cult series Prisoner, in which she appeared sporadically from 1979 and 1981and devious Dee Morrell in soap opera Sons and Daughters in 1983. Ward's also had smaller roles in Neighbours and Blue Heelers, her acting carer spanned 6 decades, until retiring in 2000.
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Brewer appeared in the recurring role of Alana in The Sleepover Club when she was twelve years old. She went on to make minor appearances in Blue Heelers and H2O: Just Add Water. A week after graduating from her school, Brewer arrived in Melbourne to look for acting work. While she was in the city, Brewer successfully auditioned for the ongoing role of Kate Ramsay in the long-running soap opera Neighbours.
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Priestley played a semi-regular role in The Secret Life of Us, had roles in two ABC mini-series-Changi and The Farm and appeared in Blue Heelers before his first on-air appearance in All Saints in July 2004. Priestley was a long- time friend of Wil Traval, his co-star on All Saints. The two were known to get up to countless pranks on set. Priestley also had some notable theatre credits.
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Emily Jane BrowningEmily Browning Biography . Celebritywonder, retrieved 30 June 2011 (born 7 December 1988) is an Australian actress. Browning made her film debut in the television film The Echo of Thunder (1998), and subsequently appeared in television shows such as High Flyers (1999), Something in the Air (2000–2001), and Blue Heelers (2000–2002). Her breakthrough role was in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship, which introduced her to a wider audience.
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With his partners, he bought several dogs and started breeding them. The breeders advertised the dogs in Western Horsemen stating they were guaranteed to work and calling them Queensland Heelers. Woolsey imported several purebred Australian Cattle Dogs to add to his breeding program, including Oaklea Blue Ace, Glen Iris Boomerang and several Glen Iris bitches. The National Stock Dog Registry of Butler, Indiana, registered the breed, assigning American numbers without reference to Australian registrations.
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Later regular television series roles included "Tandarra" in 1976, Bellbird in 1977, the miniseries Against the Wind in 1978, Skyways in 1979–1981, Golden Pennies in 1985, and The Flying Doctors between 1986-1989 (non-consecutive episodes). Guest TV roles include appearances in Carson's Law, Prisoner, A Country Practice, Blue Heelers, City Homicide, The Saddle Club, and Neighbours. In 2008, he played Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh in Underbelly and in Fat Tony & Co..
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Most Outstanding Actor went to Dan Wyllie from Love My Way and Most Popular Drama went to Home and Away. At the 2006 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, Blue Heelers was nominated for Best Television Drama Series, but this award went to Love My Way. Guests actors on the show, Marcus Graham and Saskia Burmeister, however, were nominated for, and won, Best Guest or Supporting Actor and Actress in Television Drama, respectively. Australian Film Institute.
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Hulme was born in Melbourne, Victoria where he has lived most of his life. Hulme completed his secondary-schooling at Melbourne's Wesley College, graduating with honours in drama, appearing in school theatrical productions such as South Pacific and Rover in 1988. His early career included appearances in theatre productions such as Rinaldo 441 and Sexual Perversity in Chicago and roles in Australian TV shows such as Blue Heelers, Stingers and White Collar Blue.
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He may be best remembered for his long-running role as Norm Baker in the television drama The Sullivans. He had previously played regular roles in Homicide as Detective Jim Patterson and Number 96 as Harry Collins. He later appeared, albeit briefly in Prisoner as police officer Eddie Stevens. Other TV credits include: Division 4, Matlock Police, Riptide, Tandarra, A Country Practice, Possession, Neighbours, The Henderson Kids, Blue Heelers and Something in the Air.
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Richardson has had guest stints in several Australian television shows, including Neighbours as Kim White, Blue Heelers, Stingers, and McLeod's Daughters as Tom Braiden. Richardson co-wrote The Belly Of The Whale with Luke Elliot. The play won Best New Comedy-Drama at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 1996. He has had roles in feature films Everynight ... Everynight (1994), Blabbermouth & Stickybeak (1998), Redball (1999), A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow and Mallboy (2001).
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Taylor started acting professionally in 1988 after graduating from WAAPA. His first major role was in 1989 as Nicholas Walsh in the Australian television soap Home and Away. His first lead role came in 1993 when he was cast as David Griffin in the Australian mini series The Feds. He then appeared in various guest roles and on TV movies in Australia, such as Blue Heelers and Stingers, often being cast as a police officer.
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As well as appearing in children's television, West also appeared in Neighbours as Emma Gordon, between 1987 and 1988, and again in 1991, and guested on Blue Heelers. She was in the chorus for the 1992 Jesus Christ Superstar Australian arena production. West performed the lead vocals on the Round the Twist theme song. This was used for all four series despite the fact that she only appeared in the first series.
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Kate Keltie (born 23 February 1986) is an Australian former actress. Born in Melbourne, Keltie played the role of Michelle Scully in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours between 1999 and 2003, as well as a brief return in 2004. She also played the role of Becky Daniels in Thunderstone and Bec Cleary in Blue Heelers in 2004. She has since left acting behind, and has worked in legal support in a law firm.
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In the third season it is revealed that the town was settled by a person called Colonel Thomas. The town is presumably named in his honour. Mount Thomas is sometimes jokingly referred to as the 'Crime Capital of Australia' due to the constant stream of murders, thefts, kidnappings, explosions, shootings and assaults which happened on Blue Heelers on a weekly basis. Described by character, Roz Patterson (Ann Burbrook), as 'the place where elephants go to die'.
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Mitchinson debuted for the Western Australia Heelers in the 2002 Claxton Shield as a 17-year-old and went on to play in the 2003 Claxton Shield. The Philadelphia Phillies signed him that year. After playing in the 2004 Claxton Shield he made his professional debut in the US minor leagues, with the GCL Phillies. He went an incredible 7–0 with a 1.75 ERA, walking a single batter in 612/3 IP while striking out 60.
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After the series was cancelled he moved to Byron Bay, New South Wales where he founded the Australian Theatre Company in 1991. He was Artistic Director of the company until 1995, then acted in the series Fire playing Georgie Parker's brother Ted Cartright. Other roles include The Last Bullet, Home and Away, Blue Heelers, Murder Call, Stingers, Young Lions, Big Sky, Close Contact. His film credits include, Blackwater Trail, Walking on Water, Beneath Clouds, Mission: Impossible 2, Dreamland.
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McLean made his television debut in 1991, appearing in an episode of The Flying Doctors, during the series' eighth season. He later returned to the series in the ninth and final season, playing a different role. In 1994, he made a guest appearance on the police drama series Blue Heelers, and again in 1995 when he appeared in a new role. He also appeared in the second season of the ABC children's television series Lift Off.
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Born in London and raised in Melbourne. He is best known for his role as Jason Cotter in Frontline which he played from 1994 to 1997.Kevin Jackson's Theatre Reviews: Ruben Guthrie Neilson's other television roles include Blue Heelers, The Secret Life of Us and Love My Way. He has appeared in the films Love and Other Catastrophes (1996), Let's Get Skase (2001), He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001) and Packed to the Rafters (2010-2011).
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She has appeared in The Flying Doctors, MDA and Blue Heelers. In 1988, Mann portrayed the role of "Edith Fraser" in the American television movie Outback Bound, which also starred American actors Donna Mills and John Schneider. From late 1995, Mann briefly took over the role of Cheryl Stark in the soap opera Neighbours for eight weeks when Caroline Gillmer was taken ill. From February 2012, Mann joined the cast of Neighbours again as regular character Sheila Canning.
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In 1999, he began appearing as Ram Foley in the children's series Crash Zone. In 2002, he played Oscar Coxon in the children's series Short Cuts, which aired on the Seven Network. He has also secured guest roles in Ocean Girl, Blue Heelers and City Homicide. Damien Bodie had previously made two appearances in the soap opera Neighbours as Charlie Moyes in 1996 and Liam Rigby in 1999, before securing the regular role of Dylan Timmins in 2005.
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Brad Fingleton was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers. He first appeared in the series in late 2003 as Constable Suzie Raynor's husband- a former cop, who was struggling to come to terms with being in a wheelchair. In the final episode of Season 10 "Sexual Healing Part 2" Brad had stolen Constable Raynor's firearm. Both Acting Sergeant Stewart & Constable Raynor were concerned that Brad was going to use it on himself.
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He has appeared in guest roles in soap opera and made for TV movies from the early 1960s onwards You Can't See 'round Corners, Homicide. Division 4, The Sullivans and Cop Shop and had a prominent role as Duncan Hunter in the film version of the soap opera Number 96. His directing work from the early 1970s until retiring in 1994, includes the series Scattergood: Friend of All, Sons and Daughters, Richmond Hill, Prisoner and Blue Heelers.
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Producers hoped the new tone of the series, the new younger actors, and McInnes's role reprisal would lure back viewers who had stopped watching the programme. This new style of programme that Blue Heelers was embracing was a sign of the show trying to keep up with other larger television shows, particularly the CSI franchise. The revamp of the series resulted in a 25% ratings increase, bringing the series's weekly viewership to 1.6 million people.Fidegon, Robert.
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In the hope that viewing would increase, an 11-episode season in 2006 was commissioned by the Seven Network.Miller, Kylie.Heelers stay, The Age, 29 September 2005. Retrieved 26 March 2008. However, the ratings spike begun in 2004 was not sufficient for the Seven Network to commit to continuing to produce the show. In January 2006, Seven officially announced that they had cancelled Blue Heelers, but would air a final shortened season of 11 episodes in mid-2006.
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In New Zealand Blue Heelers screened on TV One in a popular timeslot. However, following the on-screen death of Maggie Doyle, ratings fell, and the show was moved to a 9:30 pm slot on Friday. Following that, the show moved to a late night Thursday slot where the rest of the episodes played out, with the show beginning anywhere between 11:30 pm and midnight. It aired its final episode on TV One on 20 March 2008.
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Small Screen, Big Picture, Big Future , Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, July 2000. The police officers, commonly referred to as "Heelers", are always active sorting out the town's many problems. These problems range from trivial complaints such as land and fencing disputes to more serious offences, such as homicides and assaults. The small town is also faced with many other significant occurrences including bank robberies, escaped criminals, police shootings, kidnappings and the acts of deluded criminals.
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Although the Blue Heelers' pilot was shot in Castlemaine, the cast and crew very rarely returned there to shoot further episodes; images of Castlemaine were usually just establishing shots. Chris Riley's fictional Imperial Hotel, for example, was actually the real Imperial Hotel in Castlemaine. Mount Thomas' fictional Commercial Hotel was filmed at the Willy Tavern in Williamstown. The second Mount Thomas police station, adopted during the programme's reform of 2004, was filmed at Newport Railway workshops.
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Fraud did take place in municipal elections in large cities, where the ward-heelers could expect tangible rewards. Apart from some Reconstruction episodes in the South, there was little fraud in presidential elections because the local workers were not in line for presidential rewards. The best way to build enthusiasm was to show enthusiasm. The parties used rallies, parades, banners, buttons and insignia to display partisanship and promote the theme that with so much strength, victory must be inevitable.
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McLaren has also had roles on other popular Australian programmes such as Blue Heelers, Home and Away as Kieran Fletcher and McLeod's Daughters. He also appeared as himself on popular Australian comedy, Rove Live. McLaren has made several guest appearances, including the 2005 Doctor Who audio adventure Scaredy Cat and also had a recurrent role as gay backpacker Brett Owen in British soap opera Family Affairs that year. In 2008, he made a guest appearance in All Saints.
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Reece-Wilmore is best known for playing Debbie Martin in the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1992 to 1994, and again from 1996 to 1997. In 2005, Reece- Wilmore filmed a cameo for the Neighbours' 20th anniversary special.More Neighbours returns confirmed Since leaving Neighbours in 1997, Reece-Wilmore has made guest appearances in television programmes such as Police Rescue, Blue Heelers, Stingers, Law of the Land, Halifax f.p., " Stingers", " City Homicide" "Dogstar" and The New Adventures of Ocean Girl.
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Neil Pigot (born 28 December 1961) is an Australian actor who is perhaps best known in Australia for his role as Inspector Falcon Price in the highly successful television series Blue Heelers. Pigot has appeared in over 100 episodes of television, a number of feature films and has presented several documentaries on his pet subject Australian military history. A highly regarded and award-winning stage actor, he is also the author of several works of non-fiction.
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He also starred on Blue Heelers as Constable Adam Cooper from 1994 to 1998, and returned for the series finale in 2006. He has also had guest starring roles on Neighbours in 1993, The Secret Life of Us (2001) as Mac, Marshall Law (2002), Stingers (2003), Wilfred (2007), All Saints (2008) and Terra Nova (2011). His film work includes Halifax f.p. (2000), He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001), Ned Kelly (2003) and Macbeth (2006).
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On 1 February 2009, Luke Dennehy reported Walton had joined the cast of City Homicide as semi-regular character Claudia Leigh. Dennehy observed Walton last had a regular television job as Dash McKinley in Blue Heelers, a role she quit in 1999. The actress had turned down several acting offers, while waiting for the right part to come along. Shortly after she relocated to Melbourne, Walton was approached by producer MaryAnne Carroll to appear on City Homicide.
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Geurens is best known for playing suburban rascal Toby Mangel on the soap opera Neighbours from 1990 to 1993. He then appeared in the television series The Man from Snowy River as Michael O'Neil and the movie Body Melt as Brandon Noble. He made guest appearances in other series such as Blue Heelers. Geurens played constable Ash Nader in Home and Away in late 2006 and early 2007 and a detective in the final series of McLeod's Daughters in 2008.
