Blinky Bill's Fire Brigade

Clip 1: Save us from the woodchip mill!

1 min 0 sec

Taken from the TV program Blinky Bill's Fire Brigade (1992)

Original title classification G – this clip chosen to be G

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Curator’s clip description

This introductory song and animated sequence gives the back story to the series. Blinky (Robyn Moore) and his friends live in the idyllic little bush town of Greenpatch which, suddenly one night, is logged by bandit loggers and the trees taken to the woodchip mill. ‘Good old Blinky’ is the hero who will save everyone from the woodchip mill, save the bush, replant and rebuild the town.

Curator’s notes

The simple but confronting lyrics of this song combined with the catchy music and animation make a profound statement about bush conservation, presenting a strong anti-logging sentiment. This caused some controversy when the series first went to air on the ABC in 1994 within the timber industry and legal action was threatened.

Annemaree O'Brien, curator

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