Joan Ambrose Joan Ambrose i(A45798 works by) (birth name: Joan Agnes McDougall) (a.k.a. Joan Agnes Ambrose)
Born: Established: 1934 Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 form Maia Joan Ambrose , 2002 single work radio play romance
1 form y separately published work icon The New Adventures of Black Beauty Roger Moulton , David Phillips , Joan Ambrose , Christine Schofield , Sheila Sibley , Helen Steel , ( dir. Ian Gilmour et. al. )agent Australia : Seven Network Pro Films Pty Ltd , 1992 Z1885050 1992 series - publisher film/TV

Bella, an orphan girl, is rescued from a catastrophic shipwreck on the coast of Australia by Black Beauty, though the accident costs Bella her memory. Both Bella and the horse are adopted by a country doctor, but Bella finds herself haunted by dreams (or memories?) of a missing gold shipment.

1 form y separately published work icon Kicking Around Joan Ambrose , ( dir. David Rapsey ) Perth : Barron Entertainment , 1982 Z1812678 1982 series - publisher film/TV children's

A resourceful but under-funded soccer team is established by players in their early teens, living in a working-class area of Fremantle. With the assistance of their coach (a former soccer star) and team manager, they struggle against better-financed teams in the Junior League competition.

According to Moran in his Guide to Australian TV Series, 'The young cast was mainly drawn from Fremantle schools and all had played soccer, though few had any acting experience'.

1 form y separately published work icon The Alien Joan Ambrose , Western Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1982 Z840856 1982 single work radio play
1 1 y separately published work icon Falcon Island Joan Ambrose , London : Beaver Books , 1982 Z840850 1982 single work drama children's

Play for children, later adapted into a successful television program.

1 form y separately published work icon Falcon Island Joan Ambrose , Greg Shultz , ( dir. Peter Maxwell et. al. )agent Perth : Excalibur Nominees , 1981 Z1670521 1981 series - publisher film/TV children's adventure

Falcon Island follows the adventures of three children: Paul, Jocko, and Kathy. Their activities bring them up against smugglers and sandminers as they attempt to preserve the wreck of a Dutch galleon, the Golden Falcon. Their escapades also invariably involve their family and friends on the small island community. The episodes were continuous and frequently ended with the children being caught up in some dangerous or suspenseful situation.

1 1 y separately published work icon Radio Quartet : A Collection of Radio Plays Joan Ambrose (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1980 Z814664 1980 anthology drama
2 form The Outsider Joan Ambrose , United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1979 8139021 1979 single work radio play
— Appears in: Radio Quartet : A Collection of Radio Plays 1980; (p. 1-26)

'Don and Shelley live happily together on a remote sheep farm in Western Australia but their marriage is threatened when a new farm hand arrives.'

Source: Radio Times, 29 November 1979, p.76.

1 y separately published work icon Interview with Albert Kornweibel, Former Music Critic for the newspaper, 'West Australian' Joan Ambrose (interviewer), 1977 Z1198124 1977 single work interview

Kornweibel talks about his family background; development of interest in music and coming to Australia in 1912 and gaining employment with the newspaper West Australian. He discusses the influence of music teacher, Alexander J. Leckie and looks at the impact of the A.B.C. (Australian Broadcasting Commission) on WA's musical society.

Kornweibel then describes his work with West Australian and Western Mail and his position as music critic and choice of pen-name, Fidelio. He talks about celebrities that performed in WA; Paul Hasluck's work as theatre critic 'Polygon'; community singing in the Town Hall and difficulties encountered as a music critic.

Kornweibel then talks about the series of public lectures that he gave on musical topics at the invitation of the A.B.C.; introduction of the Music Dept. at the University of Western Australia ca. 1951 and his views on church music.

1 1 y separately published work icon Three O'Clock Farewell Joan Ambrose , 1976 (Manuscript version)x400559 Z852989 1976 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon No Visitors Please Joan Ambrose , 1976 (Manuscript version)x400560 Z852992 1976 single work drama
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