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After graduating from WAAPA, James guest starred in Australian television shows Water Rats, Blue Heelers and The Secret Life of Us, as well as a role in the TV movie Never Tell Me Never. James secured the major role of Police Officer Con Stavros in the 2000 TV series Above the Law. In 2001 James starred as Sky in the Melbourne run of Mamma Mia! James directed the play This is Our Youth in Melbourne in 2002 and Perth in January 2003.
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In 2004 he appeared as a guest on the police series Blue Heelers where he played Troy Baxter. That same year he starred as Jim Beatson on the medical series All Saints. In 2013, Mingay scored his first major role on television when he joined the main cast of the sixth season of Australian series Packed to the Rafters. He played the young electrician Fergus "Buzz" Graham, father of Jackson Graham (Narek Arman) and employee of Dave Rafter (Erik Thomson).
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After this Dysart continued in guest-starring television roles in drama series and situation comedies, and appeared in many feature films. His films included The Man from Snowy River (1982), Bliss (1985), Garbo (1992), and Flynn (1996). Television roles of the 1990s included appearances in All Together Now, The Games, State Coroner, Blue Heelers, Something in the Air and Neighbours. He also provided the voice for Captain Griswald in Anthony Lucas' animated short film The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005).
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Clements had a role as 'Simmo' in 1993 Australian sitcom Newlyweds, and has had guest roles in Water Rats (1996), Blue Heelers (2001), and The Secret Life of Us (2005). Clements performs as Ned Kelly in a live performance of the outlaw's life story at the Old Melbourne Gaol on a regular basis. He starred in the 2001 movie When Good Ghouls Go Bad along with Back to the Future star Christopher Lloyd. He played a minor role in the movie Yolngu Boy.
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Although herding dogs may guard flocks their primary purpose is to move them; both herding dogs and livestock guardian dogs may be called "sheep dogs". In general terms when categorizing dog breeds, herding dogs are considered a subcategory of working dogs, but for conformation shows they usually form a separate group. Australia has the world's largest cattle stations and sheep stations and some of the best-known herding dogs, such as the Koolie, Kelpie, Red and Blue Heelers are bred and found there.
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The most common health problems are deafness and progressive blindness (both hereditary conditions) and accidental injury; otherwise, it is a robust breed with a lifespan of 12 to 14 years. In the 19th century, New South Wales cattle farmer Thomas Hall crossed the dogs used by drovers in his parents' home county, Northumberland, with dingoes he had tamed. The resulting dogs were known as Halls Heelers. After Hall's death in 1870, the dogs became available beyond the Hall family and their associates.
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The Texas Heeler is a cross between the Australian Cattle Dog and the Australian Shepherd that was first registered with the Animal Research Foundation (ARF) in 1970. The ARF has registered Australian Cattle Dogs without papers as "Australian Cattledog Queensland Heelers" since 1965 and was the first organisation to recognise the Australian Shepherd. Although originally bred for its ability to work cattle,Renna (2009), p. 65 the Texas Heeler is increasingly used as a pet and a companion in dog sports.
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Celia Donald was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers first portrayed by Helen Trenos. She was a real-estate agent in the series from 1994–1997 and was a very sophisticated and confident woman and was always trying to talk someone into buying something. Celia was heavily involved in many different Mount Thomas organisations, such as the local Racing club. She was portrayed by Suzy Cato in 2000 and 2001 for a number of episodes.
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The fifth season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 24 February 1998 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 41-episode season concluded 25 November 1998. The 41-episode fifth season saw the show move to Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM, making way for All Saints on Tuesdays at 8.30 PM. Ratings dipped, but finished still finished the number 2 show for the year with 2,240,000 in the five cities.
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He is best known for playing the long running regular role of Adam Cameron in the television soap opera Home and Away from 1989 to 1994, making a return appearance in 1999. Prior to Home and Away, Stevenson played the part of "Skinner", a treacherous petty criminal whom Todd Landers had befriended on Network Ten's Neighbours. Before his fame in Home and Away, Stevenson has worked as a swimming pool cleaner. Television roles have included Blue Heelers, MDA, City Homicide and Offspring.
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Daniels has guest starred in various Australian TV dramas including City Homicide, Stingers, Blue Heelers, Something in the Air and Janus. He played alongside Bud Tingwell in the award winning episode of the children's show Round the Twist titled The Tears of Innocence.Australian Television Information Archive "Winner of the New York Festivals' 2000 Gold World Medal for the category Youth Programs (Ages 7 – 12)." In feature films he played Dave in The Hard Word (2002) and Ferret in Guru Wayne (2002).
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She has won four National League premierships with the Wheelcats. Clare Nott waits to be given the ball before a throw in In 2005 Nott was named the WNWBL's Best New Talent. She was the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the 1 point class and a member of the WNWBL All Star Five in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015. She was the first female to be named in a NWBL All Star 5 in 2014 while representing the Red Dust Heelers.
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Retrieved 9 September 2008. The announcement was front-page news on nearly all of Australia's major newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), The Melbourne Herald Sun, The Melbourne Age and Brisbane's Courier Mail."Blue Heelers" (1994) Two different endings were shot for the final episode, which finished filming on 20 December 2005. The first ending wrapped up all the show's storylines, while the second left the show open for another season; the second version was used.
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Kendall studied at the Centre for Performing Arts (CPA) (now the Adelaide College of the Arts) in Adelaide. There she was taught by her father, David Kendall, who then headed the acting course. Small parts in television shows such as Home and Away and Neighbours led to a guest role as Rosie Burgess in Blue Heelers in 1997. Her major television role has been as Angie Piper in Stingers, which role she played for 192 episodes from 1998 to 2004.
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The 1999–2000 season was conducted as a National League with a team based in each of the major Australian mainland cities and a second team based in Country New South Wales. The development league and All-Star game were not held in this season. The Western Heelers defeated the Queensland Rams 2 games to 1 in the Championship series held at Palm Meadows. The IBLA Most Valuable Player Award for this season was awarded to Chris Snelling, playing for Country NSW.
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In 1976, Storm acted in Hanging About, a film by Carol Jerrems, who was then his girlfriend and living with him in Willoughby. He played Tom in Room to Move and Leo George in The Other Facts of Life, and also appeared in More Winners (in which he played The Waiter in the episode "The Big Wish") and Phoenix (in which he played Pat). In Blue Heelers (which he also directed) he played Colin Roper in the episode "Breaking the Cycle".
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Jane Allsop is married to actor David Serafin, who she met at aged 13 during acting class, but did not start dating him until years later.'Sassy Jane's Leading Man', Woman's Day, April 2000 Serafin had guest roles on Blue Heelers during Jane's time on the show in 2001 and 2003. In May 2006, Allsop had their first son, Indiana Zac Serafin, and in May 2008 had their second son, Jagger Zed Serafin. They had twin girls in December 2016.
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John Walker is an Australian actor who appeared in the sketch comedy show Full Frontal (1994–97) and its successor Totally Full Frontal (1998–99). His most notable characters in the series were sleazy news presenter Ian Goodings, and his impersonation of John Howard, the Prime Minister of Australia at the time. Walker also made appearances in the 1999 comedy film The Craic, the Australian drama Blue Heelers and the Australian comedy Pizza. Walker later worked as a teacher in regional Australia.
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Bowler is a graduate of the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, alongside other graduates including Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Baz Luhrmann, and Sam Worthington. He worked extensively in theatre with the Bell Shakespeare Company touring with the original company founded by John Bell. His first television role was as Constable Wayne Patterson on Blue Heelers, from 1993 to 1996. After leaving that show, he spent time on Pacific Drive in 1996 and Medivac from 1996 to 1998.
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Harber's television roles have included the series Underbelly as Susie Money, The Secret Life of Us as Zdenka Milanovic, and Neighbours as Bianca Nugent. She also appeared in episode 152 of Blue Heelers season 5 part 1 called "Sisterly Love", which aired on 22 July 1997, playing a young girl called Chloe Bassetti. In 2012, Harber starred as Cora Benson in the ABC comedy series A Moody Christmas. In 2013, she regularly appeared in The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting, a sketch comedy show for ABC.
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He then directed many television dramas, including Neighbours, Blue Heelers, Stingers, Heartbreak High, The Secret Life of Us, McLeod's Daughters and Home and Away. Jasek has also worked on various mini series for children, including Pirate Islands. For his work on The Secret Life of Us and Something in the Air, Jasek received two Best Direction in a Television Drama award nominations from the Australian Film Institute. Following the exit of Maryanne Carroll, Jasek took over the role of producer on City Homicide in 2009.
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His big break came in 1976, when he was chosen to play the lead role of John West in the ABC's 26-part television adaptation of Frank Hardy's novel Power Without Glory. In 1977 he won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor for this role. He has since appeared in such television programs as The Dismissal (1983 miniseries; as Senator Albert Field), Come In Spinner (1989–90 miniseries), Water Rats, Blue Heelers, All Saints, The Flying Doctors, Salem's Lot (2004 miniseries), and headLand.
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Emily Wheaton is a British-Australian actress who played Sharon "Shazza" Cox in the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 2005. She appeared in the children's TV Show Noah and Saskia, and twice in the hit TV show Blue Heelers as Shayleen Burke. Wheaton played Brigitta in the Melbourne 2000 season of the Sound of Music with Lisa McCune and John Waters. Emily has also appeared on Rush (channel 10 network) and appeared on the ABC series The Slap based on the novel by Christos Tsiolkas.
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The first Hoofers club, a skiing and outing club, was established in 1931, modeled after the Dartmouth Outing Club. The name "hoofers" is similar to the term "heelers" used for the new members of the Dartmouth club and reportedly was designed to imply "getting there under your own power." In 1976 Hoofers listed over 5,600 members. The emblem of the club in its current form is the capital "W" overlaid by the horseshoe (which looks like "U", thus alluding to the "U of W").
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The ratings picked up significantly during this time. In the final episodes of the season, a series of attempts on Tom's life saw him suspect Tarni Baxter (Melissa Andersen), the jailed Baxter's daughter. Although there was no proof against her, the closing moments of the season finale saw a crazy-with-rage Tom attempting to drown Tarni in a river. While some critics and fans were concerned at the new soap opera style that Blue Heelers had embraced, ratings remained high for the rest of the season.
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The Paratrooper of Mechanic Avenue is the first novel by the American writer Lester Goran. It is set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and spans a time period from the Great Depression to the postwar era. It tells the story of Ike-o Hartwell, born into the fictional Pittsburgh slum of Sobaski's Stairway, and how he learns to survive amid the neon glow of pawn shops and poolrooms on Mechanic Avenue peopled by racketeers, pimps, gangs, and ward heelers. Then the army drafts him for the Korean War.
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Meanwhile, Verity, working with her handsome but inept assistant Scott (Nathaniel Kiwi) faces her biggest challenge going up against one of the city's most eminent counsels, Dylan Boyd (William McInnes from SeaChange and Blue Heelers) - her ex-husband. Verity and Ros, despite leading very different lifestyles, find themselves being forced to work together in this competitive world, particularly with the likes of Judge Don Foster (Greg Stone), Ros's boss Frank Dellabosca (Frank Gallacher), and the ambitious lawyer Prue Staley (Jane Hall). Verity McIntyre appeared as Julie Larson.
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Also had guest appearances in: Love in Limbo, Encounters, Irresistible Force, Fields of Fire III, All the Way, Touch the Sun: Princess Kate, Slate, Wyn & Me, Tricheuse, La, Emoh Ruo, Stock Squad and The City's Edge. Also Jake & The Fatman. Sacks took the role of Detective P.J. Hasham in the 1993 series Blue Heelers. The show rocketed him to fame, most notably his 7-year "will-they-or-won't-they" relationship with Constable Maggie Doyle (Lisa McCune) which ended with her death in the programme's seventh season.
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Adam Bryce Cooper was a fictional character in the Australian police drama series Blue Heelers. He joined the cast in late 1994 while the programme was still in its first season. He was transferred to Mount Thomas as his first station straight from the police academy at age 19 and took Roz Patterson’s place when she was dismissed from her employment as the station’s administration officer for accessing confidential police records. Adam was a bright spark of an officer with plenty of potential and plenty of questions.
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Anthony David Morphett (10 March 1938 – 2 June 2018), known under the professional pen name Tony Morphett, was an Australian screenwriter, who created or co-created many Australian television series, including Dynasty, Certain Women, Sky Trackers, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, Above the Law and Rain Shadow. Morphett wrote or co-wrote seven feature films, ten telemovies, twelve mini-series, and hundreds of episodes of television drama, as well as devising or co-devising seven TV series. He won 14 industry awards for TV screenwriting.
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Morphett was on the literature board of the Australia Council for four years from 1977–1981, and the board of the Australian Children's Television Foundation for eight years from 1985–1994. From 2003, he was a board member of the Australian Writers' Foundation, and occasionally served on the committee of the Australian Writers' Guild. Career highlights include writing the scripts for the feature films The Shiralee, The Last Wave and Robbery Under Arms, and creating the television series Blue Heelers, Water Rats and Certain Women.
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Bonnie Piesse (born 10 August 1983) is an Australian actress and singer/songwriter. Her breakthrough role was playing a trapeze artist in the Australian children's television series High Flyers at the age of 15 and not long after that was scouted by George Lucas to play the role of a young Beru Lars in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. She also had recurring roles on Blue Heelers, Horace and Tina, Stingers, and Last Man Standing.
