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Daphne CALDER
Also known as: née Campbell, Daphne Calder
Born: 5 January 1924
Died: 15 October 2013
Special Achievements:Pictured here at Emily Gap outside Alice Springs, she starred opposite Australian acting legend chips Rafferty in The Overlanders, a classic movie being the first to show Australia's true outback on screen and filmed largely in the Top End and Alice Springs area of the Northern Territory. A Lance-Corporal in the Australian Army Medical Women's Service during World War II, Daphne was picked from obscurity by an Ealing Studios director after a successful screen test in Sydney's Centennial Park. Her fresh face and riding skills won her the part.
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Image - Daphne Campbell
Photographer: unknown
Daphne Calder née Campbell
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Image - Daphne Calder
“This photo was taken the day we were married. In the Todd River Bed with a bunch of sterling yellow camel weed --- which always comes out in August. The photo was used on the cover of one of the women’s magazines …”
Daphne Calder née Campbell
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References
no title [“While in Adelaide in connection with the opening of the Australian film “The Overlanders,” film star Daphne Campbell (now Mrs. Stephen Calder, of Alice Springs), made many radio appearances.”. newspaper unknown. date unknown:page unknown.
(ca 1946). booklet - "A Romance in Film Making 'The Overlanders' " Jno Evans & Son Printing Co. (maker). "An Ealing Studios Production, Distributed Throughout Australia and New Zealand by British Empire Films Pty. Ltd."
(1946, September 14; Vol. 18, No. 11). The Overlanders. Pix, 16-19.
Wilkins, Daughn. Daphne Calder – Down to Earth. The Star. January 22, 1978:7.
Buchanan, Bobbie. (2000). Not so silent Sam: A biography of Stephen "Sam" Calder OBE, DFC, JP: Northern Territory pilot, pastoralist, politician. Queensland: Central Queensland University Press. Chapter 12: “Star-struck”. Pp. 56-58.
Lollback, Rebecca. Chris celebrates her 25th. Centralian Advocate. December 12, 2006:7.
WikiTree. "Daphne Irene (Campbell) Calder (1923 - 2013)".
National Film and Sound Archives. "Vale Daphne Campbell".
Wikipedia. "Daphne Campbell (actress)". accessed 24 June 2020.
Central Western Daily. "Daphne turned her back on stardom". accessed 24 June 2020.
IMDb. "Daphne Campbell". accessed 24 June 2020.
Australasian Cinema. "The Overlanders". accessed 24 June 2020.
