Ernie dingos biography

Ernie Dingo AM (b. 1956), television presenter and actor, is a Yamatji man. Dingo was born at Bullardoo Station and spent his teenage years in Geraldton, Western Australia, excelling in long-distance running and basketball. After making his stage acting debut in Perth, in 1978 he joined the Middar Dance Theatre; the following year he went to Victoria, where he spent several years as an Aboriginal Culture Officer. His first leading role came in 1987 when he played Robert Tudawali in the SBS telemovie Tudawali, for which he received a nomination for best actor in the 1987 Australian Film Industry Awards. International recognition came to him with his small part in Crocodile Dundee II in 1988. Subsequently he appeared in The Cowra Breakout, The Fringe Dwellers, Fast Forward, Bran Nue Dae and Mr Electric. Juno Gemes photographed him on the set of the television production Heartland with his co-star Cate Blanchett, who had graduated from NIDA two years before. A presenter on the long-running television travel program The Great Outdoors from 1993, Dingo is now one of Australia’s most popular television identities and is a designated Living National Treasure.

Updated 2018

ErnieA.Dingo

Born 1950s.

Son of [father unknown] and Bessie Elizabeth Dingo

Brother of Murray James Dingo[half]

[children unknown]

Profile last modified | Created 25 Aug 2018

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Biography

Ernie Dingo is an actor and television presenter. An Aboriginal Australian, of the Yamatji people, he has promoted Indigenous Recognition and Equal Rights.

Ernie is honoured as an Australian National Living Treasure.^[1]

Ernie was the son of Bessie Dingo, and the grandson of Ulie Dingo who married Jimmy Dingo, at Oondamooroo. ^[2]

His father was Tom Pepper. He was brought up by his mother, and didn't know his father. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑Wikipedia: Ernie Dingo, accessed 25 Aug 2018.
2. ↑ ^2.02.1 "Ernie Dingo." Who Do you Think You Are? (Season 9, Episode 7). SBS One. 29 May 2018.

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