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Real Name |
Jacko |
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First Appearance |
Jacko – the Broadcasting Kookaburra (1933) |
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Original Publisher |
Angus & Robertson |
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Created by |
Dorothy Wall, Brooke Nicholls |
Origin[]
Jacko is a broadcasting Kookaburra who's Blinky's God father. Jacko the kookaburra is taken from his nest at three weeks of age and raised in captivity. He talks about his relationship with the Yorkshire terrier, Splinter, with whom he is raised. He also describes aspects of his daily life, such as eating a mouse, and being attacked by a hawk, and reflects on his mixed feelings about being raised in captivity. Jacko is taken to Melbourne so his laugh can be recorded on a gramophone record. He gains some fame when his laugh is broadcast on the radio, and he subsequently tours the eastern states of Australia quite extensively before returning home.
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
- Jacko – the Broadcasting Kookaburra (1933)
Notes[]
- Despite being a post-1930 foreign work, Jacko became public domain in it's home country in 1992 which was 50 years after the death of its author. While the copyright term in Australia was made to 70+ the life of the author in 2005, it was not retroactive.
- In addition, since it entered the public domain in its home country prior to January 1, 1996, it was not eligible to have its copyright restored by the URAA (Uruguay Round Agreements Act) in the US allowing the character's copyright to lapse here as well.