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After a break of a number of yearswhen he got heavily involved in the booming computer businessMorgan returned to acting with guest roles in Australian television series such as Neighbours in 2000, Blue Heelers in 2000, Something in the Air in 2000, and the ABC-TV series MDA in 2002. He gained a new generation of fans when he joined the cast of the popular Nine Network undercover cop series Stingers, where he played the recurring role of Reg 'The Ferret' Masters from 1999-2004.
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Lisa Crittenden is an Australian actress, noted for her roles in various television series, such as The Restless Years (as Briony Thompson, 1981), The Sullivans (as Sally Meredith), Prisoner (as Maxine Daniels 1982–83), Sons and Daughters (as Leigh Palmer 1985–86), Rafferty's Rules (1988) and the New Zealand produced Shortland Street (as Carrie Burton 1992–93). She had 3 roles in drama Blue Heelers and also played a lead role in mini-series Whose Baby? and made a guest appearance as Gabrielle's mother Hecuba in Xena: Warrior Princess.
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Real Life, a national current-affairs programme hosted by Stan Grant, similar in format to the Nine Network's A Current Affair, was launched in 1992 but was later replaced by the more successful Today Tonight. The network was listed on the stock exchange in 1993, soon after the entry of subscription television provider Australis. One of Seven's most popular series, A Country Practice, ended in 1993 after 1058 episodes. 1994 saw the introduction of Blue Heelers, which after a number of timeslot changes, was moved in 1998 to Wednesdays.
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The beginning of Season 5 the episodes "Secrets, part 1 and 2" marked Dash's 21st birthday. At the same time her Constable accreditation had come through (ending her probation) and the Heelers decided to use the two occasions to have a surprise celebration to mark the events. Unfortunately before the upcoming celebration, Dash is taken hostage, along with a school class in an awkward custody case. Later on in the season, in the episode "Deed not the Breed" she discovers she has cancer; she then undergoes heavy chemotherapy, and eventually recovers.
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She also appeared on several Australian television programs including episodes of A Country Practice, Blue Heelers, Playschool and the mini-series Heartland. Her 2013 album Ghost Gums included new original songs about her life and childhood. She has taught Aboriginal culture in classrooms for 20 years, passing on her knowledge in schools in Queensland, the Northern Territory and New South Wales, and in 2016 joined the cast of the stage adaptation of Clinton Walker's Buried Country, which made its premiere in her hometown of Newcastle on 20 August.
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After debuting for the Western Heelers in the 2002 International Baseball League of Australia season being named in the post-season All-Star team at second base as a 17-year-old. With the folding of the privately owned IBLA, the team reverted back to the Claxton Shield, where he would hit .429 in 2003. Hughes would continue to have success in the Australian competition, winning a gold glove in 2004 before helping the now rebranded Perth Heat to championships in the 2008 and 2009 Claxton Shields, hitting .
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In the book A Dog Called Blue, author Noreen Clark makes the case that both the tailless Heeler and the Australian Cattle Dog (a.k.a. "Queensland Heeler") descended at one point from the same stock, called Halls Heelers, kept in the 1830s by a very large cattle operation run by Thomas Hall. The dogs were also crosses of Smithfield dogs and dingoes, but the breeds diverged at some point in the late 20th century. Selective breeding of the tailless or short-tailed dogs has fixed the characteristic of today's breed.
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Matthew Dyktynski is an Australian actor and comedian, graduating from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992. Dyktinski has played lead roles on television series Shock Jock and Raw FM, and has appeared on The Man from Snowy River, Stingers, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, Halifax f.p., All Saints and The Secret Life of Us. His movie credits include Love and Other Catastrophes (1996), Japanese Story (2003) and Wil (2006), in which he played the title role. As a comedian, Dyktinski has toured the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.
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Carlton has been a professional actor since the age of 14 and has appeared in many television series from Young Ramsay to A Country Practice, Home and away, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, Fireflies, McLeod's Daughters and All Saints. He has also appeared in many movies including Strange Bedfellows, You Can't Stop the Murders and The Year My Voice Broke. Carlton trained with the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney, Australia for many years learning the foundations of acting for screen and stage. In the mid-1990s, Carlton was living in Los Angeles.
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It was followed by an eleven-track album of the same name, Down Below in December 1990; both releases featured Perkins on vocals. "Reckless Eyeballin'" – an instrumental track on the album – later became the theme song of Australian TV police drama, Blue Heelers (1994–2006). Although Perkins was also performing with Beasts of Bourbon, The Cruel Sea built a following on the inner-city pub rock circuit with "atmospheric music [that] evoked the feel of wide open spaces". During 1990, Ged Corben left to focus on his work with Lime Spiders.
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MacDonald departed the series in 1998, returning for guest appearances in 2004 and 2005, and again in 2007 and 2008. In the early 2000s, MacDonald played the recurring role of Nathan Lieberman on The Secret Life of Us and a supporting role in the drama series Rush in 2008. MacDonald has also appeared in BeastMaster and Blue Heelers and the movie The Jammed. In 2013, he appeared as Thomas with Libby Munro as Vanda in a production of David Ives' 2010 play Venus in Fur by the Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane.
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Browning's debut acting role was in the 1998 Hallmark Channel movie The Echo of Thunder. Additional roles in Australian film and television productions soon followed, including recurring roles in the television series Blue Heelers from 2000 to 2002, and Something in the Air from 2000 to 2001. In 2001, Browning appeared as the daughter of the character played by Billy Connolly in The Man Who Sued God. She made her American film debut in 2002's Ghost Ship, and won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actress, the same year.
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By the 1890s, the dogs had attracted the attention of the Cattle Dog Club of Sydney, a group of men with a recreational interest in the new practice of showing dogs competitively. None were stockmen working cattle on a daily basis, and initially they were interested in a range of working dogs, including the Smithfield. They reportedly adopted the term "Australian Cattle Dog" to refer to the dogs being bred from bloodlines originating from Thomas Hall's "heelers", and prominent members of the group concentrated on breeding these lines.
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De Montemas attended and graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). De Montemas has portrayed Brian Alexander on Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and Jason Kennedy in the first two series of The Secret Life Of Us. He also made appearances in All Saints, Blue Heelers and appeared as Henk Van Minnen on Home and Away. On 30 August 2013, it was announced that De Montemas had joined the cast of Neighbours in the guest role of Alek Pocoli. He made his first screen appearance on 9 September.
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He appeared in a number of school and amateur productions for the Leongatha Lyric Theatre. He made his professional debut when he was 12 years old with a recurring role on the ABC series Something in the Air. Further TV credits followed, including the children's series Worst Best Friends, The Saddle Club and Fergus McPhail, along with guest roles on Blue Heelers, Comedy Inc and a recurring role on Neighbours. McLaren's first main cast role came in 2004 with the children's series Silversun, which aired on both the Seven Network and the ABC.
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Pat Doyle was a recurring character from Australia's cop show Blue Heelers. A former Sergeant who was once stationed at Mt Thomas with a young Tom Croydon, he appeared between 1994 and 2000. Pat has three children — Maggie, Robbie and Mick — all of whom are deceased and former members of the Victoria Police. As of 2000, Pat is in prison after being charged with the murder of Mick, having shot his son when he discovered that Mick was not only corrupt, but that he had also murdered his own sister.
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Senior Constable Rose Egan was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers. She was introduced in the series when she came to Mount Thomas police station to do some detective work with PJ as she was going for a job in CI. She was greeted with resentment from Maggie who also hoped to get the same job and she thought PJ was all for her getting it. She remained for several episodes until the station was deemed to have too many officers. Latest arrival Rose was transferred.
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Peter Grantham was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers. Introduced in the first season, Grantham was a Detective Sergeant at St Davids and was technically P.J.'s direct superior but he was expelled from the force after he was proven to be corrupt. He reappeared in season 2 as the security manager for the local bank after the bank was robbed and P.J. fingered as an accomplice. Maggie and her father Pat were able to prove that Grantham framed P.J. and his plan for revenge was foiled.
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Keith Purvis was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers. He was a real "fair-dinkum" farmer and was always there to cause a stir when the copper were quiet. He considered himself very patriotic and felt it was his right, or maybe his responsibility, to preside over things and sort out the problems in the community. Using force if necessary, it was not a rare sight to see him strutting around with a gun in his hand, despite having had his gun licence revoked.
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Senior Detective Jack Woodley was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers who appeared for episodes in the third series (1996). He was initially the replacement officer after Patterson died and came from the Armed Robbery Squad in Melbourne. He came as a surprise to everyone at the station because they all believed they would get a young probationary constable, not an experienced city detective. He had a wife and two children and was aiming on having a quiet country life in Mount Thomas.
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He started acting when he was 9 years old and was in a number of ads and stage shows in the United Kingdom as well as voice over work. When he returned to Australia in August 1999 he had decided not to continue acting but only due to his parents' encouragement he pursued it in Australia. He had a few guest appearances on the ABC show The Saddle Club and long-running TV series Blue Heelers. In 2003 Harvey won the Logie for "Most Popular New Male Talent".
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"Axe falls on Blue Heelers", The Age, 14 January 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008. The 2-hour series finale, titled "One Day More", aired on Sunday 4 June 2006 in a prime- time slot, at 8:30 pm. The finale focuses on Tom's attempts to reconnect with his family, and recover from his debilitating illness, whilst dealing with criminal charges brought against him by a vengeful ex-officer as well as the fact that the Mount Thomas police station, which he loves so dearly, may be closed down.
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Naidu has taken part in various theatre productions over her career in-between securing roles in television and film. Her television career began with small roles in the children's shows The Gift and Lift Off. Then came a guest role in the Australian drama series G.P. She soon gained a supporting role in the 1998 film Dead Letter Office as the office worker Mary. The actress also secured other guest roles in the late 1990s in the films Road to Nhill, Mallboy and the television series Blue Heelers.
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Her SeaChange co-star Kevin Harrington claimed that Naidu had been underpaid by those in charge of the programme. Following SeaChange Naidu secured guest roles in Blue Heelers, Stingers, Guinevere Jones and Something in the Air. She appeared in six more theatrical productions during 2003 and 2004. She then played various roles in the Belvoir production of Run Rabbit Run, at the Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney, and continued to pursue on camera work, taking a role in legal and medical drama MDA and acted in the short film Tackle.
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His other television credits include The Edge of the Bush, Upper Middle Bogan, Lowdown (Series 1 and 2), Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, Bogan Pride, Spicks and Specks, Rove Live, The Secret Life of Us, Blue Heelers, Stingers, and Welcher & Welcher. He has written for numerous television including Prank Patrol (ABC) and The Project (Network Ten). In 2014, he co-founded production company "Mashup Pictures", through which he has written, directed and produced a number of projects. He co-produced series 1 and 2 of Housemates - a documentary series for ABC.
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Saunders having started her career in theatre, made her screen debut in the television serial Rush in 1974, but first came to prominence as a cast member of soap opera Number 96 in 1976, as Rhonda Jackson. a character defending the rights of indigenous Australians. Subsequently in 1986 she became best known for her role as social worker Pamela Madigan in the serial Prisoner Other television credits include: Skyways, Women of the Sun (1981), Farscape, Blue Heelers, and MDA. Her film work includes The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and The Fringe Dwellers.
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When the English ITV contractors reformatted as one company in late 2002, regionally-run programmes such as Blue Heelers (which were at different points of the series in each region) disappeared from screens. No ITV region ever screened the series in full. The show also aired on UK cable channel Carlton Select in the late 1990s, first screening the early episodes daily and then in a weekly slot Fridays at 20.00 as episodes became more recent. Episodes to the later part of the 1997 season were shown before the series was dropped.
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The Seven Network feared that in the modern post-9/11 world, a show about country police was no longer what audiences wanted."Can John get Heelers out of the woods?", The Daily Telegraph, 1 July 2004 Storylines of the proceeding five episodes focused on the bombing of the station and the 4 new main characters: Rachel Gordon as Amy Fox, Geoff Morrell as Mark Jacobs, Samantha Tolj as Kelly O'Rourke and Danny Raco as Joss Peroni. Popular former cast member William McInnes also returned to the show, temporarily reprising his role as Nick Schultz.
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He played a newspaper journalist in the Foxtel comedy Stupid Stupid Man and has appeared on several Australian television dramas including Blue Heelers and All Saints. From 2007, he played Leading Seaman Robert Dixon on the prime time Nine Network drama, Sea Patrol, starring in all five seasons of the show. From 2009, he also had a recurring role on Packed to the Rafters as Alex Barton, a character who had cerebral palsy. He has performed in two versions of the play Two Weeks with the Queen by Morris Gleitzman.
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Billing has starred in many television shows and had main roles on Bad Cop, Bad Cop, Dossa and Joe and Hell Has Harbour Views. Billing also had a recurring role on Blue Heelers as Senior Constable Ian Goss, on Always Greener as Eddie McGill, in Packed to the Rafters as Ron Barrett, and in Under the Mountain. In 2000 he featured in the film The Dish, portraying the Mayor of Parkes in a comedy about the moon landings. He also appeared as part of the ensemble on the 2006 season of Thank God You're Here.
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Tom Fletcher – Home and Away Characters – Back to the Bay His other role was as Doug Rutherford in Something in the Air in 2000. Other TV credits include: Cop Shop, Prisoner, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, Good Guys Bad Guys, Blue Heelers, The Young Doctors and Neighbours. , he remains active in the industry. He featured in the stage production of My Fair Lady His most recent theatre productions were The NightWatchman, Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker, and The Golden Dragon by contemporary German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig.
