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Special Logie for Best Drama (1961)
Subcategory of Logie Awards
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History

Only awarded in 1961, and awarded to Australia's first television drama, Stormy Petrel. Replaced by the award for Best Australian TV Drama Series.

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Year: 1961

winner form y separately published work icon Stormy Petrel : A Serial for Television Rex Rienits , 1960 s.l. : s.n. , (Manuscript version)x401724 Z1382220 1960 series - publisher film/TV

A sympathetic exploration of Governor William Bligh's time in charge of the infant colony of New South Wales, some two years after the infamous Bounty mutiny. The series focuses on his troubled relationship with the NSW Corp, and especially Captain John Macarthur.

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