[1] After moving to Cairns when he was five years old, his family finally settled in the state's capital city of Brisbane when he was aged 12, where he began attending high school.

[9] Brumm conceived of the show while he was working on Charlie and Lola alongside Paterson, who would later animate Bluey's pilot, in London.

[10] Brumm decided the episodes of Bluey would centre around the two juvenile characters participating in play-based learning and creating their own adventures, producing a one-minute sample in 2016.

[9] Ludo Studio, a local company, picked it up and helped Brumm expand the sample into a five-minute pilot.

[9] Brumm and his wife Suzy subsequently created the first season of 52 seven-minute episodes which was released in Australia in 2018.