Davis, Sharon

Field of activity
Journalist and Radio Journalist
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an36022401
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-603478

Biographies

For more than 20 years Sharon has reported on important stories both locally and internationally for ABC Radio. One of her documentaries prompted an Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry into the use of prison informers. She covered the first democratic election in South Africa for Radio National, and was present in the refugee camps in Macedonia when Kosovars streamed across the border to escape the war.

Sharon has won numerous awards for her work, including three Walkley awards, the Human Rights Award, the George Munster Award for Independent Journalism, and the International Women in Film and Radio Award. In 2000 she was awarded an International Reuters Scholarship to study at Oxford University.

In 1995 Sharon took leave from the ABC to work as a media trainer with disadvantaged groups in South Africa. She lived and worked there for three years.

  • c. 1988 - Career in journalism active
  • 1991 Walkley Award (Radio) - Best Investigative Report -Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • 1993 Walkley Award (Radio) - Best Investigative Report - 'Playing With Fire' - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • 2003 Walkley Award (Radio) - Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special - 'Crime and Punishment' - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Nick Franklin)
  • 2007 Walkley Award (Radio) - Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 'The Search for Edna Lavilla', with Eurydice Aroney

View the full record at Australian Women's Register

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Australian Women's Register

Resources for Sharon Davis

Selected resources (1)

Australian Women's Register

  1. The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2008]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html

Resources by Sharon Davis (43)

  1. Every chart-topper tells a story : the seventies / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon
    [ Book : 1998 ]
    At 15 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.237)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.237)

  2. [Interview with Sharon Davis] [interviewed by Leckie Hopkins]
    Davis, Sharon
    [ Sound : 1986 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.73)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.73)

  3. Every chart-topper tells a story : the sixties / [by] Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon
    [ Book : 1997 ]
    At 12 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.545)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.545)

  4. I heard it through the grapevine : Marvin Gaye : the biography / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon, 1937-
    [ Book : 1991-1992 ]
    At 6 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.59)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.59)

  5. Stevie Wonder : rhythms of wonder / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon
    [ Book : 2006 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.539)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.539)

  6. Four Irish folksongs / arranged by Sharon Davis for flugelhorn (B♭ trumpet) & cello
    Davis, Sharon
    [ Sheet music : 1984 ]
    At University of Sydney
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.103)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.103)

  7. Inclusion in Education of Children with Mental Retardation. 1994 Update / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon
    [ Article : 1994 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.66)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.66)

  8. Report Card on Inclusion in Education of Students with Mental Retardation, 1995 / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon
    [ Article : 1995 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.66)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.66)

  9. Report Card to the Nation on Inclusion in Education of Students with Mental Retardation / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon
    [ Article : 1992 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.466)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.466)

  10. Guns and bulldozers / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon
    [ Sound : 1994 ]
    At LaTrobe Uni Melb
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.334)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.334)

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Resources about Sharon Davis (17)

  1. [Interview with Sharon Davis] [interviewed by Leckie Hopkins]
    Davis, Sharon
    [ Sound : 1986 ]
    At WA State Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.64)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.64)

  2. Davis, Sharon. Lionel Richie: Hello.(Brief article)(Book review)
    Walker, Bill
    Xpress Reviews
    [ Article : 2009 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.951)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.951)

  3. Review of Eurydice Aroney and Sharon Davis' The Search for Edna Lavilla
    Arrow, Michelle
    History Australia
    [ Article : 2007 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.373)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.373)

  4. Two students, possibly Craig Jessop and Sharon Davis, acting in a play
    [ Photograph : 2003 ]
    View online
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.328)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.328)

  5. Cool cookin'. (Sharon Davis; Barry Silverman; Valeria Vlazinskaya)
    Mark, Michael
    American Record Guide
    [ Article : 1983 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.266)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.266)

  6. Still: Miniatures for flute, oboe and piano. (Peter Christ, oboe; Gretel Shanley, flute; Sharon Davis, piano)
    Lange, Art
    American Record Guide
    [ Article : 1980 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.195)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.195)

  7. Schmidt: Variants with solo cadenzas for trumpet quartet; Concertino for two trumpets and organ; Sonata for trumpet and piano. (Anthony Plog, Sharon Davis, Orpha Ochse, Russell Kidd)
    Meckna, Michael
    American Record Guide
    [ Article : 1981 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.973)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.973)

  8. Schmidt: Serenade for tuba and piano; Variations on "St. Bone" for trombone and piano; Sonata for horn and piano. (Tommy Johnson; Alvin Veeh; Calvin Smith; Sharon Davis)
    Mark, Michael
    American Record Guide
    [ Article : 1983 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.973)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.973)

