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'In the heart of the Australian outback, a baby vanished into the night. A nation and the world became fascinated by the mystery, curious that the mother claimed a dingo took her baby, intrigued that perhaps she was in fact a murderer. The story that unfolded has captivated people like no other event. Lindy Chamberlain found herself swept up in a wave of overwhelming odds as she was accused of murder, found guilty and put in jail for life with hard labour.'

Source: Libraries Australia. (Sighted 09/12/2009).

The Day of the Roses is a docu-drama that looks at the events of 18 January 1977, when a crowded commuter train heading for Sydney came off the track and struck the pillars of an overhead road bridge in the suburb of Granville. The force of the impact crushed part of the train, killing eighty-three passengers and injuring a further two hundred. The narrative follows the coronial inquiry into the crash, using flashbacks to tell the stories of particular people and the efforts of the rescuers to free the injured victims.

'Staff in an emergency department of a large Australian hospital have become addicted to the adrenalin rush they experience while dealing with life and death emergencies.'

Source: Screen Australia.