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Julie Moncrieff Anthony (nee Lush) was born on a farm at Galga, South Australia. The population of the location was 15 and by necessity cultivated a vivid imagination in young Julie and a talent to amuse.\\xa0

She began singing in her teens with a local band, an engagement instigated by her enthusiastic father.\\xa0 In 1970 Julie won an amateur television talent quest which led to regular appearances on Ernie Sigley\\u2019s\\xa0Adelaide Tonight. She moved to Sydney, making television appearances and performing on the club and cabaret circuit, eventually extending her music-making to international tours.

An engagement at the Hong Kong Hilton in 1973 was followed by lead role in the Australian production of the musical\\xa0Irene.\\xa0Julie was keen to diversify her talents, so without any acting credits presented herself to J.C. Williamson\\u2019s to extend her performance repertoire. Guided by the legendary Betty Pounder, Julie Anthony became Irene O\\u2019Dare and three years after the Australian production, she starred in the West End at the Adelphi Theatre. The Play and Players of London honoured her with the Best Newcomer for 1976.

She returned to Australian television and appeared in three national specials. Julie won the Sammy and Penguin awards for Best Television Variety Performer. Tours of America followed and Julie Anthony worked with Bill Cosby, Roy Clarke and Merv Griffin.

Julie\\xa0played Maria in\\xa0The Sound Of Music\\xa0in 1983 for JCW. \\xa0For the 1988 World Expo in Brisbane, Anthony was invited to sing with the renewed Seekers, joining the group as lead singer from 1988-89. The same year she returned to the stage in\\xa0I Do!, I Do!.\\xa0\\xa0In 1990, she was awarded AM in the Order of Australia for services to the entertainment industry.

Anthony teamed with jazz musician Don Burrows in 1994 for tours, including the Jazz and Blues Festival at the Gold Coast International Hotel in 1995.\\xa0A year later she returned to cabaret with a season at the Tilbury Hotel in Sydney.\\xa0

Julie Anthony\\u2019s voice is known to millions for singing the national anthem live at various formal events and in recorded versions that have included the broadcast closing time of ABC television, Australian Football League finals,\\xa0the opening of Australia\\u2019s new Parliament House and the opening of the Sydney Olympics.

Her theatrical ventures continued in productions of\\xa0Spamalot\\xa0as The Lady of the Lake and\\xa0The Mikado\\xa0as Katisha. She starred in a biographical musical at the Sydney Theatre Company, titled\\xa0Lush!\\xa0And for several decades performed with Simon Gallaher in live concerts and on television,\\xa0proving they had a remarkable vocal blend. Their hit series of concerts titled\\xa0Together At Last\\xa0produced an album which was recorded live in concert. This album was in addition to Julie\\u2019s extensive recording output of some 15 albums and various singles.

Julie Anthony has won Australia\\u2019s prestigious Mo Award for entertainer of the year three times and best female variety performer nine times.

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