AustLit
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Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1976
winner form y Essington 1974 (Manuscript version)11653618 11653611 1974 single work film/TVIn Essington, Keneally gives an account of a Royal Marine settlement at Port Essington on the northern coast of Australia in the 1840s. The European settlers are unable to adapt their social structures and ideals to the new surroundings.
Bob Squires, a convict on the run, stumbles into the newly established township of Port Essington, which is crumbling under the effects of fatigue, disease, and madness. Squires makes himself invaluable to the marines of the disintegrating garrison. A naval vessel eventually arrives with orders to evacuate the settlement and destroy the fort to prevent it from falling into the hands of a possible enemy. Squires remains behind with a half-witted girl, Pretty Polly.
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Year: 1975
winner form y The Fireworks Man ( dir. Igor Auzins ) Melbourne : Crawford Productions , 1974 7199138 1974 single work film/TV crime detective -
Year: 1974
winner form y The Friendly Fellow ( dir. David Stevens ) Melbourne : Crawford Productions , 1973 7198671 1973 single work film/TV crime detective'The moving story of retired safe cracker Buddy Rand, who, although having gone straight, finds himself breaking the law to help a mate.'
Source: Don Storey's Classic Australian Television.