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Roger Bush (minister)

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Roger Bush
Born(1918-09-01)1 September 1918
Died30 September 2000(2000-09-30) (aged 82)
OccupationMethodist minister
Known forNewspaper columnist &
Talk back radio host
SpouseGlenyce
ChildrenLesley & Peter Bush


Roger Bush OBE (1 September 1918 – 30 September 2000) was a British-born Australian Methodist minister and media personality.[1]

Early life

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Bush was born in England and his family migrated to Sydney, Australia, the following year. He was the oldest of a family of four and had two brothers and a sister.

Family and BHP

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He met his wife, Glenyce, in Norfolk whilst serving with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. After the war, they returned to Sydney and had two children, Peter and Lesley. Bush was employed by BHP at Wollongong before being ordained as a minister.

Methodist minister

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He became an early talkback radio minister on Connections, a three-hour talkback program he devised and hosted on 2CH.[2] Bush wrote a column for the Sydney Sun newspaper for 12 years. From the opening of the Sydney Opera House in 1973 he was responsible for the Christmas program of celebrations.

Retirement

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In 1989, Bush retired to Port Macquarie.

Honours

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Publications

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  • The Open Line Bedside Book – (Sydney, 1984)
  • The Origins of Christmas: Fact, Fiction and Myth – Reed Publishing (Sydney, 1982)
  • The Origins of Easter: Fact, Fiction and Myth – Reed Publishing (Sydney, 1982)
  • A Bush Christmas – Rigby (Sydney, 1980)
  • All the trees were green – Rigby (Adelaide, 1979)
  • Prayers for Pagans – Hodder & Stoughton (Sydney, 1968)

References

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  1. ^ Who's Who in Australia 1988 (Herald & Weekly Times Melb, 1988): Bush, Roger (1918 – )
  2. ^ MUA Events
  3. ^ Port Macquarie News
  4. ^ "It's an Honour". Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2008.