The Last of the Australians

The Last of the Australians was an Australian sitcom that was broadcast on the Nine Network in 1975 and 1976.

The Last of the Australians
Genre	Comedy
Based on	The One Day of the Year by Alan Seymour
Written by	Terry Stapleton Jim Stapleton
Directed by	Ian Crawford Marie Trevor John Domett Terry Stapleton
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer	Ian Crawford
Producer	Terry Stapleton
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Crawford Productions
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	6 April 1975 (1975-04-06) – 21 January 1976 (1976-01-21)

The comedy series was produced by Crawford Productions in two series of 13 episodes each. It was based on Alan Seymour's play The One Day of the Year and is about an irascible father and his interactions with family life.^[1]

Richard Hibbard left the show after the first series when he became a Hare Krishna devotee.^[2] He was replaced by Stephen Thomas.

Cast

Main/regular

• Alwyn Kurts as Ted Cook
• Richard Hibbard as Gary Cook (episodes 1-13)
• Stephen Thomas as Gary Cook (episodes 14-26)
• Rosie Sturgess as Dot Cook
• Terry Norris as Blue Dawson
• Maurie Fields as Barney

Guests

• Ben Gabriel as Arnold Harris
• Bob Hawke as Self
• Jacki Weaver as Gillie / Sandy
• John Ewart as Fred
• John Farnham as Salesman
• Jon Finlayson as Mr Flannagan
• Lesley Baker as Ms Ferguson
• Lyndel Rowe as Maria Agostini
• Noeline Brown as Jan
• Noni Hazlehurst as Joanna
• Olivia Hamnett as Receptionist
• Ruth Cracknell
• Terence Donovan as Mr Walker

DVD release

The complete series has been released on DVD in March 2018.

See also

• List of Nine Network programs
• List of Australian television series