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Alvin Purple at 50 : How ‘boobs and Pubes’ Led Australian Screen’s Sexual (and Sexist) Revolution, Michelle Arrow , single work column

'Fifty years ago this week, the first blockbuster of the Australian new wave hit Australian cinemas. Directed by Tim Burstall and starring Graeme Blundell, Alvin Purple was a bawdy sex comedy about an unprepossessing young man who was irresistible to women.' (Introduction)          

Leah Purcell’s Is That You, Ruthie? Is a Powerful Look at ‘Dormitory Girls’ Separated from Country and Family, Kate Cantrell , single work review
— Review of Is That You, Ruthie? Leah Purcell , 2023 single work drama ;

'Aunty Ruth Hegarty, or Ruthie, was four-and-a-half years old when she was forcibly removed from her mother, Ruby, under the auspices of Queensland’s Aboriginals Protection Act (1897).' (Introduction)          

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