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Adam reappeared on our screens in the last episode of Blue Heelers (Episode 510: One Day More). During this episode he came back to Mount Thomas saying that he wanted to make amends to the broken bridges, get on with his life and speak with Tom. As things turned out, he came back and attempted to frame Tom for selling an illegal weapon in Melbourne just after the old station was bombed. He came back as a photocopier technician and was, not to Tom’s knowledge, fixing the station’s photocopier.
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Jason Blake (29 March 2011) She is currently appearing in Transparency.Lloyd Bradford Skye (13 September 2011)Chris Hook (24 August 2011)Suzanne MacKay (3 September 2011) Mathews made her acting debut on screen in 2001 when she made a guest appearance in the short-lived television series Head Start. She has had several roles on other television series including Always Greener, Blue Heelers, Love Bytes, All Saints and the British series Jeopardy. Before landing the role of Rachel Armstrong on Australian soap opera Home and Away, she waited tables until she could make enough money.
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Mitchell played a recurring character in the sitcom All Together Now (1992–1993) and guest- starred in Phoenix (1993), Law of the Land (1993) and Blue Heelers (1994–96). After obtaining a ten-episode arc as a parachute instructor in Neighbours in 1994, Mitchell returned to play the regular role of Catherine O'Brien, a strong-minded and opinionated student, from 1996 to 1997. The series brought the actress to a wider exposure from audiences. Mitchell quickly "established herself as a versatile and accomplished fixture on the moody art-house flick circuit".
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In 2005 whilst playing in the RLC North West Division the Heelers finished 8th on 6 points, winning three of their nine matches. But in 2006 there was a change in head coach, Dave Archer coming in too try and steer the club to the top of a new challenge in the RLC Cheshire Division . And he had seemed to have done the job with the team losing just two of their ten matches. Despite finishing 2nd though, in the play offs they didn't do as well ending up 4th after losing both games.
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TV credits include: Cop Shop, Division 4, Matlock Police, Certain Women, The Box, The Restless Years, Bellamy, Mother and Son, A Country Practice, Blue Heelers, McLeod's Daughters, and City Homicide. He is also well-known for his appearance in a number of television commercials including the 1970s campaign for South Australian-based Coopers Brewery, promoting the stout and lemonade mix known as a portagaf. Apart from his television and film roles Barker has appeared in over 110 theatre productions from 1961 and 2008, and has also worked as a director in theatre.
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Piesse was cast as Donna in High Flyers when she was 15. She learned the trapeze and Spanish web for the role and took six months off school for the shoot. She then went on to play Alicia in Horace and Tina, had a recurring role in Stingers, and guest starred in Blue Heelers and Last Man Standing. She subsequently appeared in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith as Beru Lars, the woman who raises Luke Skywalker.
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On 13 January 2006, the network ended months of speculation when they officially cancelled the series. The news was broken by television critic Robert Fidgeon on radio station 3AW, and was shortly followed by the official announcement which appeared on the front-page of nearly all of Australia's major newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney's Daily Telegraph, The Melbourne Herald Sun, The Melbourne Age and Brisbane's Courier Mail.Carter, Paul. "Blue Heelers axed", AAP, 13 January 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2008. For this thirteenth season, Seven chose to move Blue Heelers from its Wednesday-night, primetime timeslot, which it had occupied for 10 years, to the lower-rating Saturday night timeslot, which also saw it up against popular British police programme The Bill and Network Ten's Australian Football League (AFL) coverage; this move was slammed by cast member John Wood. Ratings for this season were generally low; no episode ranked in OzTAM's top 20 programme list for the week. The final episode, "One Day More", achieved 1,512,000 viewers in the five major Australian cities: Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. OzTAM. Top 20 Programs Report, 02:00 - 25:59 4 June - 10 June 2006 - Ranking Report (E) (Metro Free-to-air) . .
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Other TV appearances include Glenview High, The Sullivans, The Young Doctors, Arcade (she played Susie Blair, Syd Heylen and Aileen Britton's daughter), Holiday Island, Prisoner, A Country Practice, Cowra Breakout, GP, Sword of Honour, Noah and Saskia, Home and Away, Bluey, Cyclone Tracy, Good Guys Bad Guys, Col'n Carpenter, Watch This Space, The Flying Doctors, Sweet and Sour, Kingswood Country, Boys from the Bush, How Wonderful!, Janus, Spring & Fall: Out of Line, Water Rats, All Saints, Cop Shop, The Oracle, The Tromaville Cafe, Skyways, Ash Wednesday, The Four Minute Mile, Matlock Police, MDA, Bellbird, Players to the Gallery, Loose Ends and Blue Heelers.
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Nicholas 'Nick' Schultz is a fictional character in the long-running Australian television series Blue Heelers portrayed by William McInnes. He was introduced in the pilot episode and starred in the series between 1994 and 1998 before departing in episode 207. He returned to the series as a guest star for five episodes (441-445) in 2004 and a further two episodes (458-459) in 2005 as a homicide detective based in Melbourne. At the time of the show's cancellation, he was the sixth longest serving character behind Tom Croydon, Chris Riley, P.J. Hasham, Maggie Doyle and Ben Stewart.
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Dennis Miller (born 1937) is an Australian film and television actor. Miller started in the industry in 1959 and has acted in television shows including a recurring role on Blue Heelers as Ex-Sergeant Pat Doyle (1994–2000). Other television roles include: Bellbird (which also starred his then wife Elspeth Ballantyne), Homicide, Matlock Police, The Flying Doctors, G.P., Stingers, A Country Practice and Water Rats. He has appeared in numerous films, including The Everlasting Secret Family, especially made for television movies and miniseries, including A Cry in the Dark, Hoodwink, Scales of Justice, Kangaroo Palace, Stir and Starstruck, Colour in the Creek.
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Kiefel began his screen acting career with a role in Gillian Armstrong's 1977 feature film The Singer and the Dancer. He went on to appear in the 1980 film Breaker Morant, Neil Armfield's 1986 film version of Twelfth Night, Call Me Mr. Brown, which was made in 1985 but not released until 1990, telemovie The Leaving of Liverpool, and comedy drama feature Children of the Revolution. Other film roles included No Escape (1994), Radiance (1998), Dogwatch (1999) and Fresh Air (1999). Kiefel made numerous recurring and guest appearances in television series, including Wildside, Water Rats, Blue Heelers, Stingers and Something in the Air.
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Despite their second-place finish, things seemed bright for the future of the labor political movement, but the ULP was not to last, and was never able to bring about a new paradigm in the city's politics. Tammany had once again succeeded and survived. More than that, Croker realized that he could utilize the techniques of the well-organized election campaign that ULP had run. Because Tammany's ward-heelers controlled the saloons, the new party had used "neighborhood meetings, streetcorner rallies, campaign clubs, Assembly District organizations, and trade legions – an entire political counterculture"Burrows & Wallace, p.
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Broderick Smith (born 17 February 1948) is an English-born Australian multi- instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and sometime actor. He was a member of 1970s bands Carson and the Dingoes, 1980s Broderick Smith's Big Combo and he has recorded and performed solo and in duos. He acted on stage in the 1973 Australian version of the rock opera, Tommy, and in minor roles in 1990s TV series, Blue Heelers, Snowy River: The McGregor Saga and State Coroner. Smith has been involved with the writing of some 200 songs and has run workshops on song writing, harmonica and vocals.
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A caricature of a ward heeler haranguing voters over the radio, from a 1922 magazine. A ward heeler is an American urban political operative who works for a political party in a political ward, the smallest electoral subdivision of a city, usually to achieve an election result. A ward heeler may have controlling influence with a small clique in the ward organization. Often, ward heelers have been low-level operatives soliciting votes and performing campaign tasks on behalf of a political boss, including get-out-the-vote efforts, placing campaign signage, coordination of constituent support, etc.
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Senior Constable Ian Goss, based on a real person, and known as Gossie, was a fictional character on Blue Heelers. He was an old friend of Tom Croydon's, who landed the job of running the one man station at Widgeree in Season 8 (2001). As a Widgeree local, it was believed that he should be able to keep the usually quiet town of Widgeree at piece. In 2003, (Season 10) Gossie was involved in an incident that ultimately decided his fate as a Police officer; a young French filmmaker was killed in Widgeree in an incident Gossie should have prevented.
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In Blue Heelers' twelfth season, ratings were at an all-time low of 1.2 million viewers per episode, which was less than half what the show had been attracting during its peak from 1997 to 2000, when it was drawing more than 2.5 million viewers. After these falling ratings during 2005, Seven decided to take action and considered cancelling the series altogether. However, before doing this, they commissioned a shortened season consisting of only 11 episodes, taking the show's episode tally to 510. This season was shortened from the normal season length of around 40 episodes.
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The series premiered in Australia on 6 June 2005 - although it premiered in New Zealand some two months earlier. It struggled to find an audience from the beginning, with an average Australian viewership of 750,000 weekly viewers. These low ratings occurred despite the show having Desperate Housewives as a lead in, which at the time was attracting over 2 million viewers a week. It was thought by critics that Last Man Standing appealed only to "inner city lefties", unlike past successful Australian dramas such as Blue Heelers and All Saints which have more widespread demographic appeal.
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She played the role of Claire Jardine in the ABC series Dirt Game with Joel Edgerton and Gerald Lepkowski in 2009. Talia appeared as a guest character in the Australian drama series City Homicide and played a lead role in the children's series Scooter: Secret Agent and Legacy of the Silver Shadow. She played the recurring role of Erin Perry in the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 2003 and appeared in the popular Australian series Blue Heelers. Talia played the role of Louisa Von Trapp in the Australia tour of The Sound of Music starring Lisa McCune and John Waters.
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Schmidt was a Melville Braves junior in Western Australia and played in the junior state representative and schoolboys teams, before being selected in the extended 35 man Western Heelers squad for the 2005 Claxton Shield.News Archive Baseball WA Schmidt first played at national level as a 20 year old with the Perth Heat in the 2008 Claxton Shield.2008 Claxton Shield Rosters Flintoff and Dunn He would be part of the Heat team that won the Shield that year and again in 2009, pitching a 6⅔ scoreless start in the deciding championship game.Perth wins finals, claims back-to-back Claxton titles News.com.
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In the late 1840s he obtained a pair of Halls Heelers, from which he bred a line of dogs that he described as "great biters", a characteristic which led to the dogs being called Timmins Biters. Robert Kaleski referred to them as "wonderful workers" in an article titled The Working Dogs of Australia in 1911. Other Hall associates, particularly those on properties distant from Dartbrook near the Queensland border, were also breeding their own dogs from Halls Heeler stock. In 1976 a monument to Thomas Hall's achievement was erected on Dartbrook Road at the Blue Heeler Bridge in Dartbrook, New South Wales.
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Blue Heelers originally aired on Tuesday nights at 7:30 pm on the Seven Network, thus it was limited to a PG content level restriction. When the series was hailed as a success it began the transition from this timeslot to the 8:30 pm timeslot on the same day. After the move, writers could explore more diverse storylines, as the show was restricted to an M rating. The third and fourth season premiers aired on Monday nights during the 8:30 pm timeslot, but the show moved back to its original slot before the next episode.
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"Bush Bobbies", Sydney Morning Herald 17 January 1994 This, coupled with McElroy's desire to create a country cop show, formed the basis of the programme. When this same young officer left the force only a year later due to the shooting death of his colleague, McElroy was even more intrigued to learn about the very fickle, yet rewarding job of policing the community. McElroy continued his quest by asking ex-police officer Michael Winter to write down what it was like to be a city cop who transferred to a country town. These became the ideas that Blue Heelers was based around.
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Her television appearances include, Carla Cametti PD, City Homicide, Blue Heelers, Little Oberon and Let Loose Live and Rebel Wilson's comedy series, Bogan Pride. She has been awarded a 4MBS award and a Matilda award in 2000 for her performance as Rosalind in Shakespeare's As You Like It and for her performance in The Secret Death of Salvador Dali. She performed in Harvest Rain Theatre's production of Much Ado About Nothing in 1999. Eckersley is a producer at Matchbox Pictures where she has produced a range of shows in different genres including documentary, comedy, animation and drama.
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During the time he starred on the show, Sacks married Kate and had two children, Jack and Ned and had leading roles in two major Australian miniseries: Do or Die and My Husband My Killer (both 2001). After playing P.J. for twelve years, and being one of only three original cast still on the show in the twelfth season, Sacks left Blue Heelers in August 2005. Sacks asked the producers not to kill his character, so that he could return for a guest spot in the future. He did not get the chance, however: the show was cancelled in early 2006.
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Damien Richardson (born 2 August 1969) is an Australian film, television and theatre actor and writer. A graduate from the Victorian College of the Arts, Richardson has appeared in a variety of Australian films and television shows, including Blue Heelers, McLeod's Daughters, Redball, The Hard Word, Rogue, Conspiracy 365 and Wentworth. He and co-writer Luke Elliot won the Best New Comedy-Drama award at the Melbourne Fringe Festival for their play The Belly Of The Whale. One of Richardson's best known roles is Detective Matt Ryan in the crime drama City Homicide, which he played from 2007 until 2011.
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In 1985, Symons guest-starred in Neighbours as criminal Gordon Miller, Terry Robinson's ex-husband. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he combined his on-air role on Hey Hey It's Saturday (also playing in the house band) with composing for various film and television shows (such as Blue Heelers), and jingle-writing. Between 1992–95, he played the role of the narrator in The Rocky Horror Show, touring Australia and Singapore. In February 2002, he hosted the game show flop Shafted, which was cancelled in April of the same year. Later in 2002 he was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother.
