Voyage of the English merchant
Anthony de la Roché in 1675

Anthony de la Roché, born sometime in the 17th century, (spelled also Antoine de la Roché, Antonio de la Roché or Antonio de la Roca in some sources) was an English merchant born in London to a French Huguenot father and an English mother. During a commercial voyage between Europe and South America he was blown off course, and visited the Antarctic island of South Georgia, making the first ever discovery of land south of the Antarctic Convergence.^[1]

Discovery of South Georgia[link]

Drygalski Fjord, the possible place of la Roché's stay in South Georgia

Having acquired a 350-ton ship in Hamburg and obtained permission by the Spanish authorities to trade in Spanish America, la Roché called at the Canary Islands in May 1674 and in October that year arrived in the port of Callao in the Viceroyalty of Peru by way of Le Maire Strait and Cape Horn. On his return voyage, sailing from Chiloé Island (Chile) to Bahia de Todos os Santos (Salvador, Brazil), in April 1675 la Roché rounded Cape Horn and was overwhelmed by tempestuous conditions in the tricky waters off Staten Island (Isla de los Estados). His ship failed to make Le Maire Strait as desired, nor round the east extremity of Staten Island (i.e. make the mythical ‘Brouwer's Strait’ present on the old maps since the 1643 Dutch expedition of Admiral Hendrik Brouwer), and was carried far away to the east instead. Eventually they found refuge in one of South Georgia’s southern bays — possibly Drygalski Fjord according to some experts — where the battered ship anchored for a fortnight.

Drygalski Fjord

According to la Roché's report published in London in 1678^[2] and its surviving 1690 summary, “they found a Bay, in which they anchored close to a Point or Cape which stretches out to the Southeast with 28. 30. and 40. fathoms Sand and Rock”.^[2] The surrounding glaciated, mountainous terrain was described as “some Snow Mountains near the Coast, with much bad Weather.” Once the weather cleared up the ship set sail, and while rounding the southeast extremity of South Georgia they sighted Clerke Rocks further to the southeast.

Gonçalo Álvares (Gough) Island

Several days after his departure from South Georgia la Roché came across another uninhabited island, “where they found water, wood and fish”, and spent six days “without seeing any human being”, thus making what some historians believe was the first landing on the South Atlantic island that had been discovered by the Portuguese navigator Gonçalo Álvares in 1505 or 1506 (and known as Gough Island since 1731).^[2][3]

La Roché successfully reached the Brazilian port of Salvador, and eventually arrived in La Rochelle, France on 29 September 1675.^{[2][4][5][6][7]}

Captain James Cook was aware of la Roché's discovery, mentioning it in his ship journal upon approaching South Georgia in January 1775.^[8]

Maps showing la Roché's discovery[link]

Soon after the voyage cartographers started to depict on their maps ‘Roché Island’, and ‘Straits de la Roche’ separating the island from an ‘Unknown Land’ to the southeast, honouring the discoverer. In particular, the newly discovered island appeared on the following 18th century maps:

• L'Isle, Guillaume de; J. Covens & C. Mortier. (1700/20). L'Amerique Meridionale. Paris.
• Chatelain, Henry A. (1705/19). Nouvelle Carte de Geographie de la Partie Meridionale de la Amerique. Amsterdam.
• L'Isle, Guillaume de & Henry A. Chatelain. (1705/19). Carte du Paraguai, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan. Paris.
• Lens, Bernard & George Vertue. (ca. 1710). Map of South America. London.
• Price, Charles. (ca. 1713). South America corrected from the observations communicated to the Royal Society's of London and Paris. London.

