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Rawle speaks of his early family life in Adamstown, how his father inspired him with the skills of an entrepreneur, visits to the Tivoli in 1933 which gave him an interest in entertainment and music, training to be an engineer, how he got started in the business by presenting jazz concerts in Newcastle and Maitland, what lead him to compere his first radio show on Station 2KO in Newcastle, his first jazz concert in Albert Hall, Canberra, presenting Hillbilly (Country & Western) shows and touring Victoria with "Hillbilly Roundup" in which he first appeared on stage as an entertainer, his stage name "Saltbush Bill", his ambition to tour around Australia with "Sir William Rawle's Hillbilly Roundup", developing the "Act of Death" and the secret of his memory act, meeting hypnotist Martin St. James then aged 15, meeting with Lang Hancock, maintaining itinerary schedules during his long national tour, helping others with hypnotherapy, reaction of outback Aboriginals to his show.
Rawle speaks about developing his mind-reading and hypnotist shows with himself as Merlin, challenged to hypnotise the local football team in Coffs Harbour, moving to Wagga to lease two dance halls and establish basketball teams eventually presenting the Harlem Globe Trotters, produced concerts featuring Johnny O'Keefe in Wagga and Albury, moving to the Gold Coast in 1961 and established the entertainment venue the Hideaway and the entertainment he put on, how he established the career of Frank Ifield, presenting Cliff Richards at the Hideaway, his appearance in a movie "Spring Ball", what lead him to set up "Gold Coast By Night" tours, how he came to be granted custody of his two boys by the Family Law Court at the age of 65 and his decision to return to Wagga, how he maintains good health, achievements which have given the most satisfaction, what he would have done differently, the success of the Ned Kelly Today Show.
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