Rick Searle Rick Searle i(A45500 works by) (a.k.a. Richard James Searle)
Born: Established: 1943 ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Rick Searle started writing full time in 1976, mostly for the screen. He began his professional life as a teacher, writing radio scripts part time for the ABC. He then became a staff writer at the Queensland Education Department's Film Centre in Brisbane, writing scripts for a wide range of educational productions. Searle also worked as a university lecturer and radio presenter. His feature film credits include Farm Behind the Beach (1986). He also wrote television programs, including Butterfly Island, a children's television mini-series (1986); Tigers and Snakes (1986); and Quinkan Country (1987). Butterfly Island was internationally successful, enabling Searle to leave the Education Department. He continues to write, produce, and direct award-winning films, videos, and multi-media for both adult and young audiences.

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y separately published work icon Charles Ulm Charles Ulm : The Untold Story of One of Australia's Greatest Aviation Pioneers Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2018 13967733 2018 single work biography

'Charles Ulm and Charles Kingsford Smith were the two of the most important pioneers of Australian aviation. Together they succeeded in a number of record-breaking flights that made them instant celebrities around the world: the first east-to-west crossing of the Pacific and the first trans-Tasman flight. Setting up Australian National Airways (ANA) in late 1928, Ulm’s tenacity and organisational skills made him well-suited to the role of managing director, leaving the public acclaim to Smithy as the face of the airline.

'Charles Ulm reveals Ulm’s valiant attempts to develop the embryonic Australian airline industry and the setbacks experienced with a catastrophic crash on the airline's regular route and the increasing bite of the Great Depression, which forced ANA's bankruptcy in 1933. Desperate to drum up support for a new airline venture, Ulm took a final flight to demonstrate the potential for a regular trans-Pacific passenger service. Tragically, somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii, his plane, Stella Australis, disappeared. No trace of the plane or crew was ever found. His untimely death robbed Australia of a huge talent. While Ulm lacked Smithy's charisma and prowess as an aviator, this fascinating biography reveals him as a visionary and driving force behind the growth of modern global air travel, and as truly deserving of great acclaim in the country’s memory.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2019 finalist Queensland Literary Awards The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year
y separately published work icon Follow Me Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 2001 Z925594 2001 single work picture book children's 'A story of continuity, of renewal, of the patterns of life that follow on from season to season, generation to generation.' (Publisher's blurb)
2002 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature Picture Book
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