Fragment of Seale's map (ca. 1745) featuring ‘Roche Island’

• De Fer, Nicolas. (1720). Partie La Plus Meridionale de L'Amerique, ou se trouve Le Chili, Le Paraguay, et Les Terres Magellaniques avec les Fameux Detroits de Magellan et de le Maire. Paris.
• Homann Heirs. (1733). Typus Geographicus Chili a Paraguay Freti Magellanici. Nuremberg.
• Moll, Herman. (1736). A map of Chili, Patagonia, La Plata and ye South Part of Brasil. London.
• L'Isle, Guillaume de & Girolamo Albrizzi. (1740). Carta Geografica della America Meridionale. Venice.
• Seale, Richard W. (ca. 1745). A Map of South America. With all the European Settlements & whatever else is remarkable from the latest & best observations. London.
• Cowley. (ca. 1745). A Map of South America. London.
• Gibson, John. (1753). South America. London.
• Buache, Philippe. (1754). Carte des Terres Australes, Comprises entre le Tropique du Capricorne et le Pôle Antarctique. Paris.
• Jefferys, Thomas. (1768). South America. London.
• Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles. (1773). Hemisphère Australe ou Antarctique. Paris.
• Arrowsmith, Aaron. (1794). Map of the World on a Globular Projection, Exhibiting Particularly the Nautical Researches of Capn. James Cook, F.R.S. with all the Recent Discoveries to the Present Time. London.

The second ever map of South Georgia made in 1802 by Captain Isaac Pendleton of the American sealing vessel Union and reproduced by the Italian polar cartographer A. Faustini in 1906, was entitled ‘South Georgia; Discovered by the Frenchman La Roche in the year 1675’. (Pendleton erred regarding la Roché's nationality due to his French last name.)^[9]

Honour[link]

1802 Map of South Georgia (Cpt. Isaac Pendleton)

Roché Peak, the highest feature on Bird Island, South Georgia, and Roché Glacier in Vinson Massif, Antarctica are named for Anthony de la Roché.^[10][11]

See also[link]

• History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• Gough Island

References[link]

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Jake Roche (born 16 September 1992^[1] ) is an English actor and singer, He played Isaac Nuttall in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale ^[2] and 'Matt' in the 2010 BBC Musical Film Rules of Love.^[3]

Early and personal life[link]

Born in 1992, Roche is the son of Shane Richie and Coleen Nolan.^[4] Aged nine, his parents divorced, of the divorce Roche has said "I remember seeing on the front pages about my dad cheating, but as horrible as that was, we didn’t fully ­understand because we were so young – so it’s not had this massive, damaging impact on us or anything."^[4] He has admitted that he has been embarrassed by some of his mothers comments on television saying, "the worst was when my brother rang her by accident when he was having sex and she went and said it on Loose Women. Oh my God! If it had been me, I don’t think she’d have said it – I wouldn’t have taken it so well!"^[4]

He is good friends with Jessie Wallace and has admitted that he thinks of her as a second mum.^[5]

He has one older brother,Shane Roche Jnr (born 1988) from his parents marriage, a half-brother Mackenzie Blue Roche (born in 2006), and a half-sister Lolita Bell Roche (born in 2008) from his dads second marriage. He also has a half sister Ciara (born June 2001) from his mothers and stepfather Ray Fensome's marriage. .^[6]

Career[link]

Roche trained at The Sylvia Young Theatre School for two years and appeared in the film Finding Neverland.^[7]

In 2010 he auditioned for the part of Isaac Nuttall in Emmerdale. Of the auditions he has said that he did not tell anyone who his parents were, Roche has said "I’d never go off mum and dad’s back because I wanted to know I could hold my own in a job like this."^[4] He was subsequently cast in the part and appeared on screens from August to October 2010.

He also appeared as Matt in the BBC Musical Film Rules of Love in 2010.

Roche is currently the frontman for his band called 'Relic' along with 3 others (Lewi, Charley and Danny) they are a Pop/RnB 4 piece signed to Prestige Music Management. Roche plays Rhythm/vocals.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jake Roche at IMDB

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Daisy Head (born 1991) is an English actress. She appeared in the film The Last Seven as Chloe Chambers, as Miri Gellert in two episodes of the BBC series Holby City ^[1], 'Daisy' in the 2010 musical film Rules of Love ^[2] and 'Sarah' in 2012 web-series The Proxy.

