Grahame Bond
Entertainer, Comedian & Creator of Aunty Jack
Grahame Bond is one of Australia’s most beloved and versatile entertainers. Creator of the iconic Aunty Jack, award-winning comedian, architect, musician, adventurer, and television presenter, Grahame captivates audiences with his unique blend of humour, creativity, and inspiring stories from a lifetime of extraordinary experiences.
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Grahame Bond is one of Australia’s most prolific, influential, and beloved personalities. For over thirty years, he has entertained and inspired audiences with his unique blend of art, architecture, acting, advertising, archaeology—and of course, Aunty Jack.
Grahame began his career at Sydney University as a founding member of the Architecture Revue, alongside future luminaries including Geoffrey Atherden, Peter Weir, Peter Best, and Rory O’Donoghue. After graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1967, he began tutoring in design at Sydney University.
In 1971, he created the groundbreaking ABC comedy series Aunty Jack, followed by Flash Nick from Jindavick, Wollongong the Brave, and The Off Show. Aunty Jack later appeared on British television as Not the Aunty Jack Show. As a musical writer, Grahame wrote and performed in Hamlet on Ice (1970), co-wrote the long-running musical Boys Own McBeth (1978), and directed Captain Bloody for the Elizabethan Theatre Trust in the 1980s.
He has won numerous awards, including a Logie for Best Australian Comedy (Aunty Jack), an AWGIE from the Australian Writers’ Guild for his contribution to Australian comedy, and the 1981 AFI Music Award for Best Soundtrack for the feature film Fatty Finn.
In 1990, Grahame opened his advertising agency, Bond Strohfeldt, serving blue-chip clients such as Daihatsu, Bridgestone, Virgin, and Disney, before selling the business in 1996 to pursue travel and adventure. His journeys have taken him trekking in Nepal, canoeing in Kakadu, cycling from Hanoi to Saigon, and excavating archaeological sites in Jordan, Cyprus, and Syria, as well as filming the documentary The Big Chief in Papua New Guinea.
Grahame has also hosted Channel Seven’s Whose House is it Anyway? and served as an architect on Better Homes and Gardens for six years. His unique combination of architecture, comedy, music, television, and archaeology—paired with his infectious enthusiasm and humour—makes Grahame an engaging, entertaining, and thought-provoking speaker.
