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Nationality
  
Australian

Name
  
Tim Bowden

Role
  
Author

Period
  
1970s–1990s

Genre
  
History


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Born
  
2 August 1937 (age 87) Hobart, Tasmania (
1937-08-02
)

Occupation
  
Author, radio and television broadcaster and producer,oral historian

Notable works
  
BackchatThis Day TonightPrisoners of War - Australians Under NipponTaim Bilong Masta - The Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea

Books
  
One Crowded Hour Nei, The silence calling, The way my father tells it, Spooling through, ANTARCTICA AND BACK IN SIXTY

Alma mater
  

Antarctic Adventures with Tim Bowden


Timothy Gibson "Tim" Bowden AM (born 2 August 1937), is an Australian author, radio and television broadcaster and producer, and oral historian. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and studied at the University of Tasmania, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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Bowden's work has included hosting the Australian Broadcasting Corporation program Backchat (1986–1994), producing This Day Tonight during the 1970s, and founding the ABC's Social History Unit. His other productions include Prisoners of War – Australians Under Nippon and the 24-part series Taim Bilong Masta – The Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea.

During the 1990s he produced several notable documentaries on Australian research in the Antarctic.

Antarctic adventures with Tim Jarvis


Books

  • Changi Photographer
  • One Crowded Hour
  • Neil Davis, Combat Cameraman
  • The Backchat Book
  • The Way My Father Tells It – The Story of An Australian Life
  • Antarctica And Back In Sixty Days
  • The Silence Calling – Australians in Antarctica 1947–97
  • Penelope Goes West – On the Road from Sydney to Margaret River and Back
  • Penelope Bungles to Broome
  • Spooling Through – An Irreverent Memoir
  • This Can’t Happen to Me! – Tackling Type 2 Diabetes
  • No Tern Unstoned – Musings At Breakfast
  • The Devil in Tim – Travels in Tasmania
  • Aunty’s Jubilee! – Celebrating 50 years of ABC-TV
  • Down Under in the Top End – Penelope Heads North
  • Awards

  • Member of the Order of Australia, 1994
  • Centenary Medal, 2001
  • Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Tasmania, 1997
  • References

    Tim Bowden Wikipedia


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