AustLit

Terry Watt is the author of the 'Kangaroo Creek Gang' (KCG), created in 1981 through a set of reading books featuring a group of Australian bush animals, rather than the traditional foreign animal characters that had previously dominated the marketplace. Over 40 titles have been published with some one million copies sold around Australia. Later, with the development of a comic strip, the Gang became part of the children's pages in News Limited's Sunday papers in most states of Australia. Many papers ran their own clubs allowing members to send in letters and jokes as well as enter weekly competitions.

From 1987 - 1993 the Gang were featured in a series of Multi Media Packages distributed to 8000 primary schools throughout Australia. Covering topics such as bicycle safety, self esteem, and the environment, these packages became part of the school curriculum.

In 1998 the 'Kangaroo Creek Gang' assumed new management and developed an animated cartoon series. In a joint venture with Australia's largest television producer - Southern Star, the characters were redesigned giving them a more contemporary look. The series first went to air in April 2002 throughout Australia on the NINE Networks and was sold to eight other countries. The Kangaroo Creek Gang has its own website.