Ernie Dingo
For enquiries regarding Ernie Dingo please contact Sue Muggleton via email or on (02) 9319 7744.
Film:
2008 Bran Nue Dae Uncle Tadpole BND The Film Pty. Ltd
1998 Somewhere in the Darkness Support Livewire Pty. Ltd.
1996 Dead Heart Lead Dead Heart Productions
1995 A Weekend in the Country Support A Weekend in the
Country Productions
Rainbow’s End Support Phillip Emanuel Prods
1993 Mr. Electric Lead Motion Arts Australia
1992 Until the End of the World Support Dir: Wim Wenders
1988 Capuccino Support Dir: Anthony Bowman
1987 Tommy Tricker and the
Stamp Traveller Lead Prod: Julia Overton
Crocodile Dundee 11 Support Dir: John Cornell
The Fringe Dwellers Lead Dir: Bruce Beresford
TELEVISION:
2009 No Leave, No Life Southern Star Endemol/7
2009 Coming Home Seven Network
2008 Outback Wildlife Rescue Freehand – Seven Network
1993-
2008 The Great Outdoors Host/Presenter – Seven Network
2002 Blue Heelers Archie Garrett West Street Prods/Seven
2000 Blue Heelers Archie Garrett West Street Prods/Seven
1999-
2001 World Around Us Presenter Seven Network
1999 Kidspeak Presenter Seven Network
1997 Kings In Grass Castles Jimmy Barron Television/
1994 Heartbreak High Guest Gannon Television
1993-
1994 Heartland Lead Northway Prods/ABC
1992 Clowning Around Lead Barron Films
The Flying Doctors Guest Crawford Prods/Network Nine
1989 Ultraman Guest Lead S.A.F.C.
The Saint Support Templar Productions
Refferty’s Rules Guest Seven Network
Fast Forward Lead Artist Services
1988 Dolphin Cove Co-lead Paramount Pictures
Dreaming of Lords Narrator Contagious Films
1987 A Waltz Through the
Hills Lead Barron Films
Tudawali Lead Barron Films
Dirtwater Dynasty Support Kennedy Miller Productions
Relative Merit Support ABC T.V.
1986 Blue Lightning Support Seven Network
1984 Cowra Breakout Support Kennedy Miller Productions
Theatre:
2010- Waltzing Narrator/ Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
2011 the Wilarra Clown Dir: Wesley Enoch
1993 Tourmaline Lead Blackswan Theatre Company
1991 Munjong Lead Hole in the Wall
Bran Nue Dae Uncle Tadpole Sydney Festival
1990 Bran Nue Dae W.A. Theatre Company
Timewarp Lead Dir: David Lawton
1988 The Frank Chickens Comic Trade Union Club
1987 National Black Playwrights Conference Canberra
1986 Mr. Halley and the Night of a Thousand
Visions ` Vancouver World Expo
No Sugar Belvoir Street/Playbox
State of Shock Eddy U.S. Long Wharf Theatre
Bully’s House National Playwrights Conference
1979 Kullark Yagan By: Jack Davis
Other:
BANFF Television Festival, Canada
Speaker at Eurocentrism Conference, Germany
Kabara Documentary, Aboriginal Playwrights Conference
Guest Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Benefit
Pincer Creek Aboriginal Film Festival, Canada
Awards:
In December, 1997 Ernie Dingo was voted a ‘NATIONAL LIVING
TREASURE’ in a poll conducted by The National Trust in conjunction
with the Sydney Morning Herald, the Melbourne Age and other media
including A.B.C. radio.
In 1994, Ernie was voted ‘NATIONAL ABORIGINAL OF THE
YEAR’, N.S.W., W.A. South, by NAIDOC.
He was also awarded ‘Personality of the Year’ by the Australian
Caption Centre.
1n June, 1990, Ernie was awarded the ‘ORDER OF AUSTRALIA’
Industry Awards include:
Winner of the ‘BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA’ for
‘A WALTZ THROUGH THE HILLS’ at the 30th A.F.I. Awards.
Nominated for ‘BEYOND TELEVISION BEST ACTOR AWARD’
at the 1994 A.F.I. Awards.
Nominated for ‘BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA’ for
‘TUDAWALI’ AT THE 29th A.F.I. Awards.
Accepted ‘SPECIAL JURY PRIZE’ for ‘TUDAWALI’ at the
BANFF Television Festival in Canada.
Ernie also fronted the successful ‘See Australia’ advertising campaign for 3 years.
ERNIE DINGO
Ernie Dingo was born on the 31st July, 1956 on Bullardoo
Station in Western Australia. Bullardoo is a sheep station
near the Murchison River.
He is Wadjarri/Yamatji. Wadjarri is his tongue, his language
which he still speaks and Yamitji is his people/nation. He
is a ‘fresh water’ man from fresh water country. Ernie
got his surname Dingo from his grandfather Dingo Jim,
who was a dogger, a dingo trapper. On his death in 1948,
Dingo Jim’s name was chaged by white authorities to Jim
Dingo. So the Dingo surname only came into being in 1948.
Ernie’s tribal name in ‘OONDAMOOROO’. OONDA
means shield, and MOOROO the particular carvings/pattern
on the shield.
He became a performer when the basketball team he played
with became a dance troupe called Middar. From there he
was offered his first acting role a co-lead actor, playing
‘Yagan’ in the Jack Davis play ‘Kullark’ in 1979.
Since then, he has worked nationally and internationally in
television, film and theatre.