Early life[link]

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Born in 1991, Head is the younger daughter of Anthony Head and Sarah Fisher, the sister of Emily Head and the niece of Murray Head. She completed her secondary education at Kingswood School, in Somerset, Bath.

Career[link]

Head trained at the Dorothy Colbourne School of Dance and her first appearance in TV was in the series Rose and Maloney. She has subsequently appeared in a number of TV programmes, including Trial and Retribution, Doc Martin and Holby City. She made her film debut in 2010, appearing as Chloe in film The Last Seven, which starred Danny Dyer. In late 2010, Head appeared as the character Daisy in the TV musical film Rules of Love, playing opposite Jake Roche.^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Daisy Head at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Rules of Love
• Official website

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Anthony Callea
Anthony Callea at the 2012 Multicultural Festival Canberra, in February 2012
Background information
Birth name	Anthony Cosmo Callea
Born	(1982-12-13) 13 December 1982 (age 29)
Origin	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres	Pop, pop rock, dance-pop (recent)
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, musical theatre actor
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Sony Music Australia (2004–2009)
Website	www.anthonycallea.com.au

Anthony Cosmo Callea (born 13 December 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter who rose to prominence after being the runner-up in the 2004 season of Australian Idol. He was signed to Sony Music Australia until 2009 and is now an independent artist. Callea's debut single "The Prayer" is the fastest-selling single by an Australian artist,^[1] held the No.1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart for five weeks, a record for the debut single of an Australian Idol contestant,^[2] and was the second-highest selling Australian single of the last decade.^[3]

Callea has accumulated a string of awards including an ARIA Music Award, Channel V Artist of the Year, Pop Republic Artist of the Year, MTV Viewers' Choice Award, Variety's Young Entertainer of the Year, MO Award and a Gospel Music Award and is known for his powerful trained voice and his versatility in a range of genres in releases and live performances. All but one of the tracks on his second album A New Chapter were co-written by him. October 2011 saw Callea release his first new music in four years, a single titled "Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh", self-funded,^[4] released and distributed as a fully independent venture through his own production company, Vox Enterprises. The dance-pop track was co-written in LA with two-time Grammy-nominated and official DJ for the Black Eyed Peas, Poet Name Life.^[5] It signals a departure from the ballads for which he is known and was released in digital format only.

His albums, DVD and singles have all debuted in the top 20 of the ARIA Charts with the exception of "Oh Oh Oh Oh", and an EP titled Last to Go released in February 2012.^[6] However, "Oh Oh Oh Oh" debuted at number 6 on the Official Independent Music Charts AIR Charts,^[7] and in its first week, peaked at number 17 on the ARIA Top 20 Australian Artists Singles Chart.^[8] Last to Go reached number 7 on the Independent Distribution Singles Chart.^[9][10]

Biography[link]

Early years[link]

In his first venture into television Anthony Callea, credited as Anthony De Fazio, appeared in an episode of Funky Squad, "The Wrong Side of the Tracks", in 1995.

[edit] Australian Idol

Anthony Callea began entering talent contests as a child and trained with the Johnny Young Talent School. He auditioned and was selected for the final 30 in the television series Australian Idol in 2004. Based on viewer votes, he did not make it through the first round of competition, but was invited back as a "Judge's Choice Wildcard", where his performance earned him a place in the final twelve.

Over the weeks of the competition, his popularity with the Australian public grew. During his run on the show, he gave several performances that earned him high praise from the judges, including his rendition of Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water", Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is" and Andrea Bocelli and Céline Dion's duet "The Prayer." Judge Ian 'Dicko' Dickson said Callea's performance of the latter was the finest he had seen during his two years with the show. The competition concluded in November 2004 with Callea finishing as runner-up to Casey Donovan. He cited Cosima De Vito as his favourite contestant of the first series of Australian Idol. Callea was the first idol contestant in the competition that had never been included in the bottom three for the contestants who had the lowest votes each week.

