The departed of 2019. Australia lost some celebrated characters in the past year. But alongside the revered, there were also the abhorred
from the station at The Rock, 100 kilometres north of Albury. All the way, people stood along the track and in paddocks and on the platforms of the little towns, waving Akubras and Australian flags.Peter Raewas another afforded similar status. The author and television commentator died in November. He had lived in Britain for years but still belonged to Australia.
Other commentators left us this year. Film critic Bill Collins was among them. As: “For more than five decades, as we gathered around our television sets to watch the Sunday night movie, Australian audiences were given a free masterclass in cinema by film historian Bill Collins. Bespectacled, with a gentle smile and a twinkle in his eye, we called him ‘Mr Movies’.”
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