Hubert Kestell Cornish, known to many as Hugh Cornish: the first face on television in Queensland, and ultimately Queensland's last living link to the genesis of our TV industry in the late 1950's and early 1960's sadly passed away on December 11, 2024 at the age of 90.
Hugh's career in the television medium was one that began, with the introduction of the first filmed news footage for Queensland television (Princess Alexandria on her way from Canberra to Brisbane for Queensland's centennial celebrations), and ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, both in on-air and off-air roles, before exploring new frontiers in the arts sector throughout the 1990's, before becoming the elder statesman of Queensland's TV industry for twenty years until his passing.
But like every great story, Hugh's has it's beginnings somewhere.
(Thanks to Hugh's autobiography "Funny You Should Ask", for the help about transcribing his life up until 1996. If you ever stumble on it at Brisbane's Lifeline Bookfest or somewhere else, it is a great read.)
Hugh's career in the television medium was one that began, with the introduction of the first filmed news footage for Queensland television (Princess Alexandria on her way from Canberra to Brisbane for Queensland's centennial celebrations), and ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, both in on-air and off-air roles, before exploring new frontiers in the arts sector throughout the 1990's, before becoming the elder statesman of Queensland's TV industry for twenty years until his passing.
But like every great story, Hugh's has it's beginnings somewhere.
(Thanks to Hugh's autobiography "Funny You Should Ask", for the help about transcribing his life up until 1996. If you ever stumble on it at Brisbane's Lifeline Bookfest or somewhere else, it is a great read.)