[edit] Australian Idol performances

• Melbourne Auditions: "Wishes" by Human Nature
• Top 30: "Angels" by Robbie Williams
• Wildcard: "The Reason" by Hoobastank
• Top 12: Australian Made - "Heaven Knows" by Rick Price
• Top 11: Pop Night - "Ignition" by R. Kelly
• Top 10: 60s Night - "Gimme Some Lovin'" - Spencer Davis Group
• Top 9: Disco Night - "Car Wash" by Rose Royce
• Top 8: Idol's Choice - "The Prayer" by Andrea Bocelli and Céline Dion
• Top 7: Beatles Night - "I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles
• Top 6: 80's Night - "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner
• Top 5: R'n'B Night - "Back at One" by Brian McKnight
• Top 4: Big Band Night - "Fever" and "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" by Nat King Cole
• Top 3: 70s Night - "Hold the Line" by Toto and "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel
• Top 2: "Listen with Your Heart" (Winner's Single) by Diane Warren, "Walking Away" by Craig David and "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera
• Grand Final: "The Prayer" by Andrea Bocelli and Céline Dion

[edit] Post-Idol career

[edit] 2005–2006: Anthony Callea

Callea was immediately signed to Sony/BMG Records, and his first single, "The Prayer" was released in December 2004. It debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number one, and remained there for five consecutive weeks. Within seven weeks, it was certified four times platinum, selling in excess of 280,000 copies.^[11] In 2010 ARIA named it as the second-highest selling single of the last decade, which also made it the second-highest selling Australian artist song of that decade.^[3] His next single, the double A-side "Rain"/"Bridge over Troubled Water" spent two weeks at number one. His self-titled album debuted at number one in the week of 4 April 2005, and remained at the top of the chart for three weeks. His third single "Hurts So Bad" debuted at number ten on the ARIA Charts, while the album's final single, "Per Sempre (For Always)" debuted at number five.

Callea's DVD Live in Concert was released on 7 November 2005. It debuted at #3 in the ARIA DVD Chart and awarded Platinum status.

[edit] 2006–2007: A New Chapter

Callea released the single "Live for Love" on 4 November 2006, the first from his second album A New Chapter, the only song on the album which he did not co-write. Both the single and the album, released on 25 November 2006, debuted at number 9. The album contains a mix of genres characteristic to Callea, including power ballads and more up-tempo songs. Callea also contributed his version of the Brian McKnight song, "Home", to the compilation album Home: Songs of Hope & Journey, which was released in order to raise funds for BeyondBlue, an anti-depression organisation. The second single "Addicted to You" debuted at no. 19 when released in February 2007.

2012: Third studio album[link]

Callea is no longer with Sony and will release his third album as an independent artist. The first single is called "Oh Oh Oh Oh", and was released on 7 October 2011.^[12] It has not as yet charted in the ARIA Top 100, but has reached No.17 on the Australian Singles Chart which is for Australian artists only.^[8] In February 2012 Callea released a seven track EP titled Last to Go. The EP has not as yet charted on the ARIA Charts, but reached number seven on the Indepenent Distribution Music Chart.^[9][10]

Charity work[link]

Callea has been involved with many charities. He was part of the Tsunami Relief Telethon and was invited to perform at the Red Cross Ball in the presence of Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark. Callea has worked with The Starlight Foundation, the Royal Melbourne Children's Hospital, The Mirabel Foundation and The Salvation Army. More recently, Callea was the ambassador for the 2007 Perth Telethon for the Royal Children's Hospital and in November 2007 was appointed the official ambassador for Vision Australia. For the second year Anthony has been appointed the official ambassador for 2009's Vision Australia's Carols By Candlelight. This will be the sixth year in a row Callea has performed at this event and cites this as one of the highlights of the year.

