| Genre: | Animation |
| Voices: | Andrew Crabbe Marta Dusseldorp John Leary |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 26 |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Company: | Southern Star Group |
| Channel: | Nine Network |
Kangaroo Creek Gang was an Australian children's television cartoon series which first screened on the Nine Network in 2002. It was produced by Southern Star Group and was based on a set of reading books created from 1981 that follow the adventures of a group of Australian bush animals.[1] Prior to the television series, the original Kangaroo Creek Gang Cassette Tapes for the read-along books were recorded in the early 1980s in Perth, Western Australia and were voiced by Gregory Ker amongst others. Ker voiced the characters of Kevin Kangaroo, Wal Wombat, Tiddles Tiger Snake, Ranger West and also voiced the narrator for some of the read-along books. Helen Matthews, a well-known jazz singer, was also present for the cassette tape recordings and recorded the songs that were on the tapes.
Kangaroo Creek Gang began as a series of books,[2] extending to 40 titles with over one million copies sold around Australia.[3] A comic strip was developed for the children's pages in News Limited's Sunday newspapers in most states of Australia.
The gang featured in a series of multi media packages distributed to primary schools,[4] and were also involved with in-flight children's activity packages for Australian Airlines and Ansett. In 1990-91 the Kangaroo Creek Gang starred in a TV commercial for the State Bank of South Australia. The jingle was "saving makes sense is what we say".[5] One of the characters, Kenny Kidna, had his own 30 second 'Goodnight girls and boys' segment at 7.30pm every night in Perth, Western Australia on television channel NEW-10.[6]
The animated series was first broadcast on television in April 2002 on the Nine Network and aired on Starz Kids & Family for some time. The Kangaroo Creek Gang also appeared in live costume and puppet shows throughout Australia, performing primarily in shopping centres.[7] [8]