Ernie Dingo Ernie Dingo i(A16975 works by) (a.k.a. Ernest Ashly Dingo; Oondamoorroo)
Born: Established: 1956 Eneabba - Morawa - Mullewa area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Yamaji ; Aboriginal
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Ernie Dingo attributes his entertainment beginnings to being a talented basketball player who was selected for the Western Australia State team in the 1970s. His acting career had also began, after meeting Richard Walley, a fellow basketball player. During this period he joined The Middar Aboriginal Dance Theatre and began working as a stand-up comedian and then as an actor. He has also been a musician and songwriter and has appeared in a number of Australian films and in television soap operas. He is well known as a host on the TV program The Great Outdoors.

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form y separately published work icon Heartland Burned Bridge ( dir. Julian Pringle et. al. )agent Australia : Northway Productions ABC Television , 1994 Z1605422 1994 series - publisher film/TV crime

Set in a small coastal town against the turmoils of murder, mystery and romance, Heartland deals with the death of an Aboriginal girl and the doubts concerning the guilt of her boyfriend, who is arrested for her murder. Vincent Burunga, an Aboriginal police liaison officer working in the town, is an outsider to both the local Aboriginal people and the white justice system, and he finds himself constantly on the edge caught between two cultures trying to understand each other. It explores the developing relationship between Vincent and the newly arrived Elizabeth Ashton. Both are convinced of the young man's innocence but must endure hostility from both the white and black communities and get past the obstacles of their different backgrounds.

The narrative also follows the people from this seaside community and their battle to restructure their own way of life and their struggle to restore their belief in a positive future, despite the obstacles in their path.

1994 winner Human Rights Awards — Television Drama Award
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