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Rufus Dawes (George Fisher) learns the truth of his parentage from his mother in the early scenes of For The Term of His Natural Life
form y separately published work icon For the Term of His Natural Life single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of His Natural Life Marcus Clarke , 1870-1872 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1927... 1927 For the Term of His Natural Life
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First known date: 1927
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      :       Australasian Films ,       1927 .
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      Title screen for For The Term of His Natural Life (screen cap)
      Link: U13439Web resource Sighted: 17/2/11
      Extent: 10,000 ftp.
      Description: Black and white; silent
      Note/s:
      • A ninety-minute print is also available to watch via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNymvc1K5Ko (Sighted: 11/11/11)
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      :       National Film and Sound Archive ,       1981 .
      Extent: 101 min.p.
      Description: Tinted; sound
      Note/s:
      • This version is a reconstruction achieved by the intercutting of footage of the 1927 Australian release (silent) with the 1929 American release. Both were incomplete copies.
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Settings:
  • Port Arthur, Tasman Peninsula, Forestier Peninsula - Tasman Peninsula area, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
  • 1800-1899
  • 1827
  • 1833
  • 1838
  • 1846
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