Artist - Rolf Harris
Dates - 1951
Harris is widely known for his musical compositions “Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport” which
later became a Top 10 Hit in Australia, the UK and the United States. He often used unu-
sual instruments in his performances: he played the didgeridoo; is credited with the in-
vention of the wobble board; and is associated with the Stylophone. During the 1960s
and 1970s, Harris became a popular television personality in the UK, later presenting
shows such as Rolf’s Cartoon Club and Animal Hospital. In 2005, he painted an official
portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. He lived in Bray, Berkshire, England for more than 6 dec-
ades.
Harris’s career as a popular entertainer stopped when he was convicted and imprisoned
for sexual offences. In 2014, at the age of 84, he was jailed on twelve counts of indecent
assault that took place between 1968 or 1969 and 1986, on four female victims then
aged between eight and nineteen.
ART COLLECTION Shire of Northam
On a Golden Afternoon