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Anne Brooksbank Anne Brooksbank i(A19709 works by) (a.k.a. Anne Mary Brooksbank)
Born: Established: 1943 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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1 4 y separately published work icon Bob Ellis : In His Own Words Bob Ellis , Anne Brooksbank , Carlton : Black Inc. , 2016 9697707 2016 anthology essay review diary

'Bob Ellis: In His Own Words is a selection of the best of Ellis's much-loved and celebrated essays, speeches, diaries and reviews, in addition to previously unpublished work, archival photos, and reflections from close friends and family. Compiled in collaboration with Ellis's widow, Anne Brooksbank, this collection contains all the wit, acuity and outspokenness that we came to expect from this inimitable wordsmith'. (Publication blurb)

1 Bob Ellis and Anne Brooksbank Bob Ellis , Anne Brooksbank , 2016 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Signed, Sealed, Delivered : From Women of Letters 2016; (p. 119-125)

'Dear Annie,

'This is too hard. I've written sonnets and songs and speeches to you, but this is too hard. In forty-four years I've not thought of this letter to you, the sort you write before the euthanasia drug kicks in, and it's too hard. On my mind are the ghosts of the children miscarried and the faces of those that survived. We should have started sooner, but then we would never have had the ones we know, just others with their names. But more, but more, for sure. The six or eight we thought of. How incorrect we were. A bigger Christmas dinner. More daughter dramas. More music round the table.'   (Introduction)

1 y separately published work icon All My Love Anne Brooksbank , 2015 8737056 2015 single work drama historical fiction

'Their lives could have been written so differently: the story of Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore’s lost love makes its world premiere at The Joan in July 2015.

'Still revered across Australia, Henry Lawson is one of the nation’s favourite writers and poets. His contemporary, Mary Gilmore, was a literary icon and radical socialist. Both had enormous influence over each other. Both were heroes of literature. Both were later the face of Australia’s currency.

'Both were secretly betrothed to each other.

'At the end of the 19th Century, Mary Gilmore was introduced to the young Henry Lawson. As their friendship developed, Mary found herself caught in the midst of an intense relationship between Henry and his formidable mother, the suffragette Louise Lawson.

'What followed was the beginning of a love affair, soon thwarted by a devastating deception.

'After researching Mary Gilmore’s memoirs, writer Anne Brooksbank first uncovered the tale of loving promises between two of Australia’s most famous writers. Taken from excerpts from the couple’s surviving letters, this is the first time Henry and Mary’s forbidden relationship has been brought to the professional stage.'

Source: Blurb from the Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts.

1 2 y separately published work icon Big Thursday Anne Brooksbank , Melbourne : Puffin , 2013 6041449 2013 single work novel young adult

'A moving family drama about change and loss, and having the courage and strength to surf the big breaks. By the acclaimed author of Father's Day and Mother's Day.

'His dad had often spoken of these rare and special days: the days when some change far out in the sea brought great waves rearing up and crashing in a tumult of white water against the land. The last one was called Big Monday.

'Nat loves the surf – a love he shares with his dad, a former surfing champion. But his dad's business has collapsed, meaning that his family will lose the house near the lake and surf beach. Nat finds that life is unpredictable and, like the waves, you have to ride what comes as best you can.

'Will Nat be able to hold his family together? He doesn't have much time. Will another huge surf on Big Thursday make or break him?' (Publisher's blurb)

1 3 y separately published work icon Father's Day Anne Brooksbank , Camberwell : Puffin , 2011 Z1799428 2011 single work children's fiction children's Sam is in his first year of high school and has been saving his paper-round money for months to buy the one thing he yearns for - a boat. Suddenly his bank balance is doubled by an unknown person. But who is it? As Sam investigates he watches in dismay as his family life is turned upside down; and he is forced to make a decision that will change everything (Libraries Australia).
1 2 y separately published work icon Sir Katherine Anne Brooksbank , Camberwell : Penguin , 2007 Z1446456 2007 single work children's fiction children's After Katherine's parents both die of the plague, she is raised as a boy for her own protection. Her skill with a sword draws her into a dangerous quest and gains the attention of the legendary King Arthur.
1 6 y separately published work icon Mother's Day Anne Brooksbank , Camberwell : Puffin , 2005 Z1206686 2005 single work novel young adult

