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Adaptation of My Brother Jack : A Novel George Johnston , 1964 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 My Brother Jack
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An historical drama series set largely in the suburbs of Melbourne between the 1920s and World War II, much of the film's action centres on the lives of young Davey, his older brother Jack, and their family.

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Forgotten Australian Mini-series : My Brother Jack Stephen Vagg , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 22 January 2022;
Actors and Heroes : My Brother Jack and the Great War on Television Anne Pender , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , Autumn no. 184 2015; (p. 96-101)

'It has been fifty years since the ABC adapted George Johnston's novel 'My brother Jack' for the small screen. With commemorations of World War I at the forefront of Australia's national agenda for 2015, Anne Pender asserts that the series, along with network ten's telemovie adaptation of the same novel, is worthy of renewed attention.'

Source: Abstract.

Actors and Heroes : My Brother Jack and the Great War on Television Anne Pender , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , Autumn no. 184 2015; (p. 96-101)

'It has been fifty years since the ABC adapted George Johnston's novel 'My brother Jack' for the small screen. With commemorations of World War I at the forefront of Australia's national agenda for 2015, Anne Pender asserts that the series, along with network ten's telemovie adaptation of the same novel, is worthy of renewed attention.'

Source: Abstract.

Forgotten Australian Mini-series : My Brother Jack Stephen Vagg , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 22 January 2022;
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