Kangaroo Creek Gang

Kangaroo Creek Gang was an Australian children's television cartoon series which first screened on the Nine Network in 2002. It was produced by Southern Star Group and was based on a set of reading books created from 1981 that follow the adventures of a group of Australian bush animals.[1] Prior to the television series, the original Kangaroo Creek Gang Cassette Tapes for the read-along books were recorded in the early 1980s in Perth, Western Australia and were voiced by Gregory Ker amongst others. Ker voiced the characters of Kevin Kangaroo, Wal Wombat, Tiddles Tiger Snake, Ranger West and also voiced the narrator for some of the read-along books. Helen Matthews, a well-known jazz singer, was also present for the cassette tape recordings and recorded the songs that were on the tapes.

Kangaroo Creek Gang
GenreAnimation
Written byRobert Greenberg
Voices ofAndrew Crabbe
Marta Dusseldorp
John Leary
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companySouthern Star Group
Release
Original networkNine Network
Original release1 April 2002 (2002-04-01) –
2002 (2002)

History

Kangaroo Creek Gang began as a series of books,[2] extending to 40 titles with over one million copies sold around Australia.[3] A comic strip was developed for the children's pages in News Limited's Sunday newspapers in most states of Australia.

The gang featured in a series of multi media packages distributed to primary schools,[4] and were also involved with in-flight children's activity packages for Australian Airlines and Ansett. In 1990-91 the Kangaroo Creek Gang starred in a TV commercial for the State Bank of South Australia now known as Bank SA. The jingle was "saving makes sense is what we say".[5] One of the characters, Kenny Kidna, had his own 30 second 'Goodnight girls and boys' segment at 7.30pm every night in Perth, Western Australia on television channel "NEW-10".[6]

The animated series was first broadcast on television in April 2002 on the Nine Network and aired on Starz Kids & Family for some time. The Kangaroo Creek Gang also appeared in live costume and puppet shows throughout Australia, performing primarily in shopping centres.[7][8]

Characters

Character voices

See also

References
  1. "Kangaroo Creek Gang (2002-2003)". Screen Australia. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. Watt, Terry; Roberts, Terry, (illustrator.) (1981). The Kangaroo Creek Gang. Cassell Australia. ISBN 978-0-7269-9287-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. http://www.kcg.com.au/history.php Kangaroo Creek Gang History
  4. Stevenson, Kinder & Scott Corporate Photography (1987). "Bob Pearce, Minister for Education, launches the Kangaroo Creek Gang Multi-Media Package No.1, 26 February 1987". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. Richardson, Tom (13 November 2015). "They don't have fritz in Sydney..." InDaily. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. Malborough, Patrick. "Channel Ten was the home of the Mid-2000s Australian Dream". Vice. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. "Kangaroo Creek Gang to tackle drugs at schools". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 944. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 August 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 27 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Kangaroo Creek gang drops in". Times. Vol. 93, no. 3. South Australia. 2 October 1997. p. 12. Retrieved 27 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.


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