Each child in Mrs. Madoff's class knows just how to celebrate Mother's Day. Jessica and her mom go hiking together. Sam helps pick out a new kitchen table. Sarah and her dad take Grandma to her favorite restaurant. And when a surprise visitor comes to class, the kids learn how to make a handmade gift that's straight from the heart. Here's a loving tribute to all the mothers, grandmothers, and mothers-to-be everywhere, perfect for sharing any day of the year. (Publication summary)

1 form y separately published work icon A Person of Interest Anne Brooksbank , ( dir. Ken Cameron ) Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2000 Z1916577 2000 single work film/TV crime

'When Jane Halifax is asked to provide a psychiatric assessment of laconic ex-cop Laurie Downes for a bail hearing in connection with a manslaughter change against him, Jane finds her professionalism tested to the utmost with the lives of the innocent people depending on her judgement and skills. As Jane becomes more involved with Laurie, he eventually reveals to her the secret obsession that has been behind his vigilante behaviour.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 8/2/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon Marriage Acts Anne Brooksbank , ( dir. Robert Marchand ) Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation Beyond Reilly Pty Ltd , 2000 Z1888789 2000 single work film/TV crime

'MARRIAGE ACTS is the story of David McKinnon, a family court judge, and the impact his decisions have on people in court as well as on his personal life.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 19/9/2012)

1 3 y separately published work icon Marriage Acts Anne Brooksbank , Ringwood : Penguin , 2000 Z520068 2000 single work novel
1 form y separately published work icon High Flyers Mark Shirrefs , Anne Brooksbank , Chris Phillips , David Ogilvy , ( dir. Kevin James Dobson et. al. )agent Australia : Southern Star Entertainment , 1999 7448735 1999 series - publisher film/TV children's

'High Flyers traces the lives of a group of ordinary kids, sharing their disappointments and triumphs as they discover their collective talents in an extraordinary children's circus. When Luke and Phoebe move to the country, first impressions of their new home aren't encouraging. New school, no friends, in the middle of nowhere — who needs it? But when they discover it has its own circus for kids, the dramas, adventures, relationships and backflips unfold.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 6/6/2014)

1 form y separately published work icon Children's Hospital Anne Brooksbank , Bill Searle , Mary Morris , Terry Larsen , ( dir. Paul Faint et. al. )agent Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1997-1998 Z1888781 1997-1998 series - publisher film/TV

'The workings of an inner city children's hospital focusing on the doctors and nurses.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 19/9/2012)

1 form y separately published work icon Wildside Ben Gannon , Michael Jenkins , David Phillips , Michael Miller , Peter Schreck , Tim Pye , Kristen Dunphy , Shelley Birse , Chris Hawkshaw , Matt Ford , Kris Wyld , Justin Monjo , Terry Larsen , Ellie Beaumont , Katherine Thomson , Anne Brooksbank , Keith Thompson , Peter A. Kinloch , Debra Oswald , Ken Cameron , Rick Held , Sally Webb , Bob Ellis , Deborah Masters , Jason Camenzuli , ( dir. Peter Andrikidis et. al. )agent 1997 Sydney : Gannon Jenkins Television ABC Television , 1997-1999 Z1367384 1997 series - publisher film/TV crime detective

An adult drama set in an inner-city crisis centre and police station, Wildside focuses on a group of people who deal with the endless array of problems, crimes, and triumphs that tumble onto the streets of a city bursting with life. In addition to the police, other characters include those who work in a crisis centre in the tough red-light district of the city.

1 4 form y separately published work icon Water Rats Anne Brooksbank , Peter Gawler , Denise Morgan , Sue Hore , Michael Miller , David Worthington , Michaeley O'Brien , Philip Dalkin , Peter Neale , David Phillips , Serge Lazareff , Ted Roberts , Kristen Dunphy , Deborah Parsons , Ray Harding , Tony Morphett , David Allen , Russell Hagg , Margaret Wilson , Ellie Beaumont , Chris Hawkshaw , Christine McCourt , Andrew Kelly , Grant McAloon , Elizabeth Packett , Bill Searle , Tim Pye , Adam Todd , Alexa Wyatt , John Banas , Graeme Koetsveld , Grant Fraser , Louise Crane , Tim Gooding , John O'Brien , Sam De Brito , Vicki Madden , Amanda Higgs , James Cohen , Rhett Gable , Brian Campbell , Margaret Morgan , John Hugginson , Tony Morphett , ( dir. Tim Burstall et. al. )agent 1996 Australia : Nine Network Hal McElroy Southern Star , 1996-2001 Z1725223 1996 series - publisher film/TV crime

Water Rats is an Australian police television series which was broadcast on the Nine Network between 1996 and 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney Harbour.