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Nihill made her television debut in I Can Jump Puddles (1981) and her film debut in Careful, He Might Hear You (1983). This led to her first lead role in the ABC TV movie Every Move She Makes (for which Nihill received a Penguin Award) and the miniseries Bodyline, in Nihill played Jessie Bradman, Donald Bradman's wife. Nihill became a household face in 1994 when she was cast as publican and local Councillor Chris Riley on the police drama Blue Heelers. Nihill was one of only two actors (the other being John Wood) to star in the series for its entire run.
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After one month, Edwards returned to backing vocals for John Farnham on his The Last Time Tour; she was replaced by Nikki Nicholls, Girls, Girls, Girls continued touring into 2002. Stapleton's television roles include Trixie Tucker, the mother of Nina Tucker played by Delta Goodrem, on Neighbours during 2002 and 2003; other TV roles have been on Blue Heelers (1996, 1999) and Halifax f.p. (1996). Stapleton appeared on film in You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, a short by Terrence O'Connell. During June–August 2006, Norton and Stapleton performed in the Countdown Spectacular alongside other 1970s and 1980s acts.
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Claudia tries using psychology to get a confession in the interview, but fails and Daniel is later bailed. Claudia is unaware Daniel has followed her home and as she is unlocking her front door, he pulls a plastic bag over her head and takes her inside. Walton told The Daily Telegraph's Darren Devlyn that the scenes portraying Claudia's attack were "challenging and required a strong level of emotional intensity over a long period of time." The actress explained that filming with Sacks was "fantastic", regardless of the material, as they had previously worked together on Blue Heelers.
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The son of Australian actors Maurie Fields and Val Jellay, Fields has had long running roles on Hey Hey It's Saturday, Blue Heelers, Blankety Blanks and various other television shows. He starred in over a dozen musicals including Guys and Dolls, High Society and Crazy for You, receiving a Green Room award for best actor in a musical. He has performed extensively around the world including shows at The Riviera (Las Vegas), The New York Comedy Club (NYC) and Howl at the Moon (Chicago). Fields has worked alongside performers including Marina Prior, Jimeoin, and John Farnham.
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The Australian Rugby Shield was first contested in 2000, with six teams playing a single round robin over five weekends and the top two teams playing in the final. The teams in the inaugural season were the Adelaide Black Falcons, Darwin Mosquitoes, Melbourne Axemen, New South Wales Country Cockatoos, Perth Gold, and Queensland Country Heelers. The New South Wales and Queensland Country teams met in the final, played as the curtain-raiser to the Bledisloe Cup match held at Stadium Australia in front of a record rugby crowd of 109,874. Queensland Country won in an upset, 23-17.
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Neill's text of The Wonder City of Oz was rewritten by an anonymous editor at Reilly & Lee, and that editor added some controversial changes to the story, in particular, involving Jenny Jump. These additions include creatures who live in the Deadly Desert called Heelers, who live on votes. Jenny is goaded into running against Princess Ozma as ruler of Oz. It is not taken very seriously by the Ozites, and it is decided that shoes will be used for votes in an Ozelection. The Ozelection and all that leads up to it is not in the manuscript.
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Patrick Joseph "P. J." Hasham is a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers, portrayed by Martin Sacks. An experienced detective, Hasham served on major task forces and crime squads in Melbourne before the gaming squad he was attached to was disbanded due to corruption and he was transferred to the small country town of Mount Thomas as the only criminal investigator at the local station. Despite his stated preference for staying out of "uniformed matters", he worked far closer with his uniformed colleagues than many visiting detectives, and also preferred to dress down compared to the business dress usually favoured by other detectives.
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In the official sixth season of Blue Heelers, Dash quickly found herself pursuing relationships with the new members, eventually falling to her knees over the idea of fulfilling the future needs as a hopeful co-detective alongside the upper-ranked PJ. This idea was first prompted upon the orders of Inspector Monica Draper, who at the time appeared to have a serious personality clash with rising rank ' Taylor '. This would soon give McKinley her very first chance, submitting herself towards the idolised career choice. Unfortunately in doing this, McKinley's hopeful career would somewhat fall short and ironically come to a sudden end following the shocking death of her very close Mother.
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In one of the most notable episodes of the season, Nick tries to save two young girls from drowning in a flood, with Adam Cooper's help. He instructs Adam to go and radio in to get help but when Adam ran back to the car, the road it was on had been washed away, with another young girl inside. While Adam tries to get to the girl in the car, Nick thinks Adam has abandoned him. Later in the season, Nick and the other Heelers are suspicious of Adam's new wife, Stacey, and treat her with some distrust, though Nick later offers Stacey comfort after Adam is shot.
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Councillor Christine Bridget "Chris" Riley is a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers, portrayed by Julie Nihill. The publican and landlady of the Imperial Hotel in Mount Thomas, Riley is in a unique position to assist the police thanks to her wealth of knowledge about the town and its inhabitants. Strong-willed and opinionated, she often serves a spokeswoman for important issues in the community, and eventually gains election to the local shire council. She is one of two characters, along with Tom Croydon, to appear in all thirteen seasons of the show, appearing in 507 of the 510 episodes to air.
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She performed at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Woodford Dreaming Festival, and regularly performed at various clubs around the Newcastle area. She appeared in the SBS documentary Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music (2000) about Aboriginal country music (associated with the book by Clinton Walker), singing "Truck Driving Woman". Other Tv and film appearances include. Short film: BeDevil Play School A Country Practice Blue Heelers Heartland (later renamed burned bridge) Short film: Hush Andrew appeared in the stage show Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word, written and performed by English artist Christopher Green at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2007, and at the Beckett Theatre in Melbourne in 2011.
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In May 2006, a successful beach Rugby League 9's exhibition game was held at North Avenue Beach, Chicago between the Chicago Saints and the touring UK team Ormskirk Heelers. The Saints would be the front-runner to a planned Chicago based AMNRL team that would eventually be named the Chicago Stockyarders. In 2009 an organization named Midwest Rugby League was formed to promote rugby league in the Midwestern United States, and to operate the Stockyarders team from 2010 onwards. The Stockyarders made their first on-field appearance on July 31, 2010 at the American National Rugby League (AMNRL)'s annual War at the Shore tournament.
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This brought him to the attention of the director Spike Jonze for his adaptation of the children's story Where the Wild Things Are. Mouzakis has had a number of roles in television series such as Rolf in Very Small Business, Andrew Petrious in The Slap, Chris Baros in Killing Time, Theo Kallergis in Blue Heelers and Paolo in The Secret Life of Us. Other feature film credits include Darkness Falls (Sony Pictures), Big Mamma's Boy, and I, Frankenstein (Lionsgate). He played Steven Ray in the 2014 film The Suicide Theory. Mouzakis played Van Gogh as a series regular in the 2017 comeback of the Fox television series 'Prison Break season 5.
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In 1995, Sullivan appeared in Blue Heelers for one episode, and again in 2003 for 3 episodes. (The Elephant Princess, Rush, Tangle) in front and behind the camera, working on building sites, and assisting carpenters. Before landing a role as Josh Hughes in Australian soap opera Neighbours in 1998, he appeared in a string of little-seen features and homegrown dramas. Other notable roles include Justin Davies in the Australian televised serial The Secret Life of Us (between 2003 and 2005), Fearless in the motion picture December Boys (released in 2007), special agent Wilkins in the mainstream feature, The Condemned (an American action film distributed in 2007).
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Colla began acting at an early age, appearing in a McDonald’s commercial directed by US pilot director David Nutter and shot by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister. Since then he has appeared in television series such as Neighbours, The Saddle Club, Blue Heelers, City Homicide, Wicked Science 2 and the AFI award-winning Holly’s Heroes."Holly's Heroes: characters", Australian Television Information Archive, retrieved 4 October 2020. Colla's performances on stage include Mamillius in the Bell Shakespeare Company's The Winter’s Tale, Shedding directed by Sam Strong at La Mama Theatre, as well as the lead in the debut season of Australian play The Cutting Boys.
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They were subsequently developed into two modern breeds: the Australian Cattle Dog and the Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog. Robert Kaleski, who wrote the first standard for the breed, was influential in its development. Australian Cattle Dog has been nicknamed a "Red Heeler" or "Blue Heeler" on the basis of its colouring and practice of moving reluctant cattle by nipping at their heels. Dogs from a line bred in Queensland, Australia, which were successful at shows and at stud in the 1940s, were called "Queensland Heelers" to differentiate them from lines bred in New South Wales; this nickname is now occasionally applied to any Australian Cattle Dog.
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In the early 1980s, Goldsmith acted in Australian soap operas The Young Doctors, Starting Out and Prisoner, and was a panelist on such programs as All Star Squares. She was known as a sex symbol early in her career, and posed nude for art magazine Black+White in August 1996. Goldsmith was the host of Sex/Life, a Network Ten program in the mid-1990s. She later acted in the drama series Fire, the police drama series Blue Heelers, and in The Secret Life of Us. In the late 1990s, she co-hosted a breakfast program on Melbourne radio station TTFM, replacing Nicky Buckley.
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In 2005, Foulkes had a two-episode guest role in Blue Heelers In 2009, Foulkes joined the cast of the long-running Australian TV series All Saints in the role of specialist rescue paramedic, Jo Mathieson, in the newly formed Medical Response Unit. She appeared in every 2009 episode prior to the series' cancellation in October 2009 by Channel 7. In 2011, she featured in Wild Boys as the feisty outlaw Jessie West, a female bushranger. In 2012, she played the role of Rebecca Bourke in the Australians TV series Devil's Dust, a true-life story about asbestos litigation against a big cement manufacturer James Hardie.
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The pilot went on to become the official first episode of Blue Heelers, telling the story of a new cop in town, Maggie Doyle, and her beginnings in Mount Thomas. Hal McElroy chose to discard the second pilot, realising it was a fatal mistake to be "with the criminals as they plotted the crime". He also conceived his rule that the producers of the show "couldn't have a camera in a room unless there was a copper there as well" (a rule shared by long-running UK Police drama The Bill). Hence, the basis of the show being from a police officer's perspective became a firm reality.
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Ted Roberts began his career in television in the 1960s, writing early episodes of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. The series was screened in over eighty countries and its theme tune, composed by Eric Jupp, is one of the best known and most recognisable Australian tunes. The long version (the B side on the 45rpm record) has lyrics written by Roberts. Ted Roberts' other television credits include major Australian television series: Homicide (Seven Network, 1964–1976), Certain Women (ABC, 1973–1976), Rush (ABC 1974–1976), 'Patrol Boat' (ABC 1979–1980), Just Us (telemovie, 1986, Seven Network), Water Rats (Nine Network, 1996–2001), A Country Practice, Blue Heelers, Mission Impossible and Star Trek.
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Jenny Lovell is an Australian theatre, television and film actress, and drama teacher, probably best known for her stint as Jenny Hartley in 44 episodes in the television series Prisoner. She is the daughter of Sydney actor and producer Nigel Lovell and actor and producer Patricia Lovell. Lovell made her film debut in Picnic at Hanging Rock in 1975 and also appeared in the film Gallipoli, small screen appearances including four episodes of the soap opera A Country Practice and the police drama Blue Heelers, and a role in the horror film Darkness Falls (2003). Lovell has performed internationally including at The Globe Theatre, London.
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The centre consists of three studios: a theatre studio, a product studio and a news studio that opens onto the newsroom.The offices are used as the transmission control centre for Seven's owned-and- operated stations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and regional areas of Queensland. Approximately 200 full-time employees work in the building with an additional 100 hired casual or part-time. In 2005, BCM experienced a major power failure which resulted in a total blackout across the whole Seven Network, as well as all regional affiliates, during the programme Blue Heelers (or Home and Away in Perth due to the time difference).
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His best-known film appearances were in The Club (by David Williamson; a role that Wilson had created on stage), Crackerjack, Breaker Morant, Black Robe and Money Movers. He also appeared in the 1956 Charlie Chaplin film A King in New York. On television he appeared in Changi (a mini-series written by John Doyle), SeaChange, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, Power Without Glory, A Country Practice, Bellbird, Doctor Down Under and other programs. His stage work included Guys and Dolls, Wonderful Town, Lola Montez, Damn Yankees, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (which he directed), and as Falstaff in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2.
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Genevieve Morris (born 1967) is an Australian comedian and actress, best known for being among the regular cast on the popular comedy series Comedy IncSome funny things about City Homicide and appearing in a popular advertising campaign for ANZ. She has also had recurring roles in Seven Network police dramas Blue Heelers and City Homicide.Genevieve Morris (JM Agency) She has performed in various stage productions since the early 1990s including the 2009 comedy show Spontaneous Broadway as Dame Helen Highwater, alongside Ross Daniels, Julia Zemiro and Geoff Paine.Spontaneous Broadway (Australian Stage) In 2010, she appeared in multiple television commercials for ANZ bank portraying "Barbara the bank manager".
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Blackman's first real public performance was in a High School Musical called Teen whilst attending Dakabin State High School. He graduated Kelvin Grove College of Advance Education in 1984 with an Associate Diploma in Performing Arts and was granted the Elizabeth Bequest Scholarship with T.N. Theatre Co., a year-long apprenticeship in theatre making that led to performing two seasons of Shakespeare with the Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe. On graduating NIDA with a Degree in Acting, Blackman was cast on television as a regular cast member on both A Country Practice (as Dr. Harry Morrison) and Neighbours (as Mike Healey). Other credits include Stingers, Blue Heelers, City Homicide and Satisfaction.
