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Based on A. B. (Banjo) Paterson's classic poem, The Man from Snowy River is a coming-of-age story set in the Snowy River highlands of Northern Victoria and southern NSW in about 1880. Young stockman Jim Craig has lived his first eighteen years in the mountains.The death of his father forces him to leave the family property and go to the low lands to earn enough money to get it back in operation. He finds work on the property of the wealthy Mr Harrison, but when a valuable colt runs off to join a mob of brumbies in the highlands, he is forced to get it back and hopefully clear his name. Harrison offers a reward, which brings to the hunt dozens of the best horsemen in the district (including Clancy of the Overflow). Unimpressed by Jim's undersized mountain horse, Harrison and the other stockmen suggest that he stay behind. Jim uses his knowledge of the mountains and his horse's experience to track the colt down and bring it home. He doesn't ride so much for the reward, however, as to prove his worth to Harrison's headstrong daughter Jessica.
The narrative's sub-plot sees Jim and Jessica caught in the middle of a twenty-year-old feud between Harrison and his twin brother, Spur (who was also Jim's father's best friend and Jessica's now-dead mother's former true love).
The Man from Snowy River
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1982
Z245655
1982
single work
novel
adventure
romance
'From Banjo Paterson's immortal ballad comes the classic novel.
'Jim Craig is 18-years-old, and cannot return to his mountain home until he has proven himself a man. Jessica Harrison is the beautiful, impetuous daughter of the wealthy cattleman whose £ 1000 colt runs off to join the brumby mob. And then there is the stallion, leader of the brumbies for almost 20 years, ranging free and proud in the mountains, whose very existence is like a dark thread running through the lives of so many people ....' (Publication summary)
The Man from Snowy River II
Return to Snowy River;
The Untamed
( dir. Geoff Burrowes
)
Australia
:
Burrowes Film Group
Hoyts Productions
,
1988
7289551
1988
single work
film/TV
historical fiction
adventure
'The film picks up several years after THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER. Jim Craig is returning once again to the Harrison homestead to take Jessica back to his Snowy River home, but he finds that Harrison - and Jessica - have different ideas. So too does Patton, the arrogant son of the banker-landowner who leads a group determined to seize the High Country cattle runs.'
Source: Screen Australia.
'The underdog is a familiar figure in Australian popular culture. Yet Australian studies scholarship has tended to focus on the related, but somewhat broader, concept of egalitarianism. The figure of the underdog therefore remains a popular trope, rather than an object of serious study. This article seeks to critically engage with constructions of the underdog, arguing that this figure underpins some of the most significant narratives of Australian identity and is ripe for further analysis. I build on the work of American anthropologist James Wertsch, and what he has described as schematic narrative templates, to position the underdog narrative as an Australian iteration of his schema. In particular, I focus on narratives that feature the horse as significant. Touching on key cultural texts including “The Man from Snowy River” and the Silver Brumby series to illustrate this schema, I then draw more deeply on constructions of the racehorse Phar Lap to argue the template’s use in framing a nationally significant historical narrative. I contend that the underdog schematic narrative template and what I have termed the Australian “horse discourse” function to mutually reinforce the legitimacy of both, creating powerful sites for the expression of nationalism.' (Publication abstract)
'Four decades since The Man from Snowy River began filming in north-east Victoria, the town at the heart of it all is giving fans the chance to revisit the iconic movie.'
'The Man from Snowy River' and Australian Popular Culture
1982
Perth
:
Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University)
,
1995
Z1617922
1982
single work
criticism
A critical examination of The Man from Snowy River, first published shortly after the film's release.
'The Man from Snowy River'
Perth
:
Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University)
,
2002
Z1617934
2002
single work
criticism
Research undertaken by a student of the Centre for Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) into the 1980 feature film The Man from Snowy River. Includes aspects relating to the production phase, critical reception, principal performers and production crew, references and a synopsis.
