Five Mile Creek | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories

Rod Mullinar in the title sequence for Five Mile Creek (screen cap)

form y Five Mile Creek series - publisher film/TV

Adaptation of The Cherokee Trail Louis L'Amour , 1982 single work novel

Authors:agent Sarah Crawford , David William Boutland , Keith Thompson , Gwenda Marsh , Robert Caswell , Graham Foreman , Greg Millin , Tom Hegarty , Denise Morgan , Peter A. Kinloch , Michael Joshua .

Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Five Mile Creek

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Film Details - Valstar Pty Ltd , 1985

Producers:

Henry Crawford and Doug Netter

Production Companies:

Valstar Pty Ltd, in association with The Disney Channel and the Seven Network (Australia)

Director of Photography:

Kevan Lind

Editors:

Stuart Armstrong and Tim Wellburn

Music:

Bruce Smeaton

Cast:

Including Louise Caire Clark (Maggie Scott), Rod Mullinar (Jack Taylor), Liz Burch (Kate Wallace), Michael Caton (Paddy Malone), Priscilla Weems (Hannah Scott), Martin Lewis (Sam Sawyer), Gus Mercurio (Ben Jones), Jay Kerr (Con Madigan), Peter Carroll (Charlie Withers), and Nicole Kidman (Annie).

Release Dates:

Series one: 18 March 1985

Series two: 7 December 1986

Series three: According to Moran, either not aired on Australian television or aired after an extremely lengthy delay

Location:

Series one and two are set in the fictional New South Wales town of Five Mile Creek. With series three, production moved from Sydney to Melbourne (according to Moran), and the location accordingly shifted to the Victorian gold fields.

Notes:

List of episodes

Series one

1. Making Tracks (Graham Foreman and Peter Kinloch)
2. Horse for Courses (Gwenda Marsh)
3. Love Before a Fall (Sarah Crawford)
4. A Few Surprises (Michael Joshua)
5. The Scrub Bulls (Denise Morgan)
6. Bang the Big Drum (Michael Joshua)
7. Gold Fever (Graham Foreman and Peter Kinloch)
8. Annie (Greg Millin)
9. Home and Away (Michael Joshua)
10. The Awakening (Denise Morgan)
11. The Prize (Sarah Crawford)
12. Tricks of the Trade (Gwenda Marsh)
13. Thanksgiving (Sarah Crawford)

Series two

1. The Hangman's Noose (Author unknown)
2. The Challenge (Author unknown)
3. Blood, Sweat, and Faith (Author unknown)
4. Mail Order Brides (Author unknown)
5. Maggie (Author unknown)
6. When the Kookaburra Cries (Sarah Crawford)
7. Walk Like a Man (Gwenda Marsh)
8. Across the Great Divide (Author unknown)
9. Missing, Presumed Lost (Author unknown)
10. Matchmaker (Author unknown)
11. Good old Reliable Me (Author unknown)
12. Woman of Means (Author unknown)
13. The Last Round Up (Tom Hegarty)

Series three

1. Travellers' Tales (Keith Thompson)
2. The Gauntlet (Sarah Crawford)
3. Real Cowboys Play Fair (Sarah Crawford)
4. Possum (Tom Hegarty)
5. The Best of Mates (Denise Morgan)
6. The Gold Cup (Peter Kinloch)
7. A Dog Called Johnson (Denise Morgan)
8. A Fish out of Water (Denise Morgan and Tom Hegarty)
9. The Great Coach Race (Peter Kinloch)
10. A Death in the Family (Denise Morgan)
11. A Lot of Hot Air (Peter Kinloch)
12. One Fine Day (Sarah Crawford)
13. America (Tom Hegarty)

Story editor: Henry Crawford.

Subjects:

Settings:

New South Wales,
Victoria,
1860s

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