Band of Brothers Deadly Vibe Issue 116, October 2006 Eight years after picking up their first Deadly, the Pigram Brothers were back to claim their second. They’re currently one of the biggest Indigenous bands around, and it wasn’t hard to see why when the Pigram Brothers opened the 2006 Deadlys with their hit song Moonlight. […]
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Ivan Sen’s debut feature Beneath Clouds was always going to be success. A directing graduate from the Australian Film, Television & Radio School in Sydney, the writer/director had been praised over the last few years for his growing body of visually stunning short films. His first, Tears, won Best Short at the 1998 St Kilda […]
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David Page Born in Brisbane, David is a descendant of the Munaldjali clan, part of the Bundjalung nation from southeast Queensland. David’s music career began as a singer at age 13 when he recorded two singles for WEA and sang on television. In 1991 he joined Bangarra Dance Theatre as resident composer and performer, working […]
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Deadly Vibe Issue 93 November 2004 A family affair The Donovans have been playing together for longer than they can remember. Ask them when their fist gig was, and you’ll prompt some communal head-scratching. But they do remember what their first gig was like, as Michael can tell you. “It was a Fire Brigade ball […]
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Born in 1929 on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Seaman Dan spent years on the water as a pearl diver and later, sea captain. The multicultural atmosphere of the pearling industry exposed him to a range of musical influences that he has incorporated into his music. Seaman’s musical career came to fruition in 1999 […]
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Deadly Vibe Issue 99 May 2005 Growing Pains From child star to award-winning composer – David Page comes of age. While most of us were still playing happily running around the backyard, David Page was performing on television and recording top ten singles. An all-singing, all-dancing child star, little Davey Page was Australia’s answer to […]
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Top of the World She’s a two-time word champion and one of the world’s elite touch football players. Deadly Vibe catches up with the Bo de la Cruz to talk football, life and respect. In sport, four years can be an eternity, and many sporting careers have sparked and then fizzled out in much less. […]
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Deadly Vibe Issue 88 June, 2004 Sharon Finnan has had a long and successful career in netball. Playing first for her state and then her country, she was part of the Australian under-21 team that won the World Cup. She was then selected for the Australian team that won the World Championships in both 1991 […]
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Deadly Vibe Issue 113 July 2006 Return of the Peach David Peachey is back in the NRL and doing what he does best. Rugby league fans were saddened at the end of last season when mercurial full back David Peachey announced his retirement from the NRL. For eleven seasons, “Peach”, as he is affectionately known, […]
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Deadly Vibe Issue 91 September 2004 A wing and a prayer The sight of Wendell Sailor stampeding full-speed towards you is something that would have most of us diving for cover. Standing 191 centimetres tall and weighing in at 106 kilos, it would be a brave man who dared to take him on. This 30-year-old […]
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Deadly Vibe Issue 93 November 2004 The world’s his stage Throughout David Gulpilil’s one-man show which has been playing around the nation this year, he makes much of the trophies he’s won during his long and distinguished acting career. Now David can add another trophy to his collection – a big, pointy Deadly award and […]
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The Play’s the Thing! Wayne Blair takes on Shakespeare’s toughest role. Othello is a black man succeeding in a white world that ultimately turns against him. For Wayne Blair, the beauty of being an actor is the opportunity it provides him to become someone else for a while – the freedom to slip out of […]
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Deadly Vibe Issue 113 July 2006 Basic Instinct The challenge of the theatre is what keeps this talented young thespian coming back to the stage. Deadly Vibe chats with rising star Luke Carroll. Famed American actress Rosalind Russell once said: “Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly”. It’s a tough profession, the […]
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Deadly Vibe Issue 107 January 2006 Journeyman Australia’s most prolific traveller talks holidays, men with guns, and family. With the beautiful Australian summer kicking into high gear, it’s that time of year when many us take a well-earned break from work or study, pack our bags and head for our favourite holiday spot. And what […]
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Frances Rings was born in Adelaide and is a descendant of the Kokatha Tribe. After taking dance as an elective at high school, she decided to pursue it as a career and so enrolled at NAISDA Dance College. While studying, she also toured with the Aboriginal and Islander Dance Theatre and performed with Bangarra Dance […]
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Established in 1986, the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services’ Council Inc (KAMSCI) is a health resource body for a group of independent Aboriginal community-controlled health services (ACCHSs) in the remote Kimberley region of WA. During its 16 years of operation, KAMSCI has played a major role in the development of medicine policy, resulting in a greatly […]
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