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Fair Dinkum, also known as "Dink" for short, (performed by Patty Maloney and voiced by Hal Smith), is a koala who serves as ringmaster of the circus. As he is from Australia, he has the accent they have as well. There are a few things that Dink is afraid of - heights (so he's scared of flying) and drowning in the water being a few of them.
"Ocker" was recorded from 1916 as a nickname for anyone called Oscar. The 1920s Australian comic strip Ginger Meggs contained a character called Oscar ("Ocker") Stevens. The term "ocker" in its modern usage arose from a character of that name, played by Ron Frazer, who appeared in the satirical television comedy series The Mavis Bramston Show from 1965 to 1968. [7]
Australia's colonists were forced to improvise again, and become their own craftsmen. [n. 3] In time, buildings of timber slabs became a familiar feature of rural Australia. [6] Some were public and long-lasting structures: shops, [7] schools [8] and churches; even substantial homesteads were built of slabs. [n. 4] Others were no more than hovels.
Grim Crims & Convicts (Fair Dinkum Histories #2), illustrated by Peter Sheehan; The Lily and the Rose (Miss Lily series #2) Drought, illustrated by Bruce Whatley; Rotters and Squatters (Fair Dinkum Histories #3), illustrated by Peter Sheehan; Gold, Graves and Glory(Fair Dinkum Histories #4), illustrated by Peter Sheehan
Bunyip (1935), by Gerald Markham Lewis, from the National Library of Australia digital collections, demonstrates the variety in descriptions of the legendary creature.. The bunyip has been described as amphibious, almost entirely aquatic (there are no reports of the creature being sighted on land), [11] [a] inhabiting lakes, rivers, [12] swamps, lagoons, billabongs, [6] creeks, waterholes, [13 ...
A storage shed was constructed as part of this system, capable of storing 6000 to 7,500 long tons (7,600 t) of sugar. It later became known as "White's Shed". [1] Sheds were constructed on top of the main wharves to accommodate goods waiting for export or to be distributed around the town. One shed was built for each of the five berths.
Fair Dinkum Productions (seasons 4–5), (120-minute specials) Triage Entertainment (1996–98) (season 6) Love at First Sight: Syndication: 1992: Middle Ages: CBS: Stan Rogow Productions: Flying Blind: Fox: 1992–1993: Sweetum Productions and Viacom Productions: Bob: CBS: Steinkellners & Sutton: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Syndication: 1993 ...
Murtoa Stick Shed, formally known as the Number 1 Emergency Grain Store, is a large grain store in Murtoa, a town in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. It is located adjacent to the railway line in western Victoria’s vast wheatbelt. 560 upright poles, some 80-foot-long, went into building the cathedral-like structure.