Tours[link]

Headlining tours[link]

In July 2005, Callea embarked on an extensive east coast of Australia tour adding dates along the way during his Anthony Callea Tour 2005. Supporting Callea on tour was Tina Cousins. From July to September 2007, Callea embarked on his A New Chapter tour with his four-piece band. Callea performed the songs in his album A New Chapter as well as some of his classic songs, playing eighteen shows across the country.

On 6 December 2008, Anthony Callea took a night off from his successful run in Wicked and returns to the music stage for an exclusive Australian show at The Palms at Crown in Melbourne.

Overseas concert[link]

In August 2011 Callea will be a headline act performing at the Stockholm PrideFestival^[1][13] which is the largest Pride celebration in the Nordic region where he will also sample new music.

Musicians combined tours[link]

At the Tattoo Spectacular 2007, Callea performed his songs with accompaniment by the massed bands and the Tattoo Choir. The event combined a cast and crew of almost 900 musicians, performers, dancers and singers.

Callea and several other leading Australian performers have been invited to perform with the Sydney Symphony at the concert hall of the Sydney Opera House. The performance has been described as a tribute to the greatest film songs ever written and is scheduled from 7 to 10 May 2008.

Supporting tours[link]

During the Australian leg of Diana Ross's I Love You 2006 tour, Callea performed as her support act. During the Australian leg of Westlife's Face to Face Tour, Callea performed as their support act, Westlife's Arena Tour in February 2007. On 26 March 2008, Celine Dion commenced the Australian leg of her Taking Chances world tour. Callea performed as the special guest support act.

Anthony Callea had been announced as the special guest of the Australian leg of Whitney Houston's Nothing but Love World Tour opening in Brisbane on 22 February 2010. The arena tour played in Brisbane, Hope Estate Hunter Valley, Sydney, Melbourne, and finishing in Adelaide.

Notable performances[link]

• Performed a one off special concert for the Australian Flood Victims at Rally For Relief at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on January 2011^[14]
• In February 2009 Anthony was joined by his long-time idol Tina Arena to perform an impromptu performance of The Prayer at the re-launch of Melbournes Grand Hyatt^[15][16]
• Was handpicked to sing for Queen Elizabeth II in March 2006 at Commonwealth Day Church Service in Sydney
• Tribute performance at the 2005 Logies Awards for 2004 tsunami victims
• In 2005, on what was to be Luciano Pavarotti final trip to Australia, the request of Pavarotti, Callea was flown over to Perth to sing at a Gala event that was being held in his honour.
• Performed number-one hit "The Prayer" at the 2005 ARIA Music Awards after winning the highest selling single of the year.

Television work[link]

[edit] It Takes Two series 2

In 2007, Callea was one of the professional voices on the Seven Network's weekly musical competition program, It Takes Two, in which celebrities from non-musical fields were teamed with professional singers to perform a duet each week. Callea was paired with radio DJ Jo Stanley and finished in second place, competing against Jolene Anderson and David Campbell at the finals.

Performances[link]

• Week One: The Veronicas - "4ever" (Pop)
• Week Two: Chaka Khan - "I Say a Little Prayer" (Songs from the Movies)
• Week Three: Kelly Clarkson - "Because of You" (Ballad)
• Week Four: Blondie - "Call Me" (No. 1 Hits)
• Week Five: Peaches & Herb - "Shake Your Groove Thing" (Disco)
• Week Six: ABBA - "SOS" (70's & 80's)
• Week Seven: Diana Ross - "You Are Everything" (Motown)
• Week Eight: Judy Garland - "Get Happy" (Swing) & Joan Jett - "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Rock)
• Week Nine: Anthony Callea - "The Prayer" (A song their mentor was famous for) & Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode" (Rock & Roll)
• Week Ten (Finale): Encore performances of Kelly Clarkson's "Because of You", Judy Garland's "Get Happy", and a new performance of Irene Cara's "Flashdance... What a Feeling"

[edit] It Takes Two series 3

In 2008, Callea again performed as one of the professional voices on the Seven Network's weekly musical competition program, It Takes Two, in which celebrities from non-musical fields are teamed with professional singers to perform a duet each week. Callea's partner for season three was ironwoman Candice Falzon. The third series began airing on 12 February 2008. Callea and Falzon were eliminated in week seven, finishing in fifth place.

