Nancy Knudsen Explained

Nancy Knudsen
Birth Place:Mareeba, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:TV announcer, actress, businesswoman, and journalist

Nancy Knudsen (born 1940) is an Australian retired TV announcer, actress, businesswoman, and journalist. She was named Miss Queensland in 1959 and received the Logie award for the most popular female personality in Queensland in 1961.[1] [2] [3]

Early life and education

Knudsen was born in Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. She then completed her Master of Arts in Writing and Literature at Deakin University.[4]

Career

Knudsen started her career after receiving the title of Miss Queensland in 1959 as a TV announcer and producer at the BTQ Channel 7 in Brisbane.[5] [6]

In 1963, she left the position and started acting, and her acting credits include Homicide (1964), Skippy (1969), Color me Dead (1969), and Wake in Fright (1971).[7] [8]

In 1976, she started a travel company called Sydney Express, the first of several travel agencies and later sold.[9] [10] In 1984, Nancy founded Air cruising Australia and Bill Peach Tours, and became the only living female chair of a public company in Australia.[11]

In 2003, Knudsen started sailing around the world with her husband, Ted Nobbs, on a 46ft yacht, returning to Australia in 2008.[12] [13]

In 2011, she became a councillor of Dungog Shire and later became Mayor in 2017.[14] [15] [16]

Recognition

Knudsen became Miss Queensland in 1959 and received the Logie award for the most popular female personality in Queensland in 1961. Knudsen was one of the finalists for Miss Australia in 1959.[17] Knudsen received the Telstra Business Owner of the Year award for developing and branding her company, Knudsen Enterprises, in 1998. In 2007, she received a Seamanship Award from the Ocean Cruising Club of Australia and won a Cruising Trophy for the 2011 Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.[18]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet multi-million Nancy . 2023-02-08 . smharchives.smedia.com.au.
  2. Web site: Nancy Knudsen . 2023-02-08 . smharchives.smedia.com.au.
  3. Web site: Australian Television: 1959-1961 Logie Awards . 2023-02-08 . www.australiantelevision.net.
  4. Web site: Austlit . Nancy Knudsen AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . 2023-02-08 . www.austlit.edu.au . en.
  5. News: 1959-08-22 . MISS AUSTRALIA FINALISTS ON PARADE . Canberra Times . 2023-02-08.
  6. Web site: 2017-07-15 . Television comes to South East Queensland (1959) State Library Of Queensland . 2023-02-08 . www.slq.qld.gov.au . en.
  7. News: TV star Nancy Knudsen releases new book Accidentally Istanbul .
  8. Web site: 2016-04-30 . Love affair leads to Turkish delight . 2023-02-08 . PerthNow . en.
  9. Web site: Nancy Knudsen ยป HerBusiness . 2023-02-08 . HerBusiness . en-AU.
  10. News: 1984-02-20 . See-it-all outback tours by private air charter . Canberra Times . 2023-02-08.
  11. News: A DIFFERENT TACK .
  12. Web site: Sydney International Boat Show opens in nine days . 2023-02-08 . www.sail-world.com.
  13. Web site: Cruising . 2023-02-08 . Cruising Yacht Club of Australia . en-AU.
  14. Web site: Mexon . Michelle . 2017-06-20 . New mayor calmly getting on with the job . 2023-02-08 . Newcastle Herald . en-AU.
  15. Web site: Mexon . Michelle . 2017-06-20 . New mayor calmly getting on with the job . 2023-02-08 . Dungog Chronicle . en-AU.
  16. Web site: Mexon . Michelle . 2017-05-01 . Dungog votes "No" to a merger . 2023-02-08 . The Advertiser - Cessnock . en-AU.
  17. News: 1959-08-21 . Miss Australia Finalists To Arrive To-day . Canberra Times . 2023-02-08.
  18. Web site: Sail-World Journalist Wins Seamanship Award . 2023-02-08 . www.sail-world.com.
  19. Book: Knudsen, Nancy . Shooting stars and flying fish: swapping the boardroom for the seven seas . 2011 . Arena . 978-1-74237-665-3 . Crows Nest, N.S.W . 710044148.
  20. Web site: Search results for Allen - Brisbane City Council Library Services - OverDrive . 2023-02-08 . Brisbane City Council Library Services . en.
  21. Web site: Deakin University / All Locations . 2023-02-08 . library2.deakin.edu.au.
  22. Book: Knudsen . Nancy . Accidentally Istanbul . Giese . Diana . 2016 . Tamejin Publishing Australia . 978-0-9945093-0-7 . Barracks Street, Sydney . 936082066.

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