| 词条 | Les Hiddins |
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| name = Les Hiddins (aka The Bush Tucker Man) | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|8|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = Bushcraft and survival techniques | occupation = Australian Army, Television presenter and author | nationality = Australian | employer = | spouse = | children = }} Major Leslie James (Les) Hiddins AM (born 13 August 1946 in Brisbane, Queensland), aka "The Bush Tucker Man" is a retired Australian Army soldier and war veteran, who is best known for his love and knowledge of the Australian bush. Hiddins is recognised by his distinctively modified Akubra "sombrero" hat and big grin. BiographyAs a soldier with the Australian Army, Hiddins did two deployments in South Vietnam between 1966 and 1968, the first as a forward scout in the infantry. In 1987, he was awarded a Defence Fellowship to research survival in northern Australia. He was the principal author of the Australian Army's military survival manual (1987) and was awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1987.[1] This research turned into the TV series The Bush Tucker Man. The series involves Hiddins driving around in a Land Rover Perentie, then in later episodes a County 110 with his trademark hat, finding and describing native Australian bush food or "bush tucker". Hiddins appeared in two ABC TV series of Bush Tucker Man, and the series Bush Tucker Man – Stories of Survival. He also appeared in the TV documentaries Pandora – in the Wake of the Bounty and The Batavia. His other publications are Bush Tucker Man – Stories of Exploration and Survival (1996), Bush Tucker Man – Tarnished Heroes (1997), Explore Wild Australia with the Bush Tucker Man (1999), Bush Tucker Fieldguide (2002). In 2000 Hiddins published four books specifically for children: The Coral Coast, The Top End, The Tropical Rainforest, and The Living Desert. He has released two CD-ROMs, From the Rainforest to Cape York Peninsula and From Arnhem Land to the Kimberley Ranges. The National Museum of Australia in Canberra has a Bush Tucker Man display with some of his original bush gear. As part of this research, Hiddins was introduced to the Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) by the Aboriginal people, who had used the plant for thousands of years. He sent the fruit to be analysed, and it was found to have the highest concentration of Vitamin C of any known natural substance in the world.[2] Hiddins retired from the Australian Regular Army (ARA) in 1989 with the rank of Major but continued to serve with the Army Reserve (ARES) until 2001, working with Indigenous Australian communities in northern Australia. Hiddins and the Chain of Ponds Winery released the distinctive Bush Tucker Man wines in 2002. Since 2001, Hiddins has been at the forefront of establishing wilderness retreats for war veterans. "Pandanus Park", the flagship for these retreats, is a parcel of Normanby River frontage on "Kalpowar Station", adjoining Lakefield National Park in Cape York Peninsula. On 28 March 2008, Hiddins was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by James Cook University's Faculty of Science, Engineering and Information Technology: [3] Ray Mears made a BBC programme about and with him, shown on BBC Two in June 2009 as part of his Ray Mears Goes Walkabout series. TV programmesSeries:
Episode 1: Arnhem Land (Aborigines of Ngukurr, NT) Episode 2: The Wet in Port Keats (Northwest Northern Territory in the Wet Season) Episode 3: Desert (Desert Country) Episode 4: Prince Regent Gorge (Heart of the Kimberley) Episode 5: Rain Forest (Rainforest at Iron Range) Episode 6: Coastal (Northern Queensland Coastline) Episode 7: Doomadgee (Gulf Country) Episode 8: Aurukun (West Coast of Cape York)
Episode 1: Wet Season Episode 2: East To West Episode 3: Kimberley Episode 4: Top End Episode 5: Wildman Episode 6: Coastal Story Episode 7: Desert Story
Episode 1: The Coffee Royal Affair Episode 2: The Cannibal Convict Episode 3: The Great Misadventure Episode 4: The Best of Them All Episode 5: The Dutch Settlement Episode 6: Gold Fever Episode 7: The Passionate Prussian Episode 8: Into The Vilest Country Books
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References1. ^Australian Honours record {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hiddins, Les}}2. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWs7i5fSTWk Youtube: Bush Tucker Man - The worlds richest known source of Vitamin C] 3. ^James Cook University Media Release, "Dr Bush Tucker Man", 27 March 2008 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720114447/http://cms.jcu.edu.au/news/archive/JCUPRD_025568 |date=20 July 2008 }} Accessed 22 January 2009 8 : Australian television presenters|Australian male television actors|Australian Army soldiers|Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War|Living people|Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia|1946 births|Survivalists |
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