Ted Egan

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  • 1979 A Drop of Rough Ted ISBN   0-9595744-0-9
  • 1984 The Overlanders Songbook ISBN   0-909104-74-3
  • 1987 The Aboriginals Songbook -Faces of Australia Series ASIN B000N7AKU0
  • 1989 Shearers Songbook ISBN   0-909104-75-1
  • 1991 Would I Lie to You? The Goanna Driver and Other Very True Stories ISBN   0-670-90460-0
  • 1993 The Paperboys War Ted Egan An Autobiography ISBN   1-875703-08-X
  • 1996 Justice All Their Own ISBN   0522846939
  • 1997 Sitdown Up North Ted Egan An Autobiography ISBN   1-875703-23-3
  • 1997 The Drover's Boy ISBN   0-85091-840-5
  • 2003 The Land Downunder ISBN   0-9545726-0-2
  • 2008 Due Inheritance ISBN   0-7295-0040-3
  • 2011 Kutju Australia: An Australian Translation of Advance Australia Fair ISBN   9780980861921
  • 2014 The ANZACS 100 Years On: in Story and Song ISBN   9780987381156
  • 2019 Outback Songman: My Life ISBN   9781760871437

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    Administrator of the Northern Territory

    Egan was appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory by Governor-General Michael Jeffery effective 31 October 2003. [6] He was sworn in on 18 November. [7]

    On 14 September 2005, he was awarded a one-year extension to his term of office by Jim Lloyd, the Federal Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads. [8] This was further extended for another year to serve until 30 October 2007. [9]

    Television

    Egan has presented and narrated 6 episodes of the 1989 series This Land Australia, a series devoted to iconic Australian people and places. He also wrote and performed the show's theme song of the same name. [10] He has been a co-host of the lifestyle show The Great Outdoors . [11]

    Honours

    Egan was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1993 Australia Day Honours List for services to the Aboriginal people, and for "an ongoing contribution to the literary heritage of Australia through song and verse". [12]

    In 2004, Egan was promoted to an Officer of the Order (AO) as acknowledgement of "the significance of [his] continuing contribution to the community culminating in his being sworn-in as the 18th Administrator of the Northern Territory". [13]

    Egan is listed among the "Australia's National Living Treasures" by the National Trust of Australia. [14]

    Ted was the recipient of the National Folk Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award in April 2015 at NFF's Opening Ceremony in Canberra. Egan performed four songs at the event, including one about pioneering women in Australia.

    ARIA Music Awards

    The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.

    The Honourable
    Ted Egan
    AO
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    At the Woodford Folk Festival 2010–11
    18th Administrator of the Northern Territory
    In office
    31 October 2003 –30 October 2007
    YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
    1990 This Land Australia Best Country Album Nominated [15]

    Australian Roll of Renown

    The Australian Roll of Renown honours Australian and New Zealander musicians who have shaped the music industry by making a significant and lasting contribution to Country Music. It was inaugurated in 1976 and the inductee is announced at the Country Music Awards of Australia in Tamworth in January. [16]

    YearNominee / workAwardResult
    1995Ted EganAustralian Roll of Renowninductee

    Country Music Awards of Australia

    The Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973. [17]

    YearNominee / workAwardResult
    2000"The Drover's Boy"Video Clip of the YearWon
    2014Ted EganLifetime Achievement Awardawarded

    Tamworth Songwriters Awards

    The Tamworth Songwriters Association (TSA) is an annual songwriting contest for original country songs, awarded in January at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. They commenced in 1986. [18] [19]

    YearNominee / workAwardResult (wins only)
    1991Ted EganSongmaker Awardawarded
    2011"Queensland Opera" by Ted EganComedy/Novelty Song of the YearWon
    "The Laughing Game" by Ted EganChildren's Song of the YearWon

    References

    1. ↑ Schubert, Steven (8 May 2012). "Six weeks stranded with nothing but bush turkeys for dinner". ABC Rural. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
    2. ↑ "I have been writing and recording songs, filming and writing about the Australian people". Ted Egan. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
    3. ↑ Singley, Blake (10 August 2016). "Song for the Gurindji". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
    4. ↑ "The Aboriginals songbook / compiled by Ted Egan ; foreword by Lowitja (Lois) O'Donoghue [catalogue entry]". National Library of Australia . Retrieved 4 January 2022.
    5. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 101. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
    6. ↑ Barker, Anne (1 October 2003). "Ted Egan appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory". PM . Radio National. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017.
    7. ↑ Churchman, Fiona (18 November 2003). "Singer, author, bush legend and now ... Administrator Ted Egan". ABC Local Radio. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.
    8. ↑ Reappiontment Of Northern Territory Administrator, 2005
    9. ↑ Reappointment Of Northern Territory Administrator, 2006
    10. ↑ "This Land Australia series 1 (1989) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
    11. ↑ Ted Egan - I have been writing and recording songs, filming and writing about the Australian people
    12. ↑ EGAN, Edward Joseph, It's an Honour (Australian Government), 26 January 1993.
    13. ↑ EGAN, Edward Joseph, It's an Honour (Australian Government), 25 February 2004.
    14. ↑ National Trust Living Treasures, National Trust of Australia.
    15. ↑ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards Best Country Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
    16. ↑ "Roll of Renown". Tamworth Country Music Festival. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
    17. ↑ "Past Award Winners" . Retrieved 2 November 2020.
    18. ↑ "Tamworth Songwriters Association". Tamworth Songwriters Association Online. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
    19. ↑ "Tamworth Songwriters Association Past Winners". Tamworth Songwriters Association Online. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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