[1] In 1983, James Hardie Industries and Hanna-Barbera corporate parent Taft Broadcasting reorganised the division as Taft-Hardie Group Pty Ltd.

In 1984, the company established a division in Los Angeles known as Southern Star Productions, founded and headed by Buzz Potamkin.

[2] In 1988, Neil Balnaves led an A$11 million management buyout of Taft-Hardie, reorganising the company as Southern Star Group.

Southern Star Productions's founder Buzz Potamkin died from pancreatic cancer on 22 April 2012.

[9][10] Hanna-Barbera Pty Ltd (Australia)'s founder Kevin Weldon passed away peacefully 'content to have lived a full, lucky and blessed life', surrounded by family and loved ones, in November 2023.