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Her latest appearance (May 2014) was with Sydney's Ensemble Theatre in the David Williamson play Cruise Control. Fitzpatrick's film roles included appearances in Homesdale (1971), The Office Picnic (1972), Promised Woman (1975), The Great Macarthy (1975), The Removalists (1975), The Night Nurse (1977), Goodbye Paradise (1983), The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) and A World Apart (1988). Her television series appearances include Serpent in the Rainbow, Birds in the Bush, Boney, Something in the Air, Scooter: Secret Agent, Blue Heelers, Marshall Law, Always Greener, and All Saints. In 2006, Fitzpatrick briefly joined the cast of soap opera Neighbours in the role of Loris Timmins.
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With his swarthy, Mediterranean appearance, Orcsik was cast as Middle Eastern characters in many of these productions. He also had roles in such Australian television series such as The Zoo Family (1985), Home and Away (1992), Paradise Beach (1993), Lift Off (1995), Pacific Drive (1996), and Medivac (1997). He also directed the TV movie Academy (1996). Orcsik's more recent acting appearances include a cameo role as a doctor in miniseries The Day of the Roses (1998), a recurring role in serial Neighbours (1999–2002), roles in Stingers (2000), Blue Heelers (2002), MDA (2002), The Saddle Club (2003), Always Greener (2002 and 2003), and Scooter: Secret Agent (2005).
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Josie has also worked behind the scenes as a Director, Production Manager, Producer, Unit Manager for OB (The Falls) music festival for RMIT University's RMITV, Programming Manager for RMITV. Acting credits include being an extra on various Australian television shows such as Neighbours, Blue Heelers, Stingers and MDA and lead actress in upcoming Australian feature film "Up for Grabs". Josie's CV also includes being a radio announcer, media and hairdressing teacher, motivational speaker and the Equity Extras Liaison/Branch Councillor with the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance in Melbourne. Josie was given the 'Best Contribution to Community Television' Award at the 2008 Antenna Awards for her work on CB80's.
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He was in the original cast of Away, which toured to New York, and appeared in Sweet Bird of Youth with Lauren Bacall for the Sydney Theatre Company. He was one of the actors who worked in Bruce Beresford's early Australian films. His film credits included: Money Movers, Cathy's Child (for which he was nominated for Best Actor at the 1979 Australian Film Institute Awards), Squizzy Taylor, Breaker Morant, Puberty Blues, The Club, The Honourable Wally Norman and Strange Bedfellows. Cassell's television roles included: The Drifter, Falcon Island, Taurus Rising, Special Squad, The Flying Doctors, The Power, The Passion, Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Stingers and MDA.
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Sarah Chadwick (born 11 August 1960) is an Australian television actress best known for her role on The Flying Doctors as Dr. Rowie Lang, and for her role as Marion in the 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Before she took up acting at the age of 25, Chadwick worked as a receptionist at the offices of the Nine Network. Chadwick also held a recurring role on television series, Flat Chat. She also appeared as a guest on popular Australian dramas such as Blue Heelers, GP, All Saints and Water Rats, as well as being a presenter on long-running children's programme, Play School.
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Vance began his acting career at the age of 25 appearing in stage productions, initially in repertory theatre before appearing in Patrick Marber's play Closer and David Edgar's play Albert Speer, both at the Royal National Theatre, the latter being directed by Trevor Nunn. He then made guest appearances in British television series including Kavanagh QC, Peak Practice, The Bill and Doctors. In 2002, Vance moved to Australia and appeared in the Australian television series Stingers and Blue Heelers, before achieving success in the role of Sean Everleigh in All Saints. In 2007, he moved to the United States and appeared in the third and fourth seasons of Prison Break, portraying James Whistler.
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Outback Zack with Giraffe, 2010. Heart began his career as a stuntman, actor and model at age 17 and debuted on Australian television portraying the criminal "Mackay" in the Seven Network Australian Television series Blue Heelers, which aired for 13 seasons. Heart followed this with the role of the locally well known Pizza Delivery Boy witness on the Seven Network Australia's Most Wanted and went on with recurring stunt actor roles on the Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation hit series Mercury with Geoffrey Rush. In 1995 Heart made his film debut on the American action film Silver Strand, with Gil Bellows, Nicollette Sheridan, and director George Miller.
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Sue Jones is a Welsh Australian actress best known for her television roles, in soap operas, sitcoms and telemovies, in particular for playing Pam Willis in Neighbours from 1990 to 1994, with itinerant returns. She had also played an ongoing role in the situation comedy The Tea Ladies (1978), and was Kathy Hall in Prisoner in 1981. Other credits include several roles in police drama Blue Heelers, the short film Pinata (which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2009), and Anthony Crowley's Shadow Passion at Chapel Off Chapel in September 2007, playing the role of Margaret. In 2013 and 2014, Jones had a recurring role in the ABC comedy series Upper Middle Bogan as Pat.
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Other feature titles include Under the Radar, The Crossing, Bonnie & Clydo, In the Middle, Gargantua, Three Blind Mice, and Drawn Together. Well known in television for his AFI-winning performance as lead character 'Mickey Steele' in Channel 7's Emmy award-winning show Always Greener, Blue Heelers, Day of the Roses, and his lead part of Jarrod O'Donnell in BBC's Out of the Blue. He also signed on for a small guest role on Home and Away as Grant Bledcoe, Ruby Buckton's (Rebecca Breeds) biological father with a sordid past. He next appeared on Channel 9's Sea Patrol, and wrote, produced, and directed the feature Deadly Flat starring Renai Caruso and himself.
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The Cruel Sea are an Australian indie rock band from Sydney, New South Wales formed in late 1987. Originally an instrumental-only band, they became more popular when fronted by vocalist Tex Perkins (Beasts of Bourbon and solo) in addition to Jim Elliott on drums, Ken Gormly on bass guitar, Dan Rumour on guitar and James Cruickshank on guitar and keyboards. Their popular albums are The Honeymoon Is Over (1993), Three Legged Dog (1995) and Over Easy (1998). Their best-known songs are "Better Get a Lawyer", "Takin' All Day", "The Honeymoon Is Over" and "Reckless Eyeballin'" – an instrumental track from their debut album Down Below that became the theme of Australian TV police drama, Blue Heelers.
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Khoury was bass guitarist in a Melbourne band called Gravel, before entering and winning the Cleo Bachelor of the Year award in 2002. He has had roles on Australian TV shows such as Blue Heelers. In 2009, Khoury provided commentary for Fox8's Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge, hosted Miss World Australia for the Seven Network, and was the announcer for Bert's Family Feud on the Nine Network. Khoury left the show to take up an international project for cable television. He hosted a series shown around the world - "Coffee Lovers’ Guide to Italy" - which has been played in Australia on Foxtel's Lifestyle Channel, AFC (Asian Food Channel) and many countries around the world. Foxtel.
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Set in Melbourne, Marshall Law tells the story of two sisters - Ros and Verity Marshall (played by Lisa McCune, popular after her seven-year run on Blue Heelers; and Alison Whyte, well known for her role on Frontline) - working at the Magistrate's Court. Ros is a Junior Prosecutor who is more interested in partying, and is having to prove her worth at the bench; while the more-experienced and overachieving Verity is now working as a barrister. Both sisters soon find themselves in for surprises. Ros realises just how out of her depth she may be, begging the help of legal aid solicitor Mikey O'Dea (Nick Farnell), and mentor Esther Hersch, QC (Anne Phelan of Something in the Air).
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By the 1890s, the dogs had attracted the attention of the Cattle Dog Club of Sydney, a group of men with a recreational interest in the new practice of showing dogs competitively. They reportedly adopted the term Australian Cattle Dog to refer to the dogs being bred from bloodlines originating from Thomas Hall's "heelers", and prominent members of the group concentrated on breeding these lines. Of these breeders, the Bagust family was the most influential. Robert Kaleski, of Moorebank, at the time a young associate of Harry Bagust, noted that in 1893 cattle dog breeders had begun to "fix the type" so he drew up a standard for them on those lines.
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In 2000, she was involved in fund raising to take a group of children with missing limbs to the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, where they became a cheer squad. In Sydney, she saw the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in action for the first time. She later founded a charitable organisation, Set No Limits and in 2013 helped establish the Red Dust Heelers Healing thru Wheeling program which has a focus on connecting Indigenous young people with disability to sport, education, employment and lifestyle opportunities. She has modelled for Vertically Blessed, a clothing company, and has gone by a number of nicknames, including Kat, Kitty, Blondie and Felix.
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Clare Nott (née Burzynski, born 11 August 1986) is an Australian 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player who plays for the Kilsyth Cobras in the Women's national Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) and for the Red Dust Heelers in the mixed National Wheelchair basketball League (NWBL). She participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a silver medal. A paraplegic as a result of a car crash, Nott was named the WNWBL's Best New Talent in 2005. She was the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the 1 point class and a member of its All Star Five in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015.
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Robinson was born in Rockhampton, Queensland and graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Arts (Musical Theatre). Direct from graduating he was cast in the original Australian cast of Mamma Mia!, during which time he began writing the songs which would form the basis of his first musical Metro Street. Robinson was cast as Teague in the World Premiere of Australian play God's Last Acre for Playbox Theatre Company (now Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne) and appeared in guest roles on television's Blue Heelers and Stingers as well as the telemovie Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes, appearing opposite Mary Tyler Moore.
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The Queensland Country team in the NRC draws its identity from the Queensland Country representative team that has played in regular City-Country fixtures in Queensland since 1902. The same colours have been adopted for the team in the NRC competition and, while the Heelers' cattle dog logo is not used, an emblem based on the traditional Cooktown Orchid logo of the Queensland Country Rugby Union has been adopted. The Queensland Country uniform is blue and white, with a crest of the orchid logo inside Queensland Rugby's traditional 'Q' on the jersey's chest. The NRC was launched in 2014, reinstating the national competition after the Australian Rugby Championship (ARC) was discontinued following the first season in 2007.
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Buchanan's television work includes appearances in Secret Valley, Runaway Island, Island Trader, Pirates Island, A Country Practice, Home and Away, Stingers, Hey Dad (where her older sister Simone starred as Debbie Kelly) and The Brittas Empire. Her longest running part, between 1994 and 2006, was the recurring role of Susan Croydon, the daughter of Tom Croydon, in the popular series Blue Heelers. Major storylines included becoming a school teacher; attempting to take the blame when drugs were planted in her and Tom's home; and losing her baby as a result of a hit-and-run targeted at her father. Buchanan played Rita Heywood in both series of ABC1's journalism-orientated comedy Lowdown.
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Red Dog was believed to have been born in the town of Paraburdoo, Western Australia in 1971. Red Dog was called by a variety of names by those who knew him, including Bluey, Tally Ho, and Dog of the Northwest. Tally Ho was his first name, given to him by Colin Cummings, who is believed to have been his first owner, and to brought him to Dampier. The nickname "Red Dog" has been attributed to the red dirt of the Pilbara Region (although 'red dog' is a common nickname for red kelpies and heelers, much in the same way as 'blue dog' or 'Bluey' is a common nickname for the Australian cattle dog).
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She began drama classes at age nine in Box Hill, and at thirteen she starred in the Wedgewood Pie commercial, where she wore a bright green bikini and was only on screen for a small segment.'Tog Dog', New Weekly, 5 June 2000 Allsop began studying an Arts Degree but dropped out. She was accepted into the Victoria College of the Arts in 1995 and she studied a visual and performing arts degree. Whilst studying, Allsop guest starred on television series such as Neighbours (1995), Blue Heelers (1997) and Halifax f.p. (1998). After graduating in 1998, Allsop returned to Neighbours as a different character for several months. In 1999 Allsop landed her break through role.
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Hugh Clifford Stuckey (1 July 1928 – 21 June 2018) was an Australian comedy and drama screenwriter, with credits writing for television, film, radio and commercials both locally and in the United Kingdom and the US. He was also a published author, playwright, radio broadcaster, actor, and Victorian baseballer. Having started writing for In Melbourne Tonight in 1957, he was one of Australia's first television comedy writers. He wrote for Australian productions The Delo and Daly Show, Time for Terry, A Country Practice, Blue Heelers, Hey Dad..!, Neighbours, The New Adventures of Blinky Bill and The Restless Years, and wrote various shows for stars Noel Ferrier, Stuart Wagstaff, Bert Newton, Frankie Howerd and Tommy Leonetti.
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Porteous is best known for playing original character Dr Terence Elliott in the television drama series A Country Practice during its twelve-year run on the Seven Network (1981–93), a role for which he won the Silver Logie award in 1992. He has also won AWGIE Awards for his various scriptwriting projects. In the series he had various romances including Matron Curtis (Helen Scott), Dr Fraser (Diane Smith) and Rosemary Prior, whom he married (Maureen Edwards). Other TV credits include Catch Kandy, Homicide, Matlock Police, Certain Women 1973-76, The Box in 1974, Number 96 in 1977, Glenview High, Cop Shop, The Restless Years, Neighbours, Home and Away, Blue Heelers and Heartbreak High.
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Danny Adcock (born 29 June 1948 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actor, best known for his work in television and theatre. His television acting roles include Matlock Police as the killer of Michael Pate's character, Division 4, Homicide, Patrol Boat, Sons and Daughters as Joe Parker, Prisoner as Deputy Governor Geoff Carlson of fictional prison Woodridge, A Country Practice, E Street, Fire as "Nugget", Blue Heelers, All Saints, Stingers, and Home and Away as Bishop Pitt. He was a regular cast member of short-lived soap opera Arcade (1980) as Duncan Adams. In Farscape he played T'raltixx in the second- season episode "Crackers Don't Matter", and Co-Kura Strappa, a recurring character throughout the third season.
