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'The series was loosely based on the famous Cobb & Co. stagecoach lines, which commenced services from Melbourne to the Victorian goldfields in 1853, and soon spread to cover a major part of eastern Australia. This was an obvious choice for dramatisation as the rapid turnover of towns and passengers would make a small lead cast possible, with good scope for a variety of plot situations and guest characters.'
Source: TV Eye Australian Classic Television

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form y separately published work icon The Hunters Morris West , Sydney : Artransa Film Productions , 1961 23660071 1961 single work film/TV Sydney : Artransa Film Productions , 1961

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Note: Other directors included American directors John Meredyth Lucas (who also directed episodes of The Fugitive and Star Trek) and Ben Fox (who was also series producer of Whiplash).

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y separately published work icon Australian Westerns in the Fifties : Kangaroo, Hopalong Cassidy on Tour, and Whiplash Derham Groves , Cham : Palgrave Macmillan , 2022 26025492 2022 multi chapter work criticism

'Australian Western in the Fifties: Kangaroo, Hopalong Cassidy on Tour, and Whiplash looks at Australian Westerns from three points of view—film, personal appearance, and television at the beginning, middle, and end of the 1950s, the American Western’s golden age. It looks at three significant but “forgotten” cases: (1) Kangaroo: The Australian Story, the first Technicolor film made in Australia, produced by the Hollywood movie studio 20th Century Fox, directed by the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Lewis Milestone, starring Maureen O’Hara, Peter Lawford, and Richard Boone. (2) The successful goodwill tour of Australia by the Hollywood actor William Boyd who played the film, radio, and television cowboy Hopalong Cassidy. (3) The British-American produced black-and-white TV series Whiplash, made in Australia and starring the Hollywood actor Peter Graves. The American filmmakers’ ignorance of Australia meant they learned the hard way there was more to Australian Westerns than simply replacing the prairie with the bush, bison with kangaroos, and Native Americans with Aboriginals. Indeed, the depiction of place and the presentation of Aboriginal culture are two of the most intriguing aspects of Australian Westerns. In retelling the filmmakers’ stories, a unique picture of the Australian film and television industry and everyday life during the 1950s is revealed.' (Publication summary)

Forgotten Australian TV Series : Whiplash Stephen Vagg , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 11 December 2021;
60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s Stephen Vagg , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 18 February 2019;
60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s Stephen Vagg , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 18 February 2019;
Forgotten Australian TV Series : Whiplash Stephen Vagg , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 11 December 2021;
y separately published work icon Australian Westerns in the Fifties : Kangaroo, Hopalong Cassidy on Tour, and Whiplash Derham Groves , Cham : Palgrave Macmillan , 2022 26025492 2022 multi chapter work criticism

'Australian Western in the Fifties: Kangaroo, Hopalong Cassidy on Tour, and Whiplash looks at Australian Westerns from three points of view—film, personal appearance, and television at the beginning, middle, and end of the 1950s, the American Western’s golden age. It looks at three significant but “forgotten” cases: (1) Kangaroo: The Australian Story, the first Technicolor film made in Australia, produced by the Hollywood movie studio 20th Century Fox, directed by the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Lewis Milestone, starring Maureen O’Hara, Peter Lawford, and Richard Boone. (2) The successful goodwill tour of Australia by the Hollywood actor William Boyd who played the film, radio, and television cowboy Hopalong Cassidy. (3) The British-American produced black-and-white TV series Whiplash, made in Australia and starring the Hollywood actor Peter Graves. The American filmmakers’ ignorance of Australia meant they learned the hard way there was more to Australian Westerns than simply replacing the prairie with the bush, bison with kangaroos, and Native Americans with Aboriginals. Indeed, the depiction of place and the presentation of Aboriginal culture are two of the most intriguing aspects of Australian Westerns. In retelling the filmmakers’ stories, a unique picture of the Australian film and television industry and everyday life during the 1950s is revealed.' (Publication summary)

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