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Encore: Aaron Fa’Aoso on his mistakes, heartaches, and lucky breaks

Encore: Aaron Fa’Aoso on his mistakes, heartaches, and lucky breaks

Update: 2025-10-24
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Aaron was living on the tip of Cape York when he borrowed his uncle’s dinghy to make it to his first acting audition on nearby Thursday Island.

He won the role that day in a TV show called Remote Area Nurse, and many other TV series followed, including the crime dramas The Straits and East West 101.

He also presented the Torres Strait Island Cooking show, Strait to the Plate, and he was one of the stars of the comedy show Black Comedy.

Today Aaron is not just an actor, he's a director and producer as well and as he writes about in his memoir So Far, So Good, there have been many setbacks and some heartbreak on his path to success.

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So Far, So Good is published by Pantera Press

This episode of Conversations explores Cape York, acting, writing, producing, television, film, domestic violence, children, rejection, family, domestic violence protection order, logie awards, masculinity, relationships, racism.

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Encore: Aaron Fa’Aoso on his mistakes, heartaches, and lucky breaks

Encore: Aaron Fa’Aoso on his mistakes, heartaches, and lucky breaks

Australian Broadcasting Corporation