| Ernie Dingo | |
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 Ernie Dingo presents The Great Outdoors |
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| Born | July 31, 1956 Western Australia |
| Occupation | Actor, Television personality, comedian |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Dingo (1989-present) |
Ernie Dingo AM (born 31 July 1956)[1] is an indigenous Australian actor, television presenter and comedian. For the 1988 film see The Great Outdoors (1988 film. "The Great Outdoors" is also a British hillwalking magazine Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Originating from the Yamatji tribe in the Maheleny region of Western Australia, he has become a household name and well-known unofficial ambassador of the Aboriginal people throughout Australia. Yamatji is the name of an important Aboriginal people of the Murchison, Gascoyne and Pilbara regions of the North West of Western Australia and comes from Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent.
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Background
Born Ernest Ashly Dingo on 31 July 1956, at Bullardoo Station, a cattle station in the region, he was the second child of nine. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cattle station is an Australian term for a large farm ( station, the equivalent of Ranch) usually in the Outback, whose main activity is the raising [2] He grew up in Mullewa with his family. Mullewa is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, north of Perth and east northeast of Geraldton. [2] He went to Mullewa Primary School and then Geraldton High School.
He came to acting after moving to Perth and meeting Richard Walley, with whom he played basketball in a local team. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Dr Richard Walley OAM (born 1953) is a Nyoongar man one of Australia's leading Aboriginal performers, Musicians and Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Ernie went on to play state league first division for the East Perth Eagles.
Career
He has been the host of the popular holiday destination program The Great Outdoors since 1993. For the 1988 film see The Great Outdoors (1988 film. "The Great Outdoors" is also a British hillwalking magazine Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) He has also appeared in many Australian television series such as The Flying Doctors, Heartbreak High and Rafferty's Rules. The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Heartbreak High was an Australian Television series dealing with the students of Hartley High a tough high school in a multi-racial area of Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. 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 ("Heartland" is known as "Burned Bridges" in the United States). During World War II, a Prisoner of war (POW camp near the town of Cowra in New South Wales, Australia was the site of one of The Australian Film Institute (AFI established in 1958 is an organisation that promotes Australian film and television through the annual AFI Awards, a membership Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett (born 14 May 1969 is an Academy Award -winning Australian Actress and Stage director. Heartland was an Australian Television Drama series that ran on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1994
Ernie Dingo narrated the Indigenous segment of the 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony in Sydney, New South Wales. "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Dingo had a supporting role in the 1991 Wim Wenders film Until the End of the World, following a cameo appearance in Crocodile Dundee II (1988). Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Ernst Wilhelm ("Wim" Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German Film director, Playwright, Author, Until the End of the World ( Bis ans Ende der Welt) is a 1991 Film by the German film director Wim Wenders; the Screenplay Crocodile Dundee II is a 1988 Australian adventure and Comedy film. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) In May 2007 Ernie Dingo appeared as one of the celebrity performers on the celebrity reality singing competition It Takes Two. It Takes Two is the Australian version of UK series Just the Two of Us, currently in its third season
Personal life
Ernie Dingo married Sally Butler, then a sales representative for 2Day FM, in 1989. [3] The couple has a daughter, Wilera, and are also raising a grandson, named Jurra. [3] Dingo has two daughters from former relationships, Jurra's mother, Carllena, and a daughter, Zoe, whom he met for the first time in 2004. [3] Sally Dingo has authored two books about her husband and family, 1997's Ernie Dingo: King of the Kids and Dingo, The Story of our Mob in 2000. They live in the small town of Warrandyte 30 kilometres North East of Melbourne. Warrandyte is an outlying semi-rural suburb in Melbourne, Victoria Australia, 27km east-north-east of the Melbourne central business district. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3
Ernie Dingo was created a Member of the Order of Australia in 1990, in recognition of his service to the performing arts. Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition [4]
Dingo is a prominent supporter of Australian rules football, and in particular the Australian Football League's West Coast Eagles. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. He was on the selection committee for the Indigenous Team of the Century. The Australian rules football Indigenous Team of the Century was selected to recognise the role of Indigenous Australians in the sport
References
- ^ Ernie Dingo (1956 - ). Film Reference. com.
- ^ a b Dingo's brother dies in car crash. thewest. com. au.
- ^ a b c Huntington, Patty and Rachel Brown. "Dingo's secret daughter'. Sydney Morning Herald. 12 September 2004.
- ^ It's an Honour - Member of the Order of Australia
Bibliography
- Dingo, Sally. Dingo, The Story of our Mob. Random House Australia, 1997. ISBN 0091836344.
- Dingo, Sally. Ernie Dingo: King of the Kids. Random House Australia, 2000. ISBN 1740517105.
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Dingo, Ernie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor, Television personality, comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956-7-31 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Western Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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