1 form y separately published work icon Flipper The New Adventures of Flipper Shane Brennan , Sam Carroll , Elizabeth Coleman , Max Dann , Everett de Roche , Annie Fox , Graham Hartley , Peter A. Kinloch , Jason Herbison , Christopher Lee , Susan MacGillicuddy , Greg Millin , Deborah Parsons , Anne Brooksbank , Sue Hore , Yuki Asano , Philip Dalkin , ( dir. Donald Crombie et. al. )agent Australia United States of America (USA) : Tribune Entertainment Village Roadshow Samuel Goldwyn Company , 1995-2000 Z1881834 1995-2000 series - publisher film/TV children's

An American/Australian co-production, this series was a revival of the original 1964 - 1967 series Flipper.

The show's production is sharply divided between seasons one and two on one side and seasons three and four on the other.

Seasons one and two aired in first-run syndication in the US, as American television networks turned away from funding comparatively expensive one-hour dramas in the late 1980s and 1990s. These two seasons were made in Australia and took advantage of local directors and other crew, but, notably, the script-writers were exclusively American (as far as they have been traced).

For seasons three and four, Flipper left first-run syndication and aired in the US on the new network PAX TV (now Ion Television). These two seasons were also made in Australia and directed by Australians, but for the first time, they also used Australian script-writers: of the writers who have been traced for seasons three and four, all of the season three writers and the majority of the season four writers are Australian.

For full information on the script-writers, see the list of episodes on the film details page of this record.

1 form y separately published work icon Back of Beyond Anne Brooksbank , Paul Leadon , ( dir. Michael Robertson ) Australia : Back of Beyond Films John Sexton Productions Peter Szabo and Associates Tourist Films , 1995 6107333 1995 single work film/TV crime thriller

'Tom McGregor returns home determined to atone for his role in the fatal motorcycle accident that claimed the life of his younger sister. Tom's mission is to overcome his personal demons by bringing the family's abandoned service station back to life. However, Tom's plans get sidetracked by an unexpected parade of passing travellers.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 2/7/2013)

1 6 form y separately published work icon Blue Heelers Tony Morphett , Hal McElroy , Seven Network (publisher), Tony Morphett , Ysabelle Dean , Howard Griffiths , Ted Roberts , Greg Haddrick , Graeme Koetsveld , Anne Brooksbank , John Upton , Peter A. Kinloch , Tim Gooding , Ray Harding , Everett de Roche , Judith Colquhoun , Patrick Edgeworth , Justin Glockerla , Stephen Measday , Sue Hore , Alan Hopgood , John Lord , Rachel Lewis , John Coulter , Hugh Stuckey , Peter Gawler , David Allen , Cassandra Carter , Michaeley O'Brien , Fred Clarke , Margaret Plumb , John Wood , Leon Saunders , Wal Saunders , Russell Hagg , Ruth Field , Shane Brennan , Max Singer , Michael Winter , David Phillips , John Banas , Jennifer Rowe , David William Boutland , Annie Beach , David Worthington , Peter Dick , Robert Harris , Louise Crane , Chris Phillips , David Marsh , Jenny Lewis , Rick Held , Kathie Armstrong , Emma Honey , Bill Garner , Beverley Evans , Anthony Ellis , Mary McCormick , David Anthony , Carol Williams , Matthew Williams , Paul Davies , Craig Wilkins , Roger Dunn , Mary Graham , Harry Jordan , Geraldine Pilkington , Caroline Stanton , Grace Morris , Piers Hobson , Lyn Ogilvy , Deborah Parsons , Bob Cameron , Brian Bell , Kelly Lefever , Karin Altmann , Coral Drouyn , Jon Stephens , Marieke Hardy , Michael Brindley , Harriet Smith , Jo Merle , Chris Corbett , Tom Hegarty , Abe Pogos , Petra Graf , Anne Melville , Julie O'Brien , Peter Hepworth , Rob George , Jane Allen , Noel Maloney , Michael Voigt , Maureen Sherlock , Alison Nisselle , Elizabeth Coleman , John Ridley , Stuart Page , Jeff Truman , Rohan Trollope , Vicki Madden , Forrest Redlich , Jo Kasch , James Dunbar , Kylie Needham , Samantha Winston , ( dir. Mark Callan et. al. )agent 1994 Sydney Australia : Hal McElroy Southern Star Seven Network , 1994-2006 Z1367353 1994 series - publisher film/TV crime