Performances[link]

• Week One: Mentors Group Performance: "Get Ready"
• Week One: KT Tunstall - "Suddenly I See" (Pop)
• Week Two: Thelma Houston - "Don't Leave Me This Way" (R&B/Soul)
• Week Three: Faith Hill - "This Kiss" (Country)
• Week Four: Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston - "When You Believe" (Ballad)
• Week Four: Mentors Group Performance: "Born to Hand Jive" from Grease
• Week Five: Roxette - "The Look" (80's)
• Week Six: CeCe Peniston - "Finally" (Disco)
• Week Seven: The Veronicas - "Hook Me Up" (Rock)
• Week Ten Grand Final: Cast Medley: Roxette - "The Look" (80's)
• Week Ten Grand Final: Mentors Group Performance: Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. - "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"

[edit] Ultimate School Musical: Fame

In January 2010 it was confirmed that Callea joined the cast of Foxtel's Ultimate School Musical: Fame,^[17] filming the series alongside Ruby Rose and others in Melbourne.

Ultimate School Musical: Fame features school children attempting to put on a professional musical in just six weeks. Callea is the series' voice coach.

After an extensive audition process across high schools throughout Australia, the students of Essendon Keilor College in Melbourne won the much sought after opportunity to be cast in Ultimate School Musical: Fame, a 10-part series to premiere exclusively on FOX8 under the guidance of director Eddie Perfect,theatre producer John Frost, choreographer Kelley Abbey and singer Callea.^[18]

Theatre/Musicals[link]

[edit] Dead Man Walking

In September 2007, in his first musical production, Callea played a supporting role in Dead Man Walking, the true story of Sister Helen Prejean, an unconventional nun, who accompanies murderer Joe de Rocher to his death by execution. It explores the opposing desires for vengeance and forgiveness in this extreme situation, and the commitment required to love or to hate a fellow human being.

[edit] Rent

In November 2007, Callea played the lead role Mark Cohen, a filmmaker and video artist, and Roger's roommate, in the Perth production of the critically acclaimed American Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical Rent.

This was Callea's second musical production. He starred alongside his now-partner, Tim Campbell.

[edit] Wicked

On 12 February 2008, it was announced that Callea would originate the role of Boq in the Australian premiere production of the Broadway musical Wicked, which opened in July 2008 at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne. Callea played his final performance 11 January 2009.

Personal life[link]

On 27 March 2007, after speculation and tabloid rumours dating back to his Idol appearances, Callea publicly acknowledged that he is gay by issuing a statement confirming his sexuality and thanking his fans and his then-partner, Paul.

"Yes, I am gay," Callea said. "I have no issue with my sexuality now, but it's taken time to become confident with who I am and happy with who I am. I'm comfortable enough to come clean now. It's a weight off my shoulders".^[19]

On 30 March 2007, Michael Kirby, then a judge of the High Court of Australia, described Callea as an "admirable Australian" for coming out. Justice Kirby added, "In terms of influencing popular culture and understanding of the reality of human sexual diversity, I would trade ten judges for one popular singer."^[20]

Callea has also admitted to suffering from depression in his teenage years, saying, "I went through major depression. I hated myself. I had to see a psychologist. I wasn't talking to anybody. My parents didn't know what was wrong with me."^[21] Callea has since supported beyondblue, an Australian initiative against depression, by contributing his version of a Brian McKnight song, "Home", to a compilation album, Home: Songs of Hope & Journey by various Australian artists to raise funds and bring attention to the organisation and its cause.

In February 2008 he and actor/singer Tim Campbell confirmed that they were in a relationship.

