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1 form y separately published work icon Mr Reliable My Entire Life Terry Hayes , Don Catchlove , ( dir. Nadia Tass ) Sydney : Hayes McElroy Specific Films , 1996 6317413 1996 single work film/TV crime humour

Based on an incident in the western suburbs of Sydney in 1968, in which ex-criminal Wally Melish was mistakenly believed to be holding his girlfriend hostage: the siege ended with NSW Commissioner of Police Norm Allen acting as witness to the wedding of Melish and his 'hostage'.
2 56 form y separately published work icon The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Stephan Elliott , ( dir. Stephan Elliott ) Australia : Latent Image Productions Specific Films , 1994 Z367706 1994 single work film/TV humour satire (taught in 8 units) 'Tick' Belrose, a Sydney drag queen, accepts his ex-wife's invitation to bring his stage show to the outback. Felicia, a younger drag queen, and the grieving Bernadette. They set out for Alice Springs in a second-hand bus that they name 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'. the journey takes them to Broken Hill, Coober Pedy and are rescued by an open-minded mechanic when Priscilla breaks down in the desert. In Alice Springs, Tick meets the young son he barely knows and the three climb Kings Canyon together in full drag, before making their debut at the Alice Springs casino.
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