A character-based television drama series about the lives of police officers in the fictitious Australian country town of Mt Thomas, this series began with the arrival of Constable Maggie Doyle (Lisa McCune) to the Mt Thomas station in the episode 'A Woman's Place'. Doyle and avuncular station boss Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon (John Wood) were the core characters of the series until the departure of Lisa McCune.

Immensely popular for a decade, Blue Heelers was cancelled in 2006 after thirteen seasons. The announcement was front-page news in Australia's major newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney's Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun and The Age in Melbourne, and Brisbane's Courier Mail.

On June 8, 2006 Ross Warneke wrote in The Age:

'It's over and, to be perfectly blunt, there's no use lamenting the demise of Blue Heelers any more. When the final movie-length episode aired on Channel Seven on Sunday night, 1.5 million Australians tuned in, a figure that was big enough to give the show a win in its timeslot but nowhere near big enough to pay the sort of tribute that this writer believes Heelers deserved after more than 500 episodes.It is unlikely there will be anything like it again. At almost $500,000 an hour, shows such as Blue Heelers are quickly becoming the dinosaurs of Australian TV.'

1 form y separately published work icon Lift Off Chris Anastassiades , Josephine Barcelon , Garth Boomer , Ray Boseley , Shane Brennan , Anne Brooksbank , Tony Cavanaugh , Cameron Clarke , Elizabeth Coleman , Bruce Currie , Terry Denton , Roger Dunn , Bob Ellis , Sue Giles , Barbara Gliddon , Jutta Goetze , Robert Greenberg , Mac Gudgeon , Glenda Hambly , Mandy Hampson , Jennifer Hill , Sue Hore , Graham Hartley , John Hepworth , P. J. Hogan , Sally Irwin , Paul Jennings , Anthony Lucas , Neil Luxmoore , Christine Madafferi , Rick Maier , Maureen McCarthy , Narelle McRobbie , Stephen Measday , John Misto , Jocelyn Moorhouse , Paul Nichola , Jeff Peck , Rod Quantock , Ian Pidd , Penny Robenstone Harris , Pamela Rushby , Jan Sardi , Leon Saunders , Moya Sayer-Jones , Steve J. Spears , Peter Viska , Judy Zavos , Jo Wilkie , Julian Wigley , Tony Watts , Mark Trounce , Jeremy Parker , Ross Noble , Anne Joliffe , John Harding , Maurice Giacomini , Sue Edgar , Mark A. Eady , Nancy Black , ( dir. Mario Andreacchio et. al. )agent Melbourne : Australian Children's Television Foundation , 1992-1996 Z1855640 1992-1996 series - publisher film/TV children's fantasy science fiction

A mixture of live-action, puppetry, animation, and documentary, Lift Off centred on a group of children who lived in the same neighbourhood and whose imaginations made their environment a world of fun and excitement. However, the program also explored issues such as pain, loneliness, jealousy, and anger. The program was aimed at three-year-old to eight-year-old viewers (as defined by Harvard University developmental psychologist Howard Gardner), and was linked to school curricula through the Curriculum Corporation of Australia.

1 All My Love... (from All My Love) Anne Brooksbank , 1991 extract
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 February 1991; (p. rev 1-2)
1 8 y separately published work icon All My Love Anne Brooksbank , Port Melbourne : Heinemann , 1991 Z363200 1991 single work novel historical fiction 'When Mary Gilmore first arrived in Sydney in 1890, at the age of twenty-four, Henry Lawson was sent by his formidable mother, Louisa, to call on Mary. Thus began one of Australia's greatest, and largely untold, love stories. Mary and Henry seemed destined to marry until a cruel act of deception kept them apart.

'All My Love is closely based on Mary Gilmore's own account of this remarkable relationship. It also draws on Lawson's autobiographical writing. This wonderful play tells the surprising and heartbreaking story of two of Australia's most significant writers in a compelling, tender and dramatic way.' (Publication summary)
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