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Illustrated script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
form y separately published work icon The Last Bagman single work   film/TV   crime   children's  
Alternative title: The Last Swagman
Issue Details: First known date: 1975... 1975 The Last Bagman
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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'AMBROSE McLAUGHLAN: 70's. A classic Australian bagman. A rather striking figure.

'BOB WILLIAMS: 40's. Big, rough bloke, but not unsympathetic. Bob thinks his son's a baby at sixteen.

'NICK WILLIAMS: 16. Extremely capable aorund the farm, but probably a bit young for his age in other ways. He thinks he's a man at sixteen.

[...]

'SHEARERS: Actuals.

'SHEEP DOG'.

Notes

  • This entry has been compiled from archival research in the Crawford Collection (AFI Research Collection), undertaken by Dr Catriona Mills under the auspices of the 2012 AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) Research Fellowship: see The Writer in Australian Television History.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1975 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 30p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The Crawford Collection includes one copy of this script, copied on blue paper, labelled 'Code: 12511', with two cover pages: an illustrated cover page and a second cover page with crew details and episode duration. A notation in blue ink in the top right-hand corner of the illustrated cover page reads 'Peter Schreck'.
      • There are no other signs of annotation on the script.
      • Both scripts (the official script and the dialogue-only script listed below) are labelled 'The Last Bagman'. The cast list is labelled 'The Last Swagman'.
      • The file also contains the following ancillary material:
        1. Cast list: a type-written cast list, with no confidential information.
        2. 10pp. copy of the script stripped to nothing but dialogue, copied on white paper.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC SOL : 11
      Note:
      AFI Research Collection record
Note: The script credits Wright as second assistant director: the spaces for director and first assistant director on the cover page have been left blank.
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Stewart Wright
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