Norman McVicker Norman McVicker i(A18858 works by) (a.k.a. Norman John McVicker)
Born: Established: 19 Jan 1920 Tempe, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 21 May 2012 Mudgee, Mudgee area, Gulgong - Mudgee - Rylstone area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Norman McVicker founded St Peter's Community Players in 1947. In the mid-1950s, the Players became Pocket Playhouse. The Playhouse was regularly visited by Miles Franklin (q.v.) who read her one-acts plays 'in a bid to coax McVicker into producing them'.

McVicker wrote a number of full-length plays, wrote scripts for Radio 2GB's Dr Mac series, and produced 'several 26-episode radio serials'.

McVicker served with the army during World War II and then worked as an auditor with QANTAS for three decades. He later moved to Mudgee and took up viticulture and herb-growing. It was during this time that McVicker wrote a regular column, 'Tales from along the Wallaby Track', for the Mudgee Guardian. He also 'led a crusade to save and restore' the Eurunderee School attended by Henry Lawson (q.v.).

Source: Esther Han, 'Theatre Lover Had a Way with Words', Sydney Morning Herald (1-2 September 2012): 20.

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Personal Awards

2003 Order of Australia Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) For service to the performing arts, particularly theatre, and to the community of Mudgee
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