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form y separately published work icon The Phantom Stockman single work   film/TV   crime   mystery   fantasy   western  
Alternative title: Return of the Plainsman; Cattle Station
Note: Return of the Plainsman is the US title for the film; Cattle Station is the UK title.
Issue Details: First known date: 1953... 1953 The Phantom Stockman
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A young woman running an outback cattle station calls in a mysterious bushman called The Sundowner and his Indigenous Australian assistant, Dancer (with whom The Sundowner can communicate telepathically), to investigate the possible murder of her father and the rustling of her cattle.

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Images of Albert Namatjira in Australian Popular Culture of the 1950s John Ramsland , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Inter-Cultural Studies , August vol. 2 no. 2 2002; (p. 11-26)
'This essay examines images of the Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira in the Australian media during the 1950s. The focus is on the print media and to a lesser extent on film, both documentary and dramatic' (p. 11). Ramsland's article includes description of two feature films, Namatjira the Painter and The Phantom Stockman, in which Namatjira appears.
Images of Albert Namatjira in Australian Popular Culture of the 1950s John Ramsland , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Inter-Cultural Studies , August vol. 2 no. 2 2002; (p. 11-26)
'This essay examines images of the Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira in the Australian media during the 1950s. The focus is on the print media and to a lesser extent on film, both documentary and dramatic' (p. 11). Ramsland's article includes description of two feature films, Namatjira the Painter and The Phantom Stockman, in which Namatjira appears.
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