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Joining an acting agency at the age of 6 years old, along with her brother Sullivan Stapleton, she appeared in TV commercials, film and TV series. Jacinta studied drama, theatre and dance at Sandringham Secondary College before appearing in her first long running television series as Amy Greenwood in Neighbours from 1997 to 2000, making a cameo return in 2005 during the 20th anniversary of the series. From 2002 to 2004 she played Christina Dichiera in the TV drama Stingers which she was nominated for an Australian Film Institute award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama. She also appeared in hit dramas MDA,Blue Heelers, All Saints, Dirt Game, Out of the Blue and Packed to the Rafters.
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She has also appeared in many Australia miniseries and telemovies such as All the Rivers Run and Evil Angels. She emigrated from New Zealand to Australia with her husband Peter Tulloch in 1977. She had recurring roles in Prisoner, appearing briefly in the series with cameos as four different characters, but best known as background officer Sue Bailey. Other television parts included Skyways, I Can Jump Puddles, The Flying Doctors, G.P., Blue Heelers and The Secret Life of Us. She appeared in the first season of Neighbours in a cameo as Marcia Taylor and after playing the longer role of Ruby Dwyer in 2002 and 2003, she returned again to Neighbours for guest stints in 2008 and 2009 as "Hilda Jones" and "Jill Smith".
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Beth McKinley was a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers and joined the cast in 1996 playing the mother of new Probationary Constable, Dash McKinley. Beth had 9 children and was widowed when Dash was just 2. Beth was very well known in Mount Thomas, and very knowledgeable about everything to do with the town and its inhabitants. (On more than one occasion Sergeant Croyden told Dash he didn't want to hear any of her mothers gossip in the station, yet other times the stories she had heard from her mother came in helpful when looking for suspects) She was a member of local Mount Thomas women's groups and got along with everyone in Mount Thomas.
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Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for 13 years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted the everyday lives and relationships of the residents of Mount Thomas, a fictional small town in Victoria. The series was one of the highest- rated and most-awarded programs in the history of Australian television, having won 5 Logie awards, it is equal as the most awarded show in Logies history with The Don Lane Show. It is also noted for its two main stars Lisa McCune, a four-time recipient of the Gold Logie, and John Wood, who also won Gold.
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She also appeared in the television miniseries Emma: Queen of the South Seas. She has made guest appearances in other Australian television series, including The Flying Doctors, G.P., Blue Heelers and Winners – Quest beyond Time and was known for her role as the rebellious teenager "Gabe" in A Country Practice during the early 1980s. Rigg also had a role as Nurse Amy as part of the Mr Bad storyline on hugely popular Australian soap E Street, playing the girlfriend of her real-life boyfriend (and future husband) Simon Baker. In the United States, Rigg appeared in the series Michael Hayes, in which she had an ongoing role as United States Attorney Lindsay Straus and in L.A. Doctors as Kelly Newman.
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He wrote and directed 27A (1974), In Search of Anna (1978) (with film stills and publicity shots by Carol Jerrems who was then his girlfriend),Cover, July 1977, Deadly (1991), and Subterano (2003); he directed Devil's Hill (1988) and the Tasmanian film in the Touch the Sun series of bicentennial telemovies. In 2007, he directed the SBS comedy series Kick. Storm also worked on several television series such as Round the Twist, The Genie from Down Under (in which he was scriptwriter and director), Sky Trackers (in which he was script consultant), Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers (in which he was the show's creator, scriptwriter and dialogue director), directed Blue Heelers, Crash Zone, and Winners for which he directed the episode "The Other Facts of Life".
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Pigot's television credits include leading guest roles in over twenty television series and several telemovies beginning with GP in the 1980s up until recent appearances in The Kettering Incident for Foxtel. Notable series include The Man from Snowy River, The Games, The Adventures of Lano and Woodley, The Secret Life of Us, Laid, Marshal Law, Wicked Science, Stingers, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Neighbours, Society Murders and The Doctor Blake Mysteries. For nine years he performed the role of Inspector Falcon Price on the drama series Blue Heelers for which he is best known. Australian films Pigot has been featured in include Head On, Lucky Country, The Condemned, Stepsister from Planet Weird, Red Dog, The Dish, Oranges and Sunshine and Blessed.
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During this period he travelled to the UK where he performed on stage in several Christmas pantomimes such his role as Prince Charming in Sunderland's Cinderella and at Tunbridge Wells in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He left the soap in 1997, with his character moving to London. Since leaving Neighbours, McNair has continued acting on television and stage. He was cast as Joseph in the original The Secret Life of Us telemovie for Network Ten in Australia in 2001 and later played Joseph, the boyfriend of Deborah Mailman, during the first season of television series of the same name. He has guest-starred in television series such as All Saints (1999), Something in the Air (2001), and Blue Heelers (2000; 2002; 2005).
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Lyons starred in the Nine Network police drama Sea Patrol, in which he played the Leading Seaman Josh Holiday for the show's first three series from 2007 until 2009. In 2005, Lyons had a recurring role on the Seven Network police drama Blue Heelers and guest-starred on the Seven Network/Network Ten/Eleven soap opera Neighbours. Lyons began starring in the NBC medical drama ER as Dr. Simon Brenner, making his first appearance in season 14, episode 14 titled "Owner of a Broken Heart" which aired on 10 April 2008, though he was credited as a special guest star. When the show's 15th and final season premiere titled "Life After Death" aired on 25 September 2008, Lyons was added to the main cast.
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Early in 1996, Nick is accused of murder after the death in custody of suspected child killer. His colleagues are suspicious because of his particular hatred of that type of criminal; he takes child homicide cases personally because they bring back painful memories of his daughter. When Wayne Patterson dies after being run over by a car outside of the police station, Nick is furious because Wayne's parents refuse to allow the Heelers, other than Tom Croydon, to attend the funeral, taking out his anger on Roz when she arrives in Mt Thomas to inform them of the Pattersons' wishes. Despite this, Nick and the others are able to pay tribute in their own way, arriving at the church in time to perform a guard of honour as Wayne's coffin is carried to the hearse.
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It is also large enough to have its own town council, a newspaper (The Gazette) and at least eleven pubs, including "The Imperial", which serves as both the "copper's pub" and home to several of the officers, new to town with nowhere else to live but one of Chris Riley's rooms. Significant action takes place here throughout the series given its importance to the "Heelers" and Chris' involvement in the community. Other pubs in Mount Thomas (regularly mentioned but rarely featured) are "The Commercial" (The Imperial's main rival), "The Railway", "The Federal", "The Steam Packet" (frequently described as being the worst), "Customs House", "The Cumberland", "The Mainland", and three unnamed near the court house, Coles, and the football oval. There is also at least one motel, a motor inn and a caravan park.
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She last appeared on the show in 2009. Lawrance had a recurring role as Reverend Grace Curtis, Tom Croydon's ill-fated wife on Blue Heelers from 2001 to 2004. Debra's theatre credits include the London tour of Jack Davis' No Sugar, the role of Vi in the Melbourne Theatre Company production of The Memory of Water, and most recently the 2009 tour of Steel Magnolias in the role of M'lyn; and the title role in the 2010 tour of Driving Miss Daisy. From 2013 to 2016, Lawrance played Rose, the mother of the title character portrayed by Josh Thomas, in the comedy drama Please Like Me. She appeared in a main role in all four seasons of the show, which saw her character deal with divorce and mental illness.
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Johnson's first foray into television started with small roles in various shows including the role of Prince Jobah in The New Adventures of Ocean Girl; as Sally Fletcher's first boyfriend, Gus Bishop, in Home and Away; and in other bit parts including Blue Heelers, Halifax f.p., Stingers and Something in the Air. His break, however, came in 2001 when he was chosen for the role of the scruffy, womanising writer Evan Wylde in Channel 10's drama series The Secret Life of Us. Evan was a main character, also narrating the majority of the show (apart from instances narrated by Deborah Mailman's character Kelly Lewis). This made Johnson a household name and earned him an AFI Award in 2001 for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama Series.
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Some breeds, such as the Australian Cattle Dog, typically nip at the heels of animals (for this reason they are called heelers) and the Cardigan Welsh Corgi and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi were historically used in a similar fashion in the cattle droves that moved cattle from Wales to the Smithfield Meat Market in London but are rarely used for herding today. Other breeds, notably the Border Collie, get in front of the animals and use what is called strong eye to stare down the animals;"Heading dogs, huntaways and all-purpose dogs", Te Ara they are known as headers. The headers or fetching dogs keep livestock in a group. They consistently go to the front or head of the animals to turn or stop the animal's movement.
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McCune also appeared as the love interest opposite Matt Day in the ABC telemovie Hell Has Harbour Views."Hell's Belle", Herald Sun In September 2005, McCune guest starred in a four-episode storyline on MDA alongside her former Blue Heelers co-star Paul Bishop. Also in 2005 she narrated a second season of Forensic Investigators and appeared in the Australian film Little Fish, starring alongside Cate Blanchett and Sam Neill in the early stages of her third pregnancy. In 2006, she played Annabel in Tripping Over. She has also appeared in a number of musicals and other stage productions around Australia, notably as Sally Bowles in Cabaret,"Sex, orphans and a lion", The Age, Melbourne Hope Cladwell in Urinetown, and Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
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This could be partially attributed to the magnitude of support thrown behind Wood in his bid for the publicly chosen award: Nova 100's Michelle Anderson, for example, ran a campaign and had T-shirts made up in his honour stating: "Ten years, it's high time the pillar of society and acting god that is John Wood be rewarded with gold."; even Victoria's top-cop, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon, threw her support behind Wood in his bid for the Gold. As well as this prestigious award, Wood was also privileged to win the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor, which he had won in 2005 and had been nominated for a further 6 times, over thirteen years, for his role as Tom Croydon on Blue Heelers.
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The titles roll as an election campaign for a Frank Skeffington unfold. In "a New England city", Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) plans to run for a fifth term. Skeffington rose from poverty in an Irish ghetto to become mayor and former governor, and is skilled at using the power of his office and an enormous political machine of ward heelers to receive support from his Irish Catholic base and other demographics. Rumors of graft and abuse of power are widespread, however, and the Protestant bishop Gardner (Basil Ruysdael), newspaper publisher Amos Force (John Carradine), banker Norman Cass (Basil Rathbone), and other members of the city's traditional elite the Irish Catholics replaced oppose Skeffington; so do the Catholic cardinal Martin Burke (Donald Crisp), Skeffington's childhood friend, and other Catholics.
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Kewley went on to appear in numerous Australian television series including The Henderson Kids II, Prisoner, The Young Doctors, Thunderstone, Cop Shop, The Man From Snowy River, SeaChange, The Secret Life Of Us and Neighbours where he played Dr Adrian Ewart during 1995. From 1994 to 1995 he appeared in the critically acclaimed ABC-TV drama series Janus (1995 Logie Award Winner for Best Drama Series and Best Actor) where he played the lead role of Crown Prosecutor Vic Manoulis. In 1997 he began playing the recurring role of local Mount Thomas journalist Tony Timms in Blue Heelers until the series ended in 2006. And from 2000 to 2004 he played Detective Senior Sergeant Bryan Gray in the Nine Network's undercover police series Stingers (Best Drama Series – 2004 AFI Awards).
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Millar was born in Sydney, Australia and trained in London, England at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, having won a scholarship to go there. Although she has appeared numerously in pantomime and other theatre, she is best known for her many Australian television appearances, she won the 1976 Logie Award for Best Individual Performance by an actress for Homicide, she is best known for appearances in soap opera in shows such as Hunter, Division 4, Matlock Police, Cop Shop, A Country Practice and Blue Heelers. Millar is probably best known for her long term roles in series including Bellbird as Georgia Moorhouse, Prisoner as Marie Winter, The Sullivans as Elizabeth Bradley and Neighbours as Rev. Rosie Hoyland She has appeared on ABC Radio and many Australian films, mainly in cameo roles including Phar Lap and Peita.
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He was known as Vic "Funnyface" Gordon on the HSV-7 Melbourne and ATN-7 Sydney television afternoon children's programme: The Happy Show (1960–1965), with Harry "Happy" Hammond. Gordon, like many early Australian TV actors became best known as a staple of Crawford Productions, and as a character actor he appeared in 16 different roles in Homicide and 9 different roles in Division 4, before becoming a regular best known as the no-nonsense desk Sergeant Bert Kennedy, in there production Matlock Police which ran from 1971–1976 on the various 0-10 Network stations in Australia, (now known as the Ten Network), and as (Jack Lambert) on Young Ramsay. Later roles included The Flying Doctors, Blue Heelers and Neighbours.National Film and Sound Archive Gordon died in Melbourne, Victoria at the age of 92 years, on 2 December 2003.
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From the 1970s through to the 1990s, the Queensland Country team played regular City-Country matches against Brisbane sides that were generally stronger. Queensland Country was admitted to the second division of the Wallaby Trophy in the 1970s, before that competition ended. The team also put up spirited performances against touring international sides, including South Africa and England, and managed to record occasional wins over Brisbane Sub-Districts and NSW Country in the 1980s and 1990s. The Heelers name was adopted in 2000 for the start of the Australian Rugby Shield competition, which Queensland Country won in the inaugural season, defeating Perth on full-time in a semi-final in Perth, and coming from 16–17 down against NSW Country to score in the final minutes to win the final at Sydney Stadium by 23-17.