Discography[link]

Anthony Callea discography

Callea performing at The Palms at Crown Concert, 8 December 2008
Releases
↙Studio albums	2
↙EPs	1
↙Singles	7
↙Video albums	1
↙Music videos	7

The following is a complete discography of every album and single released by Australian pop music artist Anthony Callea.

Studio albums[link]

Extended plays[link]

Singles[link]

Soundtrack appearances[link]

Album appearances[link]

Videography[link]

DVD[link]

• Anthony Callea: "Per Sempre (For Always)" (DVD single)

Music videos[link]

• The Prayer
• The Prayer (Live on Idol Top 8)
• Rain
• Bridge over Troubled Water (LIVE on Idol)
• Hurts So Bad (LIVE)
• Per Sempre (for Always)
• Live for Love
• Addicted to You

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Representation
• Official Facebook
• Anthony Callea's Official youtube channel
• Anthony Callea on Twitter
• Anthony Callea at the Internet Movie Database
• Harbour Agency
• Sony Bandit.fm Breathe profile
• Daily News

Prof. Rod Davies CBE is a Professor of Radio Astronomy at Jodrell Bank Observatory. Although retired he still works there regularly. He is the former director of the observatory. His main research interests include the Cosmic Microwave Background and the galactic foreground. He is also a Methodist preacher.^[1]

Background[link]

Rod Davies was born into a family of sheep farmers in a tiny village in the bush north of Adelaide, South Australia. He got sent to school as a punishment for setting a haystack on fire. He studied Astronomy at Adelaide University. He is currently residing in Cheshire with his wife, in the same town as they have lived in since they moved to Britain in the late 1950s. They have had four children and eleven grandchildren.

• PhD, DSc. (University of Manchester)
• Fellow Institute of Physics; Chartered Physicist
• President of the Royal Astronomical Society (1987–89); Secretary (1978–86).
• Fellow of the Royal Society (1992)
• CBE (Queen’s Birthday Honours 1995)

• Born 8 January 1930, Balaklava, South Australia
• 1951 Honours degree in Physics, University of Adelaide; Research Officer in the Radiophysics Division, CSIRO, Sydney.
• 1953 Appointed Assistant Lecturer, University of Manchester.
• 1956 PhD (University of Manchester). Lecturer in Physics.
• 1963 Sabbatical year at Radiophysics Division, CSIRO, Sydney.
• 1976 Appointed Professor of Radio Astronomy, University of Manchester.
• 1988–1997 Director, Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester.
• 1972–1995 Member and chairman of various committees and boards of the UK Science Research Council and its successors.
• 1997 Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester.
• Currently co-investigator on the Planck satellite of the European Space Agency and co-coordinator of the 14 Planck projects on Galactic and Solar System science.

Essays and papers[link]

• "The Alpha and Omega of Space and Time" in God for the 21st Century, Russell Stannard ed., Templeton Foundation Press, 2000, ISBN 1-890151-39-4
• Davies, R.D., 1960. MNRAS 120, 483. A study of neutral hydrogen in the solar neighbourhood of the Milky Way.
• Cooper, A. J., Davies, R.D., Booth, R.S. 1971. MNRAS 152, 383. Interferometric investigations of sources of OH emission.
• Davies, R.D., Gottesman, S.T., 1970. MNRAS 149, 237. Neutral hydrogen in M31. (I) - The distribution of neutral hydrogen.
• Davies, R.D. 1964. MNRAS 128, 133. A search for intergalactic neutral hydrogen. (II) – Data of cosmological significance derived from the observations.
• Davies, R.D., Pedlar, A., Mirabel, I.F., 1978. MNRAS 182, 727. A search for neutral hydrogen in primordial protoclusters at z = 3.33 and 4.92.
• Staveley-Smith, L., Davies, R.D, 1989. MNRAS 241, 787. The peculiar velocity of the Local Group.(III) – Dipole, quadrupole and infall solutions.
• Lasenby, A.N., Davies, R.D., 1983. MNRAS 203, 1137. Lambda 6-cm observations of the fluctuations in the 3 K cosmic microwave background.
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