Meme Oz

The broadcast that started it all.

The month before "Brandon" Canberra had its own meme take off. Originating as a mistake by Sydney TV caption writer, Mitch Bowey, who failed to spot the auto-speller interpretation of "Canberrans" in a serious message by the Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Canberras immediately saw the humour and the meme soon spread throughout the ACT.

It then was amplified as a running joke for all Canberrans during the dark days of the Delta lockdown, appearing on badges, t-shirts, road signs and even promoted by the local beverage makers

The Canberra Raiders became the Ken Behren Raiders

Canberra's local Capital brewer gave Ken a face

And even the ACT Health campaigning made light