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Issue Details: First known date: 2011 2011
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y Cloudstreet Tim Winton , 1991 single work novel 'From separate catastrophes two rural families flee to the city and find themselves sharing a great, breathing, shuddering joint called Cloudstreet, where they begin their lives again from scratch. For twenty years they roister and rankle, laugh and curse until the roof over their heads becomes a home for their hearts.' (Source: Publisher's website)
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Abstract

'The highly anticipated three part mini-series of the modern Australian classic novel. Set in and around Perth during the 40s and 50s, Cloudstreet tells the story of two rural families who suffer separate catastrophes and flee to the city to pick up the pieces of their lives and start again. Brought together in the same house at No.1 Cloud Street, the Lambs and the Pickles' share numerous tragedies and triumphs that draw them closer together, until the roof over their heads becomes a home for their hearts.' (Showtime website)

Publication Details of Earliest Known Version

    • Australia : Screentime Showtime , 2011
      • Note: Filmed in six episodes. Screened in three parts.
      • Note: Premiere screening on Showcase, 22 May 2011.
      • Note: Filmed in 2010 on location in Western Australia onset at Sunset Hospital, a decommissioned aged care facility in Dalkeith and in various locations in Perth and country Western Australia.
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Dramatic Look at Ugly Australia of the '50s Geoff Shearer , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 July 2012;
Styles of National and Global Integration : Charting Media Transformations in Australian Cities Tom O'Regan , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , March vol. 5 no. 3 2012; 'Australian film and television production is concentrated in two principal cities, Sydney and Melbourne, and dispersed among the metropolitan centres of Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth and the next rung of cities and regions including the Gold Coast, Canberra, Hobart and Darwin among others. National and international integration is reshaping the relations among, the television programming taking place within, and the production capabilities and infrastructures of these cities. This article considers the national distribution of screen production capabilities and how media design interests in their coordination, development and control of production activity interact with location interests seeking to sustain production work across these cities.' (Editor's abstract)
Reading & Viewing : Texts for Years 9 and 10 Deborah McPherson , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 47 no. 1 2012;
— Review of Cloudstreet Tim Winton Ellen Fontana 2011 single work film/TV ; Sea Hearts Margo Lanagan 2012 single work novel ; Tea with Arwa : One Woman's Story of Faith, Family and Finding a Home in Australia Arwa El Masri 2011 single work autobiography ; Bright Star Jane Campion 2008 single work film/TV ; The Taste of River Water Cate Kennedy 2011 selected work poetry ; A Ute Picnic and Other Australian Poems Lorraine Marwood 2010 selected work poetry ; Big Book of Verse for Aussie Kids 2009 anthology poetry ; Traditional Australian Verse 2009 anthology poetry ;
Foreshadowing Belinda Jeffrey , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , February no. 204 2011;
Coming Home to Cloud Street Debi Enker , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 19 May 2011;
Reading & Viewing : Texts for Years 9 and 10 Deborah McPherson , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 47 no. 1 2012;
— Review of Cloudstreet Tim Winton Ellen Fontana 2011 single work film/TV ; Sea Hearts Margo Lanagan 2012 single work novel ; Tea with Arwa : One Woman's Story of Faith, Family and Finding a Home in Australia Arwa El Masri 2011 single work autobiography ; Bright Star Jane Campion 2008 single work film/TV ; The Taste of River Water Cate Kennedy 2011 selected work poetry ; A Ute Picnic and Other Australian Poems Lorraine Marwood 2010 selected work poetry ; Big Book of Verse for Aussie Kids 2009 anthology poetry ; Traditional Australian Verse 2009 anthology poetry ;
Untitled M. J. Hyland , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , May no. 67 2011;
— Review of Cloudstreet Tim Winton Ellen Fontana 2011 single work film/TV ;
DVD Reviews : TV Series Sacha Molitorisz , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 October 2011;
— Review of Cloudstreet Tim Winton Ellen Fontana 2011 single work film/TV ;
Cloudstreet Anew Brian McFarlane , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 332 2011;
— Review of Cloudstreet Tim Winton Ellen Fontana 2011 single work film/TV ;
Untitled Brad Newsome , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 June 2011;
— Review of Cloudstreet Tim Winton Ellen Fontana 2011 single work film/TV ;
Styles of National and Global Integration : Charting Media Transformations in Australian Cities Tom O'Regan , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , March vol. 5 no. 3 2012; 'Australian film and television production is concentrated in two principal cities, Sydney and Melbourne, and dispersed among the metropolitan centres of Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth and the next rung of cities and regions including the Gold Coast, Canberra, Hobart and Darwin among others. National and international integration is reshaping the relations among, the television programming taking place within, and the production capabilities and infrastructures of these cities. This article considers the national distribution of screen production capabilities and how media design interests in their coordination, development and control of production activity interact with location interests seeking to sustain production work across these cities.' (Editor's abstract)
Dramatic Look at Ugly Australia of the '50s Geoff Shearer , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 July 2012;
'I'd Like to Thank the Academy...' Colin Vickery , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 December 2011; 'The television nominees for the Samsung AACTA Awards showcase some of the best programs and talent in Australian film institute history.'
Review Sets the Scene for Drama over TV Content Clancy Yeates , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 December 2011; 'A proposal to require more Australian-made drama on commercial television is emerging as a key battleground in a sweeping review of media regulation.'
Dickens of a Time Finding the Good Geoff Shearer , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10-11 December 2011;
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Subjects:
  • Family relationships
  • Social change
  • Class conflict
Settings:
  • Perth Western Australia
  • 1940-1949
  • 1950-1959
  • 1960-1969