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Tim Bowden

For the Major League Baseball player, see Tim Bowden (baseball).

Timothy Gibson Bowden AM (2 August 1937 – 1 September 2024) was an Australian author, radio and television broadcaster and producer, and oral historian. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and studied at the University of Tasmania, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Tim Bowden

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BornTimothy Gibson Bowden
(1937-08-02)2 August 1937
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died1 September 2024(2024-09-01) (aged 87)
OccupationAuthor, radio and television broadcaster and producer, oral historian
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Tasmania
Period1970s–1990s
GenreHistory
Notable worksBackchat
This Day Tonight
Prisoners of War – Australians Under Nippon
Taim Bilong Masta – The Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea
Notable awardsMember of the Order of Australia
Centenary Medal
Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Tasmania

Bowden's work included hosting the Australian Broadcasting Corporation program Backchat (1986–1994), producing This Day Tonight during the 1970s, and founding the ABC's Social History Unit. His other productions include Prisoners of War – Australians Under Nippon[1] and the 24-part series Taim Bilong Masta – The Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea.[2]

During the 1990s he produced several notable documentaries on Australian research in the Antarctic.

Bowden died on 1 September 2024, at the age of 87.[3][4]

Career in Journalism

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A story launch for ABC correspondent Tim Bowden started in the 1950s when he was a teenager growing up a row at a Hobart cinema to watch Cinesound newsreels. Back in those pre-television days, newsreels were a big deal. In looking back on those early experiences, Bowden once cracked that “it was something like the thought of staying around so you could have some privacy in a theater with your girlfriend.[5]”

His curiosity and his talent for storytelling intrigued him a life-long career in journalism. “Tim was a stalwart of the ABC for decades, renowned for his warmth, humor, and love of journalism,” said managing director David Anderson.

Books

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  • Changi Photographer[6]
  • One Crowded Hour[7]
  • The Backchat Book[8]
  • The Way My Father Tells It – The Story of An Australian Life[9]
  • Antarctica And Back in Sixty Days[10]
  • The Silence Calling – Australians in Antarctica 1947–97[11]
  • Penelope Goes West – On the Road from Sydney to Margaret River and Back[12]
  • Penelope Bungles to Broome[13]
  • Spooling Through – An Irreverent Memoir[14]
  • This Can’t Happen to Me! – Tackling Type 2 Diabetes'[15][16]
  • No Tern Unstoned – Musings at Breakfast[17]
  • The Devil in Tim – Travels in Tasmania[18]
  • Aunty’s Jubilee! – Celebrating 50 years of ABC-TV[19]
  • Down Under in the Top End – Penelope Heads North[20]
  • Stubborn Buggers[21]
  • Larrikins in Khaki – Tales of Irreverence and Courage from World War II Diggers[22]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ P.O.W. : Australians under Nippon, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2022, archived from the original on 5 September 2024, retrieved 4 September 2024
  2. ^ "Taim Bilong Masta More than a book of a radio series... (1 February 1983)", Pacific Islands Monthly : PIM, 54 (2), Pacific Publications: 44, 1 February 1983, ISSN 0030-8722
  3. ^ "Tim Bowden". ABC. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ "'Huge contribution': former ABC presenter Tim Bowden dies, 87". The Australian. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Author Tim Bowden". Brief Ref. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024.
  6. ^ Tim Bowden (1993), Changi Photographer George Aspinall's Record of Captivity, ABC Books, ISBN 978-0-7333-0287-9
  7. ^ Bowden, Tim; Bell, Nicholas (2011), One crowded hour : Neil Davis - combat cameraman (1934 - 1985), ABC Audio, ISBN 978-1-74310-390-6
  8. ^ Bowden, Tim; Brissenden collection; Bowden, Tim; Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1990), The Backchat book, ABC Enterprises, ISBN 978-0-7333-0000-4
  9. ^ Bowden, Tim (2011), The Way My Father Tells It: The Story of an Australian Life, HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 978-0-7304-5044-3
  10. ^ Bowden, Tim (1999), Antarctica and back in sixty days, Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, ISBN 978-1-74269-651-5
  11. ^ Tim Bowden; Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (1997), The silence calling Australians in Antarctica 1947-97, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86448-311-6
  12. ^ Bowden, Tim (1999), Penelope goes west : on the road from Sydney to Margaret River and back, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86508-066-6
  13. ^ Bowden, Tim; EBSCOhost (2002), Penelope bungles to Broome, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74343-221-1
  14. ^ Bowden, Tim (2004), Spooling through : an irreverent memoir (2nd ed.), Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74114-457-4
  15. ^ Bowden, Tim (2004), This can't happen to me! : tackling type 2 diabetes, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74115-163-3
  16. ^ Topliss, Duncan J (21 February 2005), "This Can't Happen to me: Tackling Type 2 Diabetes.(Book review)", The Medical Journal of Australia, 182 (4), Australasian Medical Publishing Company Limited: 171, doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06636.x, ISSN 0025-729X
  17. ^ Bowden, Tim (2016), No tern unstoned : musings at breakfast (Unabridged ed.), HarperAudio, ISBN 978-1-4607-9503-3
  18. ^ Bowden, Tim; EBSCOhost (2008), The devil in Tim : Penelope's travels in Tasmania, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74176-268-6
  19. ^ Tim Bowden (1900), 50 Years: Aunty's jubilee: Celebrating 50 years of ABC TV, archived from the original on 5 September 2024, retrieved 4 September 2024
  20. ^ Bowden, Tim; EBSCOhost (2008), Down under in the top end : Penelope heads north, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74176-225-9
  21. ^ Bowden, Tim (2014), Stubborn buggers : survivors of the infamous POW gaol that made Changi look like heaven, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74331-442-5
  22. ^ Bowden, Tim (2019), Larrikins in khaki : tales of irreverence and courage from World War II diggers, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-76052-854-6
  23. ^ "BOWDEN, Timothy Gibson". It's an Honour. Canberra, Australia: Honours Secretariat, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. 10 June 1994. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2013. In recognition of service to broadcasting. Member of the Order of Australia
  24. ^ "BOWDEN, Tim". It's an Honour. Canberra, Australia: Honours Secretariat, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 January 2001. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2013. For service as a local radio presenter and as a nationally recognised author. Centenary Medal

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