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Bryan Brown as Macauley and Rebecca Smart as Buster in The Shiralee (screen cap)
form y separately published work icon The Shiralee series - publisher   film/TV  
Adaptation of The Shiralee D'Arcy Niland , 1955 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 The Shiralee
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Film Details - South Australian Film Corporation , 1988

Producers:

Jock Blair (executive producer). Bruce Moir (producer).

Production Companies:

South Australian Film Corporation

Director of Photography:

Geoff Simpson

Editors:

Denise Haratzis

Production Designers:

Kristian Fredrikson

Music:

Chris Neal

Cast:

Including Bryan Brown (Macauley), Noni Hazlehurst (Lily), Rebecca Smart (Buster), Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Tony), Lorna Lesley (Marge), Ned Manning (Jim), Madeleine Blackwell (Lucy), Simon Chilvers (Thaddeus), Julie Hamilton (Bella), Reg Evans (Luke), William Zappa (Donny), Frank Gallacher (Beauty), Norman Kaye (Desmond), Ray Meagher (Polkadot), and Lynette Curran (Hareema).

Release Dates:

According to Moran, 26 June 1988

Location:

  • According to Moran, 'filmed in Quorn in outback South Australia and in the Hendon studios of the SAFC.'

Awards:

  • Logie Award, Most Popular Mini-series/Telemovie (1989)
  • Silver Logie Award, Most Popular Actress in a Mini-series/Telemovie (Rebecca Smart, 1989)
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
  • 1950s
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