Tim Bowden Explained

Tim Bowden
Honorific Suffix:	AM
Birth Name:	Timothy Gibson Bowden
Birth Date:	2 August 1937
Birth Place:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Author, radio and television broadcaster and producer, oral historian
Nationality:	Australian
Alma Mater:	University of Tasmania
Period:	1970s–1990s
Genre:	History
Awards:	Member of the Order of Australia Centenary Medal Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Tasmania

Timothy Gibson Bowden (2 August 1937 – 1 September 2024) was an Australian author, radio and television broadcaster and producer, and oral historian. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and studied at the University of Tasmania, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Bowden's work included hosting the Australian Broadcasting Corporation program Backchat (1986–1994), producing This Day Tonight during the 1970s, and founding the ABC's Social History Unit. His other productions include Prisoners of War – Australians Under Nippon and the 24-part series Taim Bilong Masta – The Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea.

During the 1990s he produced several notable documentaries on Australian research in the Antarctic.

Bowden died on 1 September 2024, at the age of 87.^{[1] [2]}

Awards

• Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1994 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.^[3]
• Centenary Medal, 2001^[4]
• Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Tasmania, 1997

Books

• Book: Bowden, Tim . One Crowded Hour: Neil Davis - Combat Cameraman (1934 - 1985) . 1987 . Collins . 978-0-00-217496-1 . Sydney.
• Book: Bowden . The Backchat Book . 1990 . ABC Enterprises . 978-0-7333-0000-4 .
• Book: Bowden, Tim . Antarctica and Back in Sixty Days . 1991 . ABC Enterprises . 978-0-733-30113-1.
• Book: Bowden, Tim . The Way My Father Tells It: The Story of an Australian Life . 1992 . ABC Books . 978-0-733-30010-3 .
• Book: Bowden, Tim . Changi Photographer: George Aspinall's Record of Captivity . 1993 . ABC . 978-0-7333-0287-9 . Sydney. ^[5]
• Book: Bowden . The Silence Calling: Australians in Antarctica 1947–97 . 1997 . Allen & Unwin . 978-1-86448-311-6 .
• Book: Bowden, Tim . Penelope Goes West: On the Road from Sydney to Margaret River and Back . Allen & Unwin . 978-1-86508-066-6 . 1999.
• Book: Bowden . Penelope Bungles to Broome . Allen & Unwin . 978-1-74343-221-1 . 2002.
• Book: Bowden, Tim . Spooling Through: An Irreverent Memoir . 2003 . Allen & Unwin . 978-1-741-14026-2.
• Book: Bowden, Tim . No Tern Unstoned: Musings at Breakfast . 2004 . ABC Books . 978-0-733-31444-5 .
• Book: Bowden, Tim . This Can’t Happen to Me! Tackling Type 2 Diabetes . Allen & Unwin . 978-1-74115-163-3 . 2004. ^[6]
• Book: Bowden . Aunty’s Jubilee! Celebrating 50 Years of ABC-TV . 2006 . ABC Books . 978-0-733-31840-5 .
• Book: Bowden . The Devil in Tim: Travels in Tasmania . Allen & Unwin . 978-1-74176-268-6 . 2008.
• Book: Bowden, Tim . Down Under in the Top End: Penelope Heads North . Allen & Unwin . 978-1-74176-225-9 . 2008.
• Book: Bowden, Tim . The Changi Camera: A Unique Record of Changi and the Thai-Burma Railway . 2012 . Hachette Australia . 978-0-733-62962-4.
• Book: Bowden, Tim . Stubborn Buggers: Survivors of the Infamous POW Gaol That Made Changi Look Like Heaven . Allen & Unwin . 2014 . 978-1-743-31442-5.
• Book: Bowden, Tim . Larrikins in Khaki: Tales of Irreverence and Courage From World War II Diggers . 2019 . Allen & Unwin . 978-1-760-52854-6.
• Book: Bowden, Tim . Ros Bowden: Trailblazer . 2023 . ETT . 978-1-922-69882-7.

Sources

• Tim Bowden (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Notes and References

1. News: Tim Bowden . 3 September 2024 . ABC . 3 September 2024 . 5 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240905021210/https://www.abc.net.au/about/media-centre/press-releases/tim-bowden/104305522 . live .
2. News: 'Huge contribution': former ABC presenter Tim Bowden dies, 87 . 3 September 2024 . The Australian . 3 September 2024.
3. Web site: 10 June 1994 . BOWDEN, Timothy Gibson . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240904002344/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/883031 . 4 September 2024 . 7 February 2013 . It's an Honour . Honours Secretariat, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet . In recognition of service to broadcasting. . Canberra, Australia. Member of the Order of Australia
4. Web site: 1 January 2001 . BOWDEN, Tim . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240904002345/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1118334 . 4 September 2024 . 7 February 2013 . It's an Honour . Honours Secretariat, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet . For service as a local radio presenter and as a nationally recognised author. . Canberra, Australia. Centenary Medal
5. News: 1984-07-08 . A photographic record of incarceration . 2024-09-09 . . 8.
6. Topliss . Duncan J . February 2005 . Diabetes — a personal view . Medical Journal of Australia . en . 182 . 4 . 171–171 . 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06636.x . 0025-729X.