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    Colour in the Creek

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    1 9 8 5 (Australia)
    10 x 25 minute episodes

    This 10-part historical drama – based on Margaret Paice’s Depression-era books Colour in the Creek and A Shadow of Wings – captured the highs and lows of life on the Australian goldfields in the early 1930s.

    Driven by desperation and hope for a better life, the Fletcher family pack their worldly belongings into the back of a Model T Ford and head to the outback in search of work, food and shelter.

    On the road, patriarch John Fletcher (Dennis Miller) lends his hand to anything that can provide a meal for his family, from fixing farm equipment to building fences.

    Learning of a gold strike nearby, he and his wife Ellen (Judy Morris) lead their three children into the dusty unknown of the Coorumbong Creek region to try their luck.

    When 12-year-old son Alec (Ken Talbot) and his friend discover a nugget of gold in a nearby stream, it will change the family’s fortune forever.

    John Fletcher
    Dennis Miller
    Ellen Fletcher
    Judy Morris
    Alec Fletcher
    Ken Talbot
    Biddy Fletcher
    Pascale Moray
    Jonno Fletcher
    Hugh Simpson
    Barney
    Philip Quast
    Clarrie
    Ray Meagher
    Ethel
    Lorna Lesley
    Ada Coney
    Su Cruickshank
    Ron Royals
    Robert Hensley
    Pa Coney
    Brian Anderson
    Flo
    Caz Adams
    Jenny
    Lucy Charles
    Robbie
    Travis Latter
    Jamie
    Ty Hill
    Snow
    Christopher Wood
    Megan
    Bindi Angel
    Joe Ellis
    Edward Howell
    Mrs Anderson
    Margo Lee
    Ekman
    Alfred Bell
    Jack
    John Stone
    Wally
    Paul Blackwell
    Bluey
    John Black
    Mr Blake
    Lester Morris

    Episodes

    The Great Depression | All the Family’s Money Has Gone Missing | Alec Enjoys the Flight of a Lifetime | The Fletcher Family Set Up Camp in Coorumbong Creek | Hypnotised | Return to Coorumbong Creek | Gold Fever | Code of Silence | Old Joe Is Elected Mayor | The Golden Cairn

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