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Advertisement, South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, 3 August 1928, p.17 (via Trove Australia)
form y separately published work icon Trooper O'Brien single work   film/TV  
Alternative title: Key of Fate
Issue Details: First known date: 1928... 1928 Trooper O'Brien
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'It is a story of the days of the bushrangers, and there are many exciting scenes of encounters between the cattlemen and the cattle thieves. There is also a terrifying scene of a forest fire, and some of the incidents take place on the goldfields. Great interest centres in Ned Kelly's last great stand against the law, which finally proved itself too strong for him. A charming romance runs through the whole production.'

Source:

'Trooper O'Brien', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 29 October 1928, p.6.

Exhibitions

Notes

  • The film used the title Key of Fate until a few weeks before its release. See, for example, 'The Key of Fate', Sunday Times, 8 August 1926, p.24.

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      Australian Artists Company ,
      1928 .
      image of person or book cover 5242691102100650507.jpg
      Advertisement, South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, 3 August 1928, p.17 (via Trove Australia)
      Extent: 5500 feet; 77min.p.
      Description: Silent; black-and-white

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How Dixie Waltzed with Matilda : The Influence on Australia of Cinematic Images of the South Bruce Dennett , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Mississippi Quarterly , Summer vol. 63 no. 3/4 2010; (p. 493-509)
Argues that 'Hollywood's images of docile African American slaves served as a model for the depiction of Indigenous Australians in feature films because they sustained Australia's academic and social debates about the founding of white Australia.' (p.493)
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