- The Shiralee
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name = The Shiralee (1957)
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director =Leslie Norman
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writer =D'Arcy Niland (novel)
Leslie Norman
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starring =Peter Finch Dana Wilson Elizabeth Sellars
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distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = 1957
runtime = 99 min.
country =U.K.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0050961Infobox Film
name = The Shiralee (1987)
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director = George Ogilvie
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starring =Bryan Brown Rebecca Smart Noni Hazelhurst
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released = 1987
runtime = 100 min.
country = AUS
language = English
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imdb_id = 0094546"The Shiralee" is a 1957 film made by the British
Ealing Studios , directed byLeslie Norman and based on the novel byD'Arcy Niland . Although all exterior scenes were filmed in Australia and Australian actorsCharles Tingwell ,Bill Kerr andEd Devereaux played in supporting roles, the film is really a British film made in Australia, rather than an Australian film.ref|pike-224ref|moran "The Shiralee" is also a 1987 Australian TV film directed by George Ogilvie, based on the same novel.Plot summary
"The Shiralee" tells the story of the itinerant rural worker Macauley —sometimes described as a “swagman” or “swaggie”—who suddenly finds himself taking responsibility for his child. Having returned from “walkabout”, he finds his wife entwined in the arms of another, and so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. The child is the “shiralee”, an Aboriginal word meaning “burden.” In their time together, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding. The barren landscapes of the outback provided both a backdrop to the richness of the relationship, as well as explaining the swagman’s love for the country.
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# Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, "Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production", Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 224. ISBN 0-19-550784-3
# Albert Moran and Errol Vieth, "Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema", Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005.ee also
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South Australian Film Corporation External links
* 1957 British film version of imdb title|id=0050961
* 1987 Australian miniseries version of imdb title|id=0094546
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A7636;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 The Shiralee at the National Film and Sound Archive]
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