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Screen cap from opening credits
Adaptation of
Timeless Land Trilogy
1941
series - author
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1980...
1980
The Timeless Land
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Film Details - Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1980
Producers:
Ray Alchin.
Production Companies:
Australian Broadcasting Commission.
Director of Photography:
Peter Hendry and Julian Penney.
Music:
Bruce Smeaton.
Cast:
Nicola Pagett (Mrs Mannion), Ray Barrett (Gov. Bligh), Heather Christie (Anne King), Peter Collingwood (Gov. Phillip), Athol Compton (Billalong), Ralph Cotterill (Finn), Peter Cousens (Patrick Mannion), John Cousins (Rev. Marsden), Michael Craig (Stephen Mannion), Max Cullen (Byrne), Patrick Dickson (Mark Harvey), Gary Duggan (Chaplain), John Faasen (George Crossley), John Frawley (Gov. King), Adam Garnett (Johnny: boy), Vincent Gill (Cunningham), David Gulpilil (Benelong), John Hamblin (Robert Campbell), Chris Haywood (Johnny: adult), Brian Hinzlewood (Captain Johnston), Robert Hughes (Captain Kemp), Vic Hunter (Abbott), Johnny Johnstone (Evans), Peter Kowitz (Gregory Blaxland), Don Mamouney (Doolan), Clive Marshall (Lynch), Bill McCluskey (Winden), Brett Nevill (Convict), Kirrily Nolan (Mary Putland), Kate Parker (Mrs Blake), Geneviève Picot (Emily), Angela Punch McGregor (Ellen), Michael K. Ross (Governor's Aide), Robin Stewart (John Macarthur), Charlie Strachan (Driver), Noel Trevarthen (Collins), Anna Volska (Sarah), and Craig Walker (Gov. MacArthur's doorman).
Release Dates:
4 September 1980 (Australia).
Notes:
Details on the production are available via the Australian Women's Weekly, 14 May 1980, p.242-243S (http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/4391627?zoomLevel=3&searchTerm=the%20timeless%20land&searchLimits=l-decade=198).
List of episodes:
1. A Ship with White Wings
2. Unsuitable Company
3. The Fabric of Liberty
4. Double Standards
5. Smell of Rebellion
6. A Declaration of War
7. A Prisoner at the Bar
8. A New Order
