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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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.
