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TED
EGAN was the presenter of the highly acclaimed TV
series This Land Australia, and later
The Great Outdoors.
He won the 1989 Northern Territory History Award.
He has a Master of Arts Degree (History). His
earlier Bachelor of Arts Degree was achieved the
hard way - studying in the bush. He is the
Co-Author (with Peter Forrest) of the six part
historical series on audio cassette, The Territory
Story.
He is an inaugural Life Member of the Australian Stockman's Hall
of Fame, the Country Music Association of Australia, The Workers
Heritage Centre Barcaldine, The Waltzing Matilda Museum at Winton
and The Drover's Camp, Camooweal. He is the Patron of The Drover's
Camp. He is National Patron of VISE - Volunteers for Isolated Students
Education.
Ted Egan is engaged in the long-term project of
personally writing and producing a series of 10
musical albums (with companion books) titled
THE FACES OF AUSTRALIA. To date 5 titles,
The Overlanders, The Anzacs, The Shearers, The
Aboriginals and The Convicts are completed. The
series will incorporate over 100 new songs he will
write in order to cover the topics
comprehensively.
He is the author of the books A Drop of Rough Ted,
Would I lie to You?, The Paperboy's War, Sitdown Up
North, Justice All Their Own, and is Co-Author of
two books (with Robert Ingpen, Bob Marchant
and Nerys Evans) each titled the The Drover's
Boy.
TED EGAN is featured in the Hands of Fame and the
Roll of Renown at the Tamworth Australian Country
Music Centre, and was the inaugural recipient of
the Australian Folk Trust Award for Major
Contribution to the Australian Tradition.
With his partner Nerys Evans, Ted Egan has been
working since 1990 on a full-length big-budget
feature film, The Drovers Boy, based on his
award-winning song. He is a Director of Yirandi
Productions Limited, which will produce the film
for world distribution.
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