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Thomas Arthur "Tom" Croydon is a fictional character in the long-running Australian police drama Blue Heelers, portrayed by John Wood. A long-serving member of the police force, Croydon has decades of experience of being a police officer in a small country town, and an attitude which earns him the respect, trust and even affection of his subordinates. As the most senior officer in the country town of Mount Thomas, he frequently acts as a mentor and father figure to the junior members of the station, but eventually a series of personal tragedies put him into a downward spiral which threatens both his personal and professional lives. He is one of two characters, along with Chris Riley, to appear in all thirteen seasons of the show, and is the only character to appear in all 510 episodes to air.
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Lucas was born in the Sydney suburb of Coogee, New South Wales to Walter Lucas and Marion Gibson. She trained with May Hollinworth at her Metropolitan Theatre. She moved to London in the early 1950s and appeared in stage roles, returning to Australia in 1965, she featured in TV serials, including played prominent roles in Prisoner as Clara Goddard in 1979, Taurus Rising as Faith Drysdale in 1982, and Richmond Hill as Mavis Roberts in 1988,}Her numerous credits in TV role's in guest appearances in serial's included Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police, Certain Women, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, Blue Heelers, All Saints, Always Greener. and Packed to the Rafters Lucas married in 1946 the actor, producer and writer Ralph Peterson, he died in 1996Betty Lucas: Actor played many roles on and off stage Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 19 October 2017.
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Brooks began his television career in 2005 with a guest role as Glenn Hart on Blue Heelers followed by Ten Network's British/Australian six-part drama series Tripping Over where he played an assistant director opposite Daniel MacPherson. His first major television break was landing a role as a co-host of The Mint in 2007, an Australian phone-in quiz show based on the British program of the same name, and broadcast on the Nine Network. When the show was axed in 2008 Brooks went back to Ten Network to play the role of footy coach Nathan Black in Neighbours, appearing in 11 episodes during 2008 and 2009. The beginning of 2011 saw Brooks land the role as resident sketch performer on the comedy and variety show Ben Elton Live from Planet Earth which aired on the Nine Network but was cancelled after three shows.
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After moving overseas for some time (reputedly to evade a death threat made by a Sydney underworld figure) Anderson returned to Australia and began performing regularly on Australian TV from the mid-1970s, with appearances in The Sullivans (as Jim Sullivan), Gloss (as Matt Winter), Prisoner (as Rick Manning), Fire (as John Kennedy) and a starring role in the talking-dog sitcom The Bob Morrison Show as Steve Morrison. Guest appearances on television include: The Flying Doctors, A Country Practice, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Heartbreak High, Water Rats, All Saints, Blue Heelers, Neighbours and Stingers. He had a prominent featured role as detective Lochie Renford in the first season of the acclaimed ABC-TV police series Phoenix (1992–93). In 2012 he had a recurring featured role as Vince, the minder of drug lord Harry Montebello, in the ABC-TV crime drama series The Straits.
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Kaleski with a Cattle Dog Kaleski became a dog owner at the age of six years, and was a lifelong student of the dog and the dingo. In 1893 he was a member of the Cattle Dog Club of Sydney, and one of a group of members who bred from bloodlines originating from Thomas Hall's "Hall's Heelers" and called their dogs the Australian Cattle Dog. In 1903 he drew up the first breed standard for the Australian Cattle Dog, and in 1904 the first breed standard for the Kelpie and another variety of sheepdog he called the Barb, a breed which is now considered synonymous with the Kelpie. These standards were accepted by the leading breeders of the time, published in The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, adopted by the Kennel Club of New South Wales, and became the guidelines for breeders and judges Australia-wide.
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Ernest Dingo stars opposite fellow actor Paul Hogan in the global smash hit Crocodile Dundee II. Dingo's first minor big break in television was in 1989 in the first season of Channel 7 sketch comedy TV show Fast Forward (1989–1992). As an actor, he has also appeared in many Australian television series such as Blue Heelers, The Flying Doctors, Heartbreak High and Rafferty's Rules. He appeared in the TV mini- series' The Cowra Breakout (1984), A Waltz Through the Hills (1987), (for which he won an AFI Award for Best Actor in a Television Drama) and Kings in Grass Castles (1997), as well as co-starring with Cate Blanchett in the Australian television drama series Heartland (known as Burned Bridges in the United States). He hosted the television program The Great Outdoors for 16 years from its beginning in 1993 to its end in 2009.
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Red Merle short coat blocking sheep The Koolie's ancestors were the smooth coated blue merle Collie (imported from Britain in the 19th century) and the Black and Tan Collie from the Highlands of Scotland; these were the same type imported by Thomas Hall for the creation of his Heelers. The Koolie is believed to be descended from the same Collie types that were brought to Australia for the kennels of Thomas S. Hall (an originator of the Australian Cattle Dog breed); some believe that they could be direct descendants of Hall's dogs. While some believe the "German Coolie" to be descended from the "German Tiger", a European herding dog, there is no genetic or even anecdotal evidence to support this claim. A more plausible theory is that these dogs were used by German immigrants in South Australia who, unable to correctly pronounce "collie", referred to the dogs as "coolies".
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In England the cur, also called the drover's dog, was a distinct breed of dog used by cattle drovers, they are now extinct. The cur was described by Ralph Beilby and Thomas Bewick in their 1790 work A general history of quadrupeds, as well as by Sydenham Edwards in his 1800 Cynographia Britannica, as dogs principally used by drovers to drive cattle. Curs were described as heelers, nipping the heels of cattle to make them move and ducking below the subsequent kick, they were said to be common in England, particularly the North of England, but were virtually unknown in the rest of the United Kingdom. The cur was described as being larger, stronger and longer legged than shepherd's collies with shorter and smoother coats; in colour they were generally black, brindled or grizzled with a white neck and legs and occasionally a white face, they had some feathering on their legs and half-pricked ears.
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Fellow attendees included Kris Noble, later Director of Drama, Nine Network and EP of Big Brother; Graham Thorburn, formerly Head of Film and Television, Australian Film, Television and Radio School; Helena Harris, who, with Graeme-Evans, later co-created Hi-5 and Ric Pellizari, long-time producer of Blue Heelers in its glory days and later, EP of Neighbours. In 1983, Graeme-Evans moved to Sydney to direct episodes of ABC-TV music drama series Sweet and Sour (1984) produced by Jan Chapman. She later went on to produce serial drama Sons and Daughters for the Grundy Organisation, and the multi award winner, Rafferty's Rules for the Seven Network. Graeme-Evans married her second husband Andrew Blaxland in 1990, the same year they co-founded their production company Millennium Pictures. Her first success under the Millennium banner was as producer of the two AFI nominated children's series The Miraculous Mellops (1991–92).
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Born in Gladstone, Queensland, Bishop's film debut was in Bruce Beresfords 1997 movie Paradise Road, and appeared as Sergeant Ben Stewart on Blue Heelers from 1998 to 2004 for which he received Logie nominations in both 1999 and 2000. Other roles include the TeleMovie " Never Tell me Never", MDA III, Heartbreak High, and GP with ABCTV, HouseGang with SBS, and Murder Call for Channel 9. Theatre roles include The Importance of Being Earnest, Three Days of Rain, Money and Friends, Take Me Out, The Shaughraun, at Melbourne Theatre Company, Blackrock, The John Wayne Principle and Anthony Crowley's The Frail Man at Melbourne's Playbox, The John Wayne Principle, As You Like It, Poor Super Man, Saint Joan, Amy's View and Money and Friends with Sydney Theatre Company. Romeo and Juliet, Oedipus Rex, Away, Taming of the Shrew, The Game of Love and Chance and more than 20 other professional credits with Queensland Theatre Company since 1986.
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C31 Melbourne is a public access community television station which screens mostly foreign-language television for migrant communities, and amateur lifestyle programs. Melbourne has a large and thriving television industry that along with Sydney, produces most of the Australian prime-time television content. Melbourne produced television series include Neighbours, Kath & Kim, Hey Hey It's Saturday, The Footy Show (AFL), Blue Heelers, Dancing with the Stars, Steven Spielberg's The Pacific, Rush, Underbelly, Thank God You're Here, Rove Live, Summer Heights High, The Project, The Marngrook Footy Show, Millionaire Hot Seat, Deal Or No Deal, The Chase Australia, Family Feud, Offspring, The Panel, The Real Housewives of Melbourne, Winners & Losers and House Husbands The ABC has a large headquarters and production facility in the inner-city suburb of Southbank, SBS studios at Fed Square, C31 at Melbourne city, Nine at Docklands (it was moved from Richmond), Ten at South Yarra (it was moved from Nunawading) & Seven at Docklands (It was moved from South Melbourne). Melbourne is also served by paid subscription television services Foxtel, Optus TV and UBI World TV.
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George Ogilvie began as an actor at the Canberra Repertory Theatre, and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he trained, taught and acted. In 1965, he returned to Australia to take up the position of associate director with the Melbourne Theatre Company, where he stayed for six years. He then worked as artistic director at the South Australian Theatre Company for four years, followed by 12 years as part of the subsidised theatre network. In 1988 he became a freelance director, working with the Australian Opera, the Australian Ballet and various theatre companies.Actors Centre Australia: George Ogilvie biography Retrieved 2013-03-09 His television credits include the 1983 miniseries The Dismissal (where he played the Labor Senator Jim McClelland), the miniseries Bodyline (1984) (where he was one of the writers and also directed three of the seven episodes), and direction of the TV films The Shiralee (1987), Touch the Sun: Princess Kate (1988), The Battlers (1994), two episodes of the miniseries The Feds (1994), and 11 episodes of the long-running police series Blue Heelers between 2002 and 2006.
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Seven's evening news bulletins also started to take the lead with successes in most cities. The network launched a number of new series in 2006, including Heroes, Prison Break, Dancing with the Stars spin-off It Takes Two, How I Met Your Mother, and My Name Is Earl, and saw long-running series Blue Heelers ending its 13th season run after declining ratings since late 2003. Despite the ongoing success of these programmes, Seven still finished second behind the Nine Network for the fifth time in six years, primarily due to Nine's coverage of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, but the year after, defeated Nine by a significant margin, winning 38 weeks compared to Nine's 2, to become the number one network in Australia. In 2008, Seven launched new local drama Packed to the Rafters which became the year's top rating show with an average of 1.938 million viewers. In 2009, a new weekly public affairs show Sunday Night launched in the Sunday 6:30 position to a shakey start but by the end of the year was easily winning its slot and rating up to 250,000 more than rival Nine Network's long-running 60 Minutes.
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I Can Jump Puddles is a 1981 Australian television mini-series based on the 1955 autobiographical series of the same name by author Alan Marshall. Adapted for television by screenwriters Cliff Green and Roger Simpson, the series starred Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Adam Garnett, Tony Barry, Julie Hamilton, Ann Henderson, Lesley Baker, Olivia Brown, Debra Lawrance and Darren MacDonald.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p205 Several prominent television actors also had supporting roles including Lisa Aldenhoven (The Young Doctors), Kaarin Fairfax (Bed of Roses), Maurie Fields (Skyways), Terry Gill (Bluey), Reg Gorman (Fergus McPhail), Matthew King (Dogstar), Julie Nihill (Blue Heelers), Maureen Edwards and Dennis Miller (A Country Practice) and Jason Donovan and Cliff Ellen (Neighbours). A large part of supporting and minor roles also featured cameo appearances by cast members of Prisoner such as Esme Melville (Beryl Hudson), Peter Curtin (Ian Mahoney), Ian Smith (Ted Douglas), Christine Amor (Jean Vernon), Fiona Spence (Vera Bennett), Edward Hepple (Sid Humphrey), Sigrid Thornton (Roslyn Coulson), Leila Hayes (Jeannie Baxter), Sandy Gore (Kay White), Mary Ward (Mum Brooks), Anne Phelan (Myra Desmond).
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Other appearances included guest roles in Crawford's adventure series Ryan (1973), and in the miniseries Power Without Glory (1976). Later television appearances include Cop Shop (1978), Sons and Daughters (1982), Special Squad (1984), The Flying Doctors (1986), Sugar and Spice (1988), Phoenix (1992), Round the Twist (1993), Wedlocked (1994), The Damnation of Harvey McHugh (1994), The Man from Snowy River (1994), Mercury (1996), Driven Crazy (1998), Eugenie Sandler P.I. (2000), SeaChange (2000), Stingers (2000), The Secret Life of Us (2001), miniseries Bootleg (2002), miniseries After the Deluge (2003), Real Stories (2006). She also made frequent appearances in televisions series Prisoner, Blue Heelers, and Neighbours. For the latter series she portrayed four different characters starting in 1986 with Mrs. York and most recently, in 2006, as the hard-of- hearing, Rose Belker. Her theatre roles include Serita in Waiting in the Wings, Mrs Grey in The Secretary Bird (1969) and Mrs. Bedwin in Oliver (1961–62, 1966–67). Melville also acted in several feature films including Alvin Purple Rides Again (1974), Dimboola (1979), I Can Jump Puddles (1981) (TV), Squizzy Taylor (1982), Annie's Coming Out (1984), Niel Lynne (1985), The Four Minute Mile (1988) (TV), Mull (1989), Spotswood (1992), Say a Little Prayer (1993), The Heartbreak Kid (1993), Dead End (1999), Siam Sunset (1999), A Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow (2000), Dalkeith (2001), Crackerjack (2002), Forbidden (2003), Romulus, My Father (2007).
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