The original Silver's Circus was an Australian circus started by Mervyn King along with tentmakers, David Hardie Snr. and his two sons Les and David Jnr. King sold Silver's in 1953. In 1976 Anton & Anna [Gasser] continued Silvers Circus in Australia. Ross Skiffington was the creator, writer, director & ringmaster of Silver's Grand Magic Circus.-- adapted from Wikipedia, viewed 2 March 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvers_Circus
Ross Skiffington is a New Zealand-born Australian magician, actor, and theatre director, who has received two lifetime achievement awards for his contributions to magic.