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Rodney William Ansell (c.1955 - August 3, 1999) was an Australian from the outback who became the inspiration for Paul Hogan's character in the 1986 movie Crocodile Dundee. 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... For the restaurant chain, see Outback Steakhouse; for the station wagon, see Subaru Outback. ... Paul Hogan starring as Crocodile Dundee. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 Australian comedy film set in the Australian Outback in the area around Walkabout Creek and in New York City. ...
Rodney William Ansell
In 1977 Ansell became lost for two months in the rugged bush west of Darwin in the Fitzmaurice River area. He was stranded with little more than a rifle, a knife and his two dogs. His survival made him famous and Rachel Percy co-wrote a book about it called To Fight the Wild that was made into a film. Image File history File links Rodney Ansell. ... Central Darwin, circa 1986 Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory, and is a city of 109,419 people (2001 census) on Australias far north-western coastline. ...
On August 3, 1999, Ansell was killed in a shootout with police, just south of Darwin. Ansell was fired upon for killing a police officer; his motives are unknown. Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, and is a city of 109,419 people (2001 Australian Census), on Australias far north-western coastline. ...
Mr Daulby said it remained unclear whether Ansell was under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and whether he knew the residents of the house he had attacked the previous night.
The blond, blue-eyed Ansell, a crack shot and a tough bushman, was named the Northern Territory's 1988 Territorian of the Year for inspiring the film that put the Australian outback on the map.
Ansell tells how his small boat is overturned, how he is "not lost, but stuck" in the remote Australian bush for seven weeks.
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