Shire of Northam ART COLLECTION · and 1970s, Harris became a popular television personality in the UK, later presenting shows such as Rolf’s Cartoon Club and Animal Hospital. In

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