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How Play School makes careers

As Play School celebrates its 50th birthday, we explore how the program has influenced career paths for Australian actors, authors and illustrators.
15 Jul 2016
Brooke Boland
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ABC KIDS’ Play School presenters Teo Gebert, Miranda Tapsell and Karen Pang with toys; image supplied. 

Happy birthday Play School! 18 July 2016 marks 50 years since the popular children’s program began broadcasting.

It won’t just be kids celebrating. There are the grown ups who remember it fondly and the parents given half an hour of guilt-free respite who consider it a sanity-saver.

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Brooke Boland
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Brooke Boland is a freelance writer based on the South Coast of NSW. She has a PhD in literature from the University of NSW. You can find her on Instagram @southcoastwriter.

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