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form y separately published work icon The Pastures of the Blue Crane series - publisher   film/TV   young adult  
Adaptation of Pastures of the Blue Crane Hesba Brinsmead , 1964 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 The Pastures of the Blue Crane
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Film Details - ABC Television , 1969

Producers:

Brett Porter

Production Companies:

Australian Broadcasting Commission

Director of Photography:

Lloyd Shields

Cast:

Incl. Jeanie Drynan (Rhyll Mereweather), Harry Lawrence (Grandpa Mereweather), Queenie Ashton, Tony Bazell, Robert Bruning, John Hargreaves, Harold Hopkins, Sheila Kennedy, Peter McPhie.

Release Dates:

1969

Location:

  • Filmed at Murwillumba and the Tweed Valley (New South Wales) and The University of Queensland (St Lucia, Queensland).

Notes:

This was the first ABC drama to be shot entirely on film.

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