Marty Kristian is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

-born Australia

Australia

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n musician, he was a singer and 1970s heartthrob who was best known as a member of The New Seekers

The New Seekers

The New Seekers are a British-based pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, The Seekers. The idea was that the New Seekers would appeal to the same market as the original Seekers, but their music had rock as well as folk influences...

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Kristian was brought up in Australia

Australia

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, originally training to be an architect

Architect

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 at Melbourne University. In 1969 he became a member of the original line up of the New Seekers, along with Chris Barrington, Eve Graham

Eve Graham

Eve Graham is a Scottish singer, who found fame in the early 1970s with the pop group, The New Seekers.-Biography:...

, Sally Graham and Laurie Heath. He wrote

Songwriter

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 or co-wrote some of the New Seekers' song

Song

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Kristian married his partner, Carol, in June 1975 in London. They have two sons, James, born 1981, and Oliver, born 1982. His wife runs an acting and drama school in the London area. On February 28, 2011 Marty released an album of demo recordings called 'Echoes', available from The New Seekers website www.thenewseekers.com
Marty Kristian is now on facebook: Marty Kristian Echoes the demos album

James Kristian has acted in several television program

Television program

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mes including the BBC Television

BBC Television

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 series, Doctors. He also played the part of Allen Rissbrook in As If

As If

As If is a British comedy-drama series broadcast on Channel 4. There were 76 episodes across four series, the first broadcast on January 22, 2001 and the last on July 31, 2004.-Premise & Facts:...

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