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Available on DVD via Umbrella Entertainment.The critically-acclaimed Australian mini-series starring Bryan Brown and Rebecca Smart, is presented in it's orig...
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After Jim Macauley finds his wife with another man, he takes their young daughter and they hit the road.
Ben Meyers International Movie Critics offers a written review of “The Shiralee” (1987) at: https://www.benmeyersinternational.com/2021/06/shiralee-tv-releas...
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- Ben Meyers International Movie Critics
The Shiralee: With Bryan Brown, Noni Hazlehurst, Rebecca Smart, Lewis Fitz-Gerald. Macauley is a swagman who finds himself in charge of his young daughter, Buster. The pair hike across the harsh outback landscape, in an attempt to repair their relationship and find a home.
- (467)
- 1987
- Drama, Family
- 180
Plot. An itinerant rural worker named Macauley – sometimes described as a "swagman" or "swaggie" – returns to Sydney from "walkabout" and finds his wife Lily living with another man. He beats up the man and takes his daughter, Buster, with him.
The Shiralee is a 1987 Australian television film directed by George Ogilvie, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by D'Arcy Niland. It was originally filmed as a mini series and was shot in Adelaide and Quorn, South Australia .
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The Shiralee: Directed by Leslie Norman. With Peter Finch, Dana Wilson, Elizabeth Sellars, George Rose. After Jim Macauley finds his wife with another man, he takes their young daughter and they hit the road.
