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Fred Brophy will sell you a ticket, spin you a yarn and dare you into the ring, but at 73, the outback ringmaster is slowing ...
This year's Birdsville Races saw the last appearance of one of its long-time fixtures. For more than four decades, showman ...
Legendary boxing troupe showman Fred Brophy will marry his long-time sweetheart if the outback icon finally wins the ...
Fred Brophy is a fourth generation traveling showman and heads the last surviving tent boxing troupe in the world. To many, Fred is an outback hero. He is friend, counselor and savior to the rural ...
People from across the country travel to Birdsville for the annual races, while an iconic boxing tent marks the end of an era ...
This story was originally published in October 2013.  Fred Brophy, 73, is staging his famous boxing tent at Birdsville for ...
To play the titular Aussie tent boxer in “Kid Snow,” British actor Billy Howle spent six months physically training, then learned bits of obscure Australian history. A versatile stage-screen-TV ...