John Pickup's hand was 'the first animated object' ever seen on Australian television. But that was just the beginning of his remarkable career.
He told Late Night Live he spent some of the most significant years of his life there.
He was celebrated for keeping the station on air via the local telephone exchange after an intruder set fire to the ABC offices and studio.Pickup formed friendships that would lead to the birth the Brushmen of the Bush collective.The collective was formed when Broken Hill artist Eric Minchin found himself short of paintings for a charity fundraising exhibition in Sydney.
The collective went on to exhibit around Australia and internationally, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities."They donated a lot of paintings to charities all over the country," he said.Hart went on to become the most famous of the group, but Steer said each man brought something valuable to the collective."Minchin was the accountant, Absalom had the bush skills, and John always had a microphone in hand — he was the media guy.
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