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A Far Off Place
6.5

A Far Off Place

Mar. 12, 1993

A Far Off Place

Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous ...
Wind
6.4

Wind

Sep. 11, 1992

Wind

In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld to defeat during the America’s Cup race ...
Turtle Beach
4.7

Turtle Beach

Mar. 19, 1992

Turtle Beach

Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She ...
Trouble in Paradise
4.9

Trouble in Paradise

May. 16, 1989

Trouble in Paradise

Following her husband Arthur’s mysterious death, Rachel Baxley packs up her life as a State Department wife in Hong Kong and boards a ...
Flesh + Blood
6.7

Flesh + Blood

Aug. 30, 1985

Flesh + Blood

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble’s son. As ...
Burke & Wills
6.3

Burke & Wills

Oct. 30, 1985

Burke & Wills

A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
7.2

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. ...
Bad Blood
6.5

Bad Blood

Nov. 12, 1982

Bad Blood

During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people. The police, along with local Maori trackers, hunt him in the bush country.
The Earthling
6.9

The Earthling

Jul. 24, 1980

The Earthling

Recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, a man returns home to Australia to die in the wildness. His plans become complicated when he meets a ...
Breaker Morant
7.8

Breaker Morant

Jun. 11, 1980

Breaker Morant

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used ...
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
7.3

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and ...
Mad Dog Morgan
6.1

Mad Dog Morgan

Jul. 09, 1976

Mad Dog Morgan

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.
Sunday Too Far Away
6.9

Sunday Too Far Away

Jun. 01, 1975

Sunday Too Far Away

A hard-drinking but hard-working gun shearer leads a group of Outback sheep herders into striking after wealthy landowners attempt to drive them ...
Petersen
6.6

Petersen

Jan. 01, 1974

Petersen

Tony Petersen, a married electrician and ex-footballer, goes to university to study English. Petersen is odd man out at the uni. He receives ...
Wake in Fright
7.6

Wake in Fright

Jul. 21, 1971

Wake in Fright

After a bad gamble, a schoolteacher is stuck in an outback town whose eccentric inhabitants are only too eager to turn him into one of their own.
Bombora – The Story of Australian Surfing
8.5

Bombora – The Story of Australian Surfing

A definitive history of surfing in Australia, Bombora tells the story of Australian beach culture through our surfing champions, writers, ...