  9. Bozza: Caprice. Enesco: Legend. Tull: Three bagatelles. Viviani: Sonata no. 2. Scarlatti: Sonata in A minor, K. 141; Sonata in D minor, K. 175. Telemann: Canonic sonata no. 1. (Anthony Plog, Sharon Davis, Martha Aarons)
    Meckna, Michael
    American Record Guide
    [ Article : 1982 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.751)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.751)

  10. Schmidt: Double concerto for trumpet, piano and chamber orchestra. Reinecke: Trio, op. 274, for piano, clarinet and horn. (Anthony Plog, Sharon Davis, David Atkins, Calvin Smith, Robert Kenneth Duerr, Pasadena Chamber Orchestra)
    Chakwin, Stephen D
    American Record Guide
    [ Article : 1982 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.389)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.389)

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  1. Brief record of the advance of the Egyptian expeditionary force under the command of General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, July 1917 to October 1918
    Pirie-Gordon, H; Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman, Sir
    [ Map : 1919-2008 ]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
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  1. Duo sonata : for clarinet & piano / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon, 1937-
    [ Sheet music : 1986 ]
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  2. Piano potpourri : five contrasting virtuoso pieces for piano solo / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon, 1937-
    [ Sheet music : 1992 ]
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  3. Delcina Stevenson, soprano, Sharon Davis, composer/pianist
    Davis, Sharon, 1937-
    [ Sound : 1984 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.015)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.015)

  4. Lists, lists, lists / written by Anne Davis & Alwyn Evans ; illustrated by Leanne Fleming
    Davis, Anne (Anne McKay)
    [ Book, Audio book : 1993-2006 ]
    At 22 libraries
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  1. Motown : the history / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon, 1937-
    [ Book : 1988 ]
    At 17 libraries
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  2. Stevie Wonder : rhythms of wonder / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon, 1948-
    [ Book : 2003 ]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.841)

  3. '80s chart toppers : every chart-topper tells a story / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon, 1948-
    [ Book : 1999 ]
    At 6 libraries
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.215)

  4. Marvin Gaye : I heard it through the grapevine / Sharon Davis
    Davis, Sharon, 1948-
    [ Book : 2000 ]
    At 7 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.527)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.527)

  1. Website: Australian Women's Archives Project
    www.womenaustralia.info
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 0.925)

  2. Website: Pool
    www.pool.org.au
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    • Sharon Davis | Pool - 2/2/2010
    • ... Sharon Davis | Pool pool What is Pool? Click here beta version Login Register Explore News Forums...
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  3. Website: Neighbours.com
    www.neighbours.com
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    • Sharon Davies - 5/1/2001
    • ... Sharon Davies SHARON DAVIES Jessica Muschamp The baby of the family, Sharon had been spoilt since...
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  1. The personal touch.(Sharon Davis, wife of Gray Davis)
    Lesher, Dave
    Los Angeles Times
    [ Article : 1999 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.186)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.186)

  2. Redefining Sharon Davis.(California First Lady Sharon Davis)
    Les, Kathleen
    California Journal
    [ Article : 2000 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.155)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.155)

  3. THE RECALL CAMPAIGN; RECALL NOTEBOOK; Davis' Wife Starts Web Journal.(Main News)(Gray Davis, Sharon Davis)
    Los Angeles Times
    [ Article : 2003 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.423)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.423)

  4. Sex change brings man love, happiness. (Sharon Davis)
    Moore, Trudy S
    Jet
    [ Article : 1983 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.105)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.105)

  1. Afore S.A. Small Talk Entries
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Wednesday 24 May 1950 p 4 Article Illustrated
    ... Peters. 'You're not an umpire's boot lace.' From Mrs. J. M. Davis. 62 Hawker's road, Merlindie. 'You're not an umpire's boot lace.' From Mrs. J. M. Davis. 62 Hawker's road, Merlindie. 'Go on, I bet you tell that to all the girls.' From Sharon Holden, 66 Mclnnes avenue, Broadview. 'Go on, I bet you ... 99 words
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  2. Killed by wall
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Saturday 20 December 1952 p 1 Article
    ... Killed by wall BUNDABERG (by teleprinter) printer) - John- Davis. 55, married, with a large family, of Sharon, near Bundaberg, an employee of Gibson anc Howes' sugar mill, received fatal injuries when a con crete wall collapsed while he was digging a trench at Bin sera, about eight miles from ... 52 words
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  3. Candid Camera
    The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) Wednesday 16 July 1980 Supplement: Your TV Magazine p 149 Article Illustrated
    ... 1 Top: Earlybirds take on Aladdin - Dean Davis, lan Wilson and Fat Cat. Above left: ABC-TV's This Week team, Kel Richards, Dale Sinclair and Tony Ward. Above: Kiwi songbird Sharon O'Neill with pop host Donnie Sutherland. Above: Mike Walsh is nonplussed as John Inman takes his "inside leg." Below: ... 59 words
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