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1) Australia
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Australia, 1940s. An English aristocrat inherits a large ranch. English cattle barons plot to take her land and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover to protect her ranch. Together they experience four life-altering years, a love affair and the bombing of Darwin during World War II.
2) Rain shadow
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Two veterinarians in the Australian outback battle to save their drought-ridden farming community from a sheep disease.
3) Storm boy
Publisher
[Reproduced by] University of Colorado Libraries Media Duplication and Conversion Services
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Mike (Storm Boy) lives with his recluse father on South Australia's lonely and beautiful coast. Here his free spirit roams with his pet pelican Mr. Percival and his secret Aboriginal friend Fingerbone Bill. He knows no other world. Suddenly there are intruders, the local school teacher who wants him to take lessons, a resentful wildlife ranger, duck shooters ... Mike is forced to choose between a life of continued isolation and the challenges...
5) Cloudstreet
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Set around Perth from 1943-63, two families, each scarred by catastrophe, find a home for their hearts in this acclaimed Australian miniseries. The Lambs are hardworking and God-fearing, the Pickles are luckless and derelict, yet they find common ground beneath the same roof.
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Patrick Foley is a rugged individualist who has spent his life roaming the world in a variety of professions and returns to Australia to find the remote valley where is was born. The spoiled city boy is stranded when his parents are killed in an accident. The relationship between the child and the man begins in distrust and resentment, but, forced to fend together for survival, a special magic starts to grow between them.
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
Description
They branded him. They raped him. They turned him into a Mad Dog, and now he s biting back. Mad Dog Morgan is the true story of how Daniel Morgan became Australia s most notorious criminal. He came to Australia looking for gold but found nothing except inhumanity and savage indifference.
8) The castle
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A family fights to keep their home when a nearby airport wants to expand into their land.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Things have changed for Doctor Lucien Blake. His co-conspirator Lawson has been fired from Ballarat, his emotional embrace with Jean has changed life in the house and a new arrival leaves his tenure under threat. But that's the least of his troubles when he uncovers a dark story behind his mother's death. In this eight-part series return, the wonderfully maverick Doctor Blake is pushed to his limits to find the truth behind a range of intriguing murders...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Shy, warm-hearted, good-looking Tim Dwight has two women crazy about him. One is a dream girl named Jill. The other is his mum, Jean, a bawdy aging comedienne who doesn't realize she's past her sell-by date for a big break. As Jean tries to make it in show biz, she also struggles to hold her family, including Tim and his disabled brother Mark, together. Will the arrival of Tim's dream girl bust them up?
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This drama follows Sarah Adams, a nurse returning to 1950s Australia after twenty years in Europe. A convert to Judaism, Sarah emerged from the horrors of World War II strong, principled, and defiant--a modern woman still bearing the weight of her past.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A contemporary Australian detective drama about retired cop Alexa Crowe. With her old boss regularly asking for her insight on cold cases and a young police data-analyst eager to be mentored, whether Alexa wants to or not, Alexa can't seem to stop solving crime.
Series
RFDS Royal Flying Doctor Service volume 2
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In Australia's red heart with all of its precarious beauty, the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart-stopping emergencies they attend.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A contemporary Australian detective drama about retired cop Alexa Crowe. With her old boss regularly asking for her insight on cold cases and a young police data-analyst eager to be mentored, whether Alexa wants to or not, Alexa can't seem to stop solving crime.
Series
A Place to Call Home volume Season 4
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of post-World War II Australia, Sarah Adams is a nurse who becomes involved in the affairs of the wealthy Bligh family. It is dealing with themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Janet is seconded from a case of psychological abuse in the armed services to head up a Royal Commission into gun crime. Conscripting solicitors Richard and Lina, and the ambitious Owen Ramsey, Janet trades the rarefied atmosphere of mahogany courtrooms, wigs, and gowns for plain clothes and a community hall. There, she and her team focus on the murder of 25-year-old Hani Akvan.
18) Muriel's wedding
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
No one ever paid much attention to Muriel and her humdrum small town life, so she and her best friend Rhonda decide to leave it behind and head for the big city ... where they end up having the exciting adventure of their lives! What's more, soon everyone takes notice when Muriel becomes engaged to a handsome and popular sports hero!
19) The shiralee
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A fiercely independent man reluctantly takes his daughter on the road with him to